How To Be A Super Villain (A Fun Illustrated Children's Picture Book) [Kindle Edition]

Rachel Yu (Author)

Book Description

BOOK DESCRIPTION:
Every kid dreams of being a superhero, but according to the "Supreme Master of Awesomeness", it's the super villain that rocks.

This fun, witty, humorous story will point you in the right, or you can say, BAD, direction. For all you hopeful apprentices, this entertaining guide will guarantee loads of fun and laughter.

REVIEWS...
"I'll admit, I'm a little biased on this one. I also write children's books, and was curious how Rachel would pull off a children's book that dealt with super villains. I was pleasantly surprised by the light-hearted tale, full of vibrant imagery and comic humor. The style works, the story is funny, and she really pulls it off." --S.E. Gordon

"The story is cute and humorous. As an adult, I love it, and my godson and neice love it too." --Crystal Sheldon

"Brilliant bedtime for the budding super villain" --Robert Simon

"I loved this picture book! The illustrations were great and the humorous storyline of the "megamind"-like super villain was (shall I say it??) AWESOME! My little girl laughed out loud as we read it together." --Tux (Australia)

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:

Best-selling author Rachel, 16 years old, is a young high school student from California who spends her free time using her vivid imagination to write stories. She has an unquenchable passion for science fiction and fantasy. In fact, A Dragon Named Dragon, is inspired by one of her favorite books, Dark Lord of Derkhom, by Diana Wynne Jones. A Dragon Named Dragon children's picture book is Rachel's first endeavor to the literary world.

Rachel was recently featured on MTV Geek.

geek-news.mtv.com/2012/01/23/meet-the-sixteen-year-old-girl-whose-comic-out-sold-watchmen-interview/

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Rachel Yu is a full-time high school student and a part-time children's book author. At age 14, she published her first children's book in September 2010. She is the author of children's picture book, A Dragon Named Dragon, The Five Mouse Brothers, How to be a Super Villain, How to be a Superhero, Dragon's Alphabet Soup, A Wolf Pup's Tale and Junior Novel Fly High, Hammie Hawk.

Teen author, Rachel Yu, is currently residing, happily ever after, in her own secret LAIR OF AWESOMENESS.

Product Details

• File Size: 2927 KB
• Print Length: 54 pages
• Publisher: Fat Moon Books (May 3, 2011)
• Sold by: Amazon Digital Services, Inc.
• Language: English
• ASIN: B004Z7TKXM
• Text-to-Speech: Enabled
• X-Ray: Not Enabled
• Lending: Enabled
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #46,060 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)
  • #5 in Kindle Store > Kindle eBooks > Children's eBooks > Humor > Cartoons

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great pictures and a really cute story May 30, 2011

By Tux

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I loved this picture book! The illustrations were great and the humorous storyline of the "megamind"-like super villain was (shall I say it??) AWESOME! My little girl laughed out loud as we read it together.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun children's book for evil overlords February 14, 2012

By Ed Pegg TOP 100 REVIEWERVINE™ VOICE

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book, and the companion book (How To Be a Superhero), take all the tropes of comic book heros and villains and makes:

1. A list of everything a villain is expected to have.
2. A cute girl hero who has all these things.
3. Fun explanations for everything.

The "Villain" book borrows various things from "Things I'd Do If I Became An Evil Overlord", or perhaps Ebert's Movie Glossary. For example, the villain's base has to have a self-destruct button. The hero is a cute boy in the companion book.

Recommended.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars funny! January 27, 2012

By Eleody

Format:Kindle Edition

this book is really fun and really funny if you want to know how to be a super villian! LOL!!!!!!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Light-hearted Adventure That Delivers! December 22, 2011

By S.E. Gordon

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I'll admit, I'm a little biased on this one. I also write children's books, and was curious how Rachel would pull off a children's book that dealt with super villains. I was pleasantly surprised by the light-hearted tale, full of vibrant imagery and comic humor. The style works, the story is funny, and she really pulls it off. No wonder it's at the top of the rankings, despite being offered for free (but even at .99, it really is a bargain).

Mommies worried about the subject matter can be rest-assured, because this super-villain eventually sees the inside of the slammer, where all super villains should end up, right?

Check it out, it's a fun read!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for classrrom December 19, 2011

By Mrs. Me

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I used this to illustrate a villains perspective in my classroom. Students were able to create their own villain after hearing many twisted fairy tales.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun picture book with great illustrations February 17, 2012

By R. J. Sand

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I saw this promoted as free one day, and loving comics the way I do, I downloaded a copy. This is clearly a picture book aimed at a young audience (ages 4 to 8), but I enjoyed it as an adult reader. The illustrations are fantastic and the book is well-formatted to include them. The narrative voice is fun. Some of the names "Supreme Master of Awesomeness" and "Superior Guy" are incredibly generic, but that seemed deliberate (maybe).

This book is categorized as "manga," but it's not. The illustrations are in that style, but this is a picture book.

For anyone worried about the "super villain" content, this book is completely harmless. It's a humorous story poking fun at super-villain cliches and stereotypes.

It's a short book (54 pages in paperback including 25 illustrations), so I wouldn't recommend the paperback at the $8.95 price point. I don't blame the author for the price. It's hard to keep the price down self-publishing through CreateSpace. At $0.99, however, the Kindle version is worth purchasing for kids.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Good March 30, 2013

By j adam

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I got this for my daughter so she could get some extra reading in after school... she enjoyed the book

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Guide to being bad! July 4, 2012

By Louise M

Format:Kindle Edition

I was delighted to discover this book after buying similar stories for my son and my God Daughter recently. My son has always loved anything to do with superheros and I was a little concerned that a book about the "bad guys" might not be a huge hit with him but he adored it and has already read it twice. The super villain is not very scarey and has plenty of redeeming qualities ... sort of! My god daughter also enjoyed it but prefers Bitsie VS The Collector probably because of the more girly main character.

More About the Author

Rachel Yu is a full-time high school student and a part-time children's book author from California. At age 14, she published her first children's book in September 2010. She is the author of children's picture books, A Dragon Named Dragon, The Five Mouse Brothers, How to be a Super Villain, How to be a Superhero, Dragon's Alphabet Soup, A Wolf Pup's Tale and Junior Novel Fly High, Hammie Hawk.