{"id":4217,"date":"2015-12-24T11:15:07","date_gmt":"2015-12-24T15:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/?p=4217"},"modified":"2015-12-24T11:50:59","modified_gmt":"2015-12-24T15:50:59","slug":"book-review-goosebumps-the-movie-monster-survival-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monsterlibrarian.com\/TheCirculationDesk\/book-review-goosebumps-the-movie-monster-survival-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Book Review: Goosebumps The Movie: Monster Survival Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Goosebumps \u00a0The Movie: Monster Survival Guide– All the Tips and Tricks You’ll Need to Fight an Invasion in Your Hometown <\/em>by Susan Lurie<\/a><\/p>\n

Scholastic, 2015<\/p>\n

ISBN-13:\u00a0978-0545821261<\/p>\n

Available: Paperback, Kindle edition<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Goosebumps Survival Guide<\/em> is the newest monster survival guide to come our way. It’s based on the movie Goosebumps<\/em>, which is in turn based on R.L. Stine’s enormously popular Goosebumps<\/em>, series and its related franchises. Does the book live up to its hype? The art is pretty cool, done in typical garish Goosebumps<\/em> style. and integrates screenshots from the movie. \u00a0The book tells \u00a0you about the Goosebumps<\/em> monsters, such as the Godzilla sized praying mantis, and zombie pirate One-Legged Ben, each in turn. Accompanying text identifying the monster includes \u00a0the name of the book or books the monster appears in and then a short block of text from that book, But the problem is that the book does not live up to its title. In most of the book, the entries do NOT tell you how to survive an invasion or defeat the monster, and if the entry does include that information, it is not really helpful. For example, with the Godzilla-sized mantis the books \u00a0says you have to squash it with your foot, but the REAL question is: How do you squash something that is bigger than you?. So that is what I saw while reading the survival guide. I did find helpful information on Slappy the Dummy, who has an extended six-page entry. When it says that Slappy is afraid of termites you might be able to defeat it by releasing termites nearby, because termites love to eat wooden dummies. So all you Goosebumps<\/em> fans (and monsters) alike might like this when you are about to settle down for a long winter’s nap. But readers beware because you might have some unexpected visitors while reading. \u00a0 Recommended for elementary school and children’s libraries, especially because of the media tie-in, but with reservations for young monster hunters.<\/p>\n

Reviewed by the Monster Kid<\/p>\n

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Goosebumps \u00a0The Movie: Monster Survival Guide– All the Tips and Tricks You’ll Need to Fight an Invasion in Your Hometown by Susan Lurie Scholastic, 2015 ISBN-13:\u00a0978-0545821261 Available: Paperback, Kindle edition   The Goosebumps Survival Guide is the newest monster survival guide to come our way. It’s based on the movie Goosebumps, which is in turn<\/p>\n

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