Game On! #3 (DANIEL BOOM AKA LOUD BOY) [Mass Market Paperback]

D.J. Steinberg (Author), Brian Smith (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 6 and up | Grade Level: 1 and up | Series: DANIEL BOOM AKA LOUD BOY

Fresh from his victory over Kid-Rid, Daniel doesn?t get a moment?s rest before he gets tangled up in yet another crazy adventure. This time, the new kid in school introduces Daniel to an addictive new video game: It?s so engrossing that Daniel actually gets sucked into it, body and all! His sister and friends act fast to locate a mysterious object that will rescue Loud Boy and every game-playing kid before the video game bad guys get to them first!

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About the Author

D.J. Steinberg began writing children’s books in the midst of a flourishing career as an animation producer. His inspiration? The start of yet another career: fatherhood. Now with three sons to inspire him, he has five books currently being published by Grosset & Dunlap (Penguin Group).

In his debut, Grasshopper Pie and Other Poemsmeet upside-down Billy Ray Brown, the Tickle Monster, and a boy who sets grasshoppers loose in Grandma‚s kitchen in this wonderful celebration of what it means to be a kid. The Monster Mall features the likes of Frankenfood, the Werebaby, and Henry the Hungry Skeleton in a silly selection of spooky tales. Club Pet continues this funny poetry series with illustrator Adrian Sinnott.

D.J. is best known for his work as an artist, producer, and production executive on classic animated films such as An American Tail, The Land Before Time, Cats Don’t Dance, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, and Home on the Range. He is currently a producer on Disney's newest production, A Day With Wilbur Robinson.

Raised in Chicago, D.J. attended film school at Northwestern University before heading west. Nowadays, he can be seen performing live storytelling events at libraries, schools and shopping malls in the Los Angeles area, where he lives with his wife, Nily, and three favorite muses, Daniel, Micah and Noah.

For more information please visit: www.djsteinberg.com

Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 6 and up
  
• Mass Market Paperback: 96 pages
• Publisher: Grosset & Dunlap (April 16, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0448447002
• ISBN-13: 978-0448447001
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #32,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #6 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Computers & Internet > Games & Strategy Guides
  • #35 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Children's Books > Literature > Science Fiction, Fantasy, Mystery & Horror > Comics & Graphic Novels
  • #67 in Books > 4-for-3 Books > Comics & Graphic Novels > Comic Strips > General

More About the Author

David "D.J." Steinberg was inspired to write children's books after he began tripping over them in a house with three loud boys and about 3,000 books. Now he has published 14 of his own, which have together sold over 500,000 copies, have been included in national book fairs and advanced reader lists, and garnered starred reviews and awards. They have ranged from funny poems to picture books to his latest popular graphic novel series, The Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA Loud Boy.

Not that entertaining children was a new thing for David, who has spent 30 years as an executive, producer and artist on more than fifteen major feature animated movies, including Meet the Robinsons, Mulan, Hercules, Tarzan, Cats Don't Dance, An American Tail, The Land Before Time, and Secret of NIMH. Serving these days as the Head of Studio for Starz Animation Toronto, David is overseeing production of feature films like Tim Burton's 9 (recent Focus Features release) and Elton John's Gnomeo & Juliet (Disney/Rocket Pictures).

Raised in Chicago, David attended Northwestern University before heading west. After hanging out for 25 years in Los Angeles, he is now residing in Toronto, in a country called Canada, with his wife, Nily, and his three favorite critics, Daniel, Micah, and Noah.

Books to date (more info at www.djsteinberg.com):

HUMOROUS POETRY
Grasshopper Pie and Other Poems, 2004
The Monster Mall and Other Spooky Poems, 2004
Club Pet and Other Funny Poems, 2005
Caveman Manners and Other Polite Poems, 2006

PICTURE BOOKS
Theo's Thanksgiving, 2006
The Turkey Ball, 2005
The Witches' Ball, 2007
The Snow Ball, 2007
The Bunny Ball, 2008
The Beach Ball, 2008

GRAPHIC NOVELS
The Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA Loud Boy #1: Sound Off!, 2008
The Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA Loud Boy #2: Mac Attack!, 2008
The Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA Loud Boy #3: Game On!, 2009
The Adventures of Daniel Boom AKA Loud Boy #4: Grow Up!, 2010

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved by my 7 yr old son, September 17, 2010

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This review is from: Game On! #3 (DANIEL BOOM AKA LOUD BOY) (Mass Market Paperback)

This comic-book style work is much loved by my 7 year old, and I enjoy the wry send-up it gives to Club Penguin. It is great for kids who loved books like Traction Man when they were a little younger. It is a smart and exuberant book.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A solid, fun graphic novel kids will enjoy reading and sharing with their friends, November 23, 2009

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This review is from: Game On! #3 (DANIEL BOOM AKA LOUD BOY) (Mass Market Paperback)

When criminal mastermind Otis "Old Fogey" Fogelman escapes from prison, Daniel and his team get a call from Uncle Stanley. Old Fogey and his henchmen, the Rid-Kids, are after one of Stanley's inventions. The Flooggget is a device that allows users to fax actual objects from one place to another, and Stanley needs the kids to protect it. But when Daniel is distracted by his love of the new video game Pig Planet, the Flooggget is stolen.

Ashamed of both ignoring his friends and his duty while he was captivated by the game, Daniel transforms into Loud Boy and sets off to recover the Flooggget. But when Old Fogey uses the device to trap 1.7 million kids in the Pig Planet game, it takes the combined efforts of Loud Boy and his friends Chatterbox, Destructo-Kid, Tantrum Girl, and Fidget to save them.

Using a formula familiar to anyone who has ever watched a Saturday morning cartoon, Game On! offers up no real surprises. But the formula works, especially for second, third, and fourth graders who will appreciate the homegrown powers of the heroes and the silly sight gags of the battling adults. Old Fogey and Uncle Stanley add wonderful comic relief to what is already a fun story and the jokes are appropriately kid-level funny.

While the series could be used as a jumping-off point for a TV cartoon, the creators didn't phone this story in. The story is goofy fun in a Captain Underpants way. Better yet, for all its silliness, the story makes sense, as do the characters, leaving the reader eager for book four. The artwork is crisp and clear and the colors are vibrant. The result is a cartoony look without its looking like the pages have been pulled off an animator's drawing board. Game On! is a solid, fun graphic novel kids will enjoy reading and sharing with their friends.

-- Eva Volin

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This book is a hit with my 4th grade class., May 14, 2009

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This review is from: Game On! #3 (DANIEL BOOM AKA LOUD BOY) (Mass Market Paperback)

My students love the Daniel Boom series. It's a great way to hook struggling readers.