Customer Reviews

Hair Ball from Outer Space (Wiley and Grampa's Creature Features, No. 6)

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Wiley & Grampa are on the top of my 8yr old sons list of favorites. The books are quite silly and a lot of fun. It is great to see my picky reader truly enjoying a book.

I love the Wiley & Grampa series by Kirk Scroggs. The Hairball From Outer Space is great. It's 6thth in the series. So, be sure to check out the rest. These books are a lot of fun for boys who might be picky about what they read. If your child loves the Captain Underpants books, then turn him on to these.

Author of "Hobo Finds A Home" editor "Of A Predatory Heart"

My grandson now has all of the Wiley and Grandpa books and loves them all. He will take them to bed with him and reread all the captions, the funny comments. We wish Kirk scroogs would write a few more. They are not disresptful like alot of literature for this age group , has just enough creepy and gross stuff in it to make it interesting for young boys. A great way to get a 7year old boy to read ( probubly good fo 6-9 years old - girls too)

Silly? Sure. A little gross? Absolutely. Cheerful? In spades. It's not cheap humor or all toilet humor, but it's not the most sophisticated word play either. There's always a crazy threat, (Bigfoot, aliens, animated eggnog), a crisis, and an insane plan to save the world. Wiley and Grampa, who are clearly fond of each other, team up to save the day. Sometimes the cat helps, or Wiley's friend, or Gramma.
The point is that there is a plot, there actually is some creative wordplay, there are funny throwaway jokes in the illustrations, there is cheerful loopiness, and there is a happy ending with a moral. Gosh, that sounds like Shakespeare, (except for the illustrations part.)
And, unlike some of the books out there, there is no veiled contempt for the characters or the gullible, unwashed readers. It's not condescending or edgy; it's just silly fun. I don't think I'd build my library around these, but there's certainly room on the shelf for a couple.