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From School Library Journal
Grade 2-4-Sam and Robert Bamford, from Levy's Frankenstein Moved in on the Fourth Floor (1979) and Dracula Is a Pain in the Neck (1984, both HarperCollins), are back. The boys' eight-year-old cousin, Mabel, has come to New York from San Francisco for a visit. She quickly alienates them with her teasing and her opinions, which are strong- just like one of her favorite foods, Gorgonzola cheese. Introduced to voodooism by a Haitian taxi driver, the boys take Mabel on a tour of Central Park and convince her that the park's statues were once living things, changed to bronze by a zombie with Gorgonzola breath. When someone-or something-smears smelly cheese on the statues, the cousins fearfully search for the culprit. Strong characters and snappy dialogue help compensate for the predictable plot and the questionable use of vandalism to inspire concerned citizens to clean up the park. Ulrich's cover illustration and abundant black-and-white drawings will attract reluctant readers. An upbeat story, vaguely scary, with an ecological message thrown in for good measure.
Bonnie Siegel, Westacres Public Library, West Bloomfield, MI
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. The author of Dracula Is a Pain in the Neck (1983) and Frankenstein Moved In on the Fourth Floor (1979) has found another mysterious something for brothers Sam and Robert to tackle. To teach their obnoxious cousin Mabel a lesson, Sam makes up a whopper of a yarn about the statues in Central Park. He convinces her their subjects were turned to stone by a zombie's breath, which (according to Sam) smells amazingly like Mabel's favorite, stinky cheese. Then someone starts defacing park statues with cheesy mustaches, and the brothers begin wondering, if only for a moment, whether there isn't some strange truth to Sam's tall tale after all. The plot is even more farfetched than usual, but the farce will win over middle-grade readers, especially those who have enjoyed the brothers' previous comic adventures. Stubborn, outspoken Mabel makes a perky addition to the familiar cast, and the teasing and bickering among the children sound authentic enough to offset some of the silliness Stephanie Zvirin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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Grade 2-4-Sam and Robert Bamford, from Levy's Frankenstein Moved in on the Fourth Floor (1979) and Dracula Is a Pain in the Neck (1984, both HarperCollins), are back. The boys' eight-year-old cousin, Mabel, has come to New York from San Francisco for a visit. She quickly alienates them with her teasing and her opinions, which are strong- just like one of her favorite foods, Gorgonzola cheese. Introduced to voodooism by a Haitian taxi driver, the boys take Mabel on a tour of Central Park and convince her that the park's statues were once living things, changed to bronze by a zombie with Gorgonzola breath. When someone-or something-smears smelly cheese on the statues, the cousins fearfully search for the culprit. Strong characters and snappy dialogue help compensate for the predictable plot and the questionable use of vandalism to inspire concerned citizens to clean up the park. Ulrich's cover illustration and abundant black-and-white drawings will attract reluctant readers. An upbeat story, vaguely scary, with an ecological message thrown in for good measure.
Bonnie Siegel, Westacres Public Library, West Bloomfield, MI
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-5. The author of Dracula Is a Pain in the Neck (1983) and Frankenstein Moved In on the Fourth Floor (1979) has found another mysterious something for brothers Sam and Robert to tackle. To teach their obnoxious cousin Mabel a lesson, Sam makes up a whopper of a yarn about the statues in Central Park. He convinces her their subjects were turned to stone by a zombie's breath, which (according to Sam) smells amazingly like Mabel's favorite, stinky cheese. Then someone starts defacing park statues with cheesy mustaches, and the brothers begin wondering, if only for a moment, whether there isn't some strange truth to Sam's tall tale after all. The plot is even more farfetched than usual, but the farce will win over middle-grade readers, especially those who have enjoyed the brothers' previous comic adventures. Stubborn, outspoken Mabel makes a perky addition to the familiar cast, and the teasing and bickering among the children sound authentic enough to offset some of the silliness Stephanie Zvirin --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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