Customer Reviews

Batman Beyond:New Hero in Town (Pictureback(R))

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My wife and I are doing everything we can to encourage our 7-year-old to read, and since he loves Batman Beyond, this book was a natural choice. The book tells the origin of "Batman Beyond" effectively, if very sketchily. It is presented in comic book (or maybe graphic novel) format, and the artwork is solid, standard, comic book style art.

Although the book is supposed to be targeted for children 4-8 years old, I'd narrow that range to 6-8. Your average first grader will have a bit of difficulty with many of the words.

The strongest recommendation I can make for this book is that my son read the entire book on his own initiative without any prompting or encouragment from us. That was the first time he ever read a book completely on his own, so needless to say, I'm thrilled.

I love the fact that my son is into Batman Beyond for many reasons. One of those reasons, or so I thought was to encourage his desire to read. Not true with this book.

My son is almost 4 and loves books but this one has comic book style format on every page. He likes that he possesses such a book with Batman Beyond on the cover but loses interest when I try to read it to him. Maybe when he is older this will not be an issue.

My children are very excited and fascinated with "Batman Beyond." Great cheap gift or good buy if your kids haven't yet discovered Batman Beyond. A sure hit.