There's a Zombie in My Bathtub

Here's Hank #5

by Henry Winkler, Lin Oliver, Scott Garrett (Illustrator)

With Halloween approaching, Hank and his friends decide to watch a scary movie to get ready for the holiday. But the movie turns out to be a bit too scary for Hank, and suddenly he sees zombies every time he closes his eyes. Everyone says zombies aren’t real, but then people around him start moaning and acting like the undead, and he isn’t so sure. Hank isn’t taking any chances—not when there might be zombies on the loose!

Genres: Childrens

77 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 11, 2015

About the author

Henry Winkler is instantly recognizable and admired by audiences of all ages for his role as the Fonz on the long-running series, Happy Days. In addition, he is an award-winning producer and director of family and children's programming. He is also the author of the critically-acclaimed Hank Zipzer series, which follows the everyday adventures of a bright boy with learning challenges.

Mr. Winkler has also continued his acting career on the big screen, including a Golden Globe nomination for his performance in Nightshift, a starring role in the box-office hit Scream, and co-starring roles in The Water Boy, and Holes. On television, he has guest-starred on ABC's The Practice and NBC's Law & Order: SVU. He recently starred on Broadway for nine months in Neil Simon's play The Dinner Party.

Mr. Winkler is deeply committed to children's welfare and works with numerous children's groups. He is involved with The MacLaren Children's Center (a facility for abused children), The National Committee for Arts for the Handicapped, The Special Olympics, and The Los Angeles Music Center's Very Special Arts Festival, as well as numerous teenage alcohol and drug abuse programs. He is a founding member of the Children's Action Network, a non-profit organization that sponsors informational briefings for writers, producers and directors on children's issues and serves as a clearing-house for the entertainment industry on children's issues.

Reviews

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son and I just finished ‘There’s a Zombie in my Bathtub’ together and we both loved it!

A few pages in and my son started exclaiming that he’s basically Hank. He related to him, and it was so wonderful to read a story about a boy with similar challenges and feelings, but who perseveres and finds a way.

Like Hank, his parents work a lot with him, thankfully he also has a ‘Frankie’ in his life that helps, understands and supports him in a considerate way and he has clever ways of approaching challenges that would never occur to me (and amaze me to no end).

We are fortunate to live in a time where we can pinpoint the challenges facing children, such as dyslexia and have access to helpful resources and examples of successful people with similar challenges.

This is an absolutely fantastic series! Recommended for all ages.

[Amanda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wanted to read this story next, since its Halloween related. Another cute story in the Here's Hank, series. In this story, Hank believes, after watching a zombie movie with his friends, a zombie attack is going to happen during trick or treating. And his Papa Pete, is in danger of being the first ones the zombies are going to get.

[Eleanor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Kylah, my friend from camp, recommended this book to me pretty recently. Bard, a platform for blind people to get digital books, was acting up, so I had to wait to download this book. It’s really funny. It’s about this boy named Hank Who has a Halloween party each year. Having his friend watch a movie together. This year, another friend joins them and talks about a different movie. It’s about zombies, and Hank is afraid of them. Even though I am an eighth grader, I still got annoyed at Nick when he was teasing Hank. I still got into the story. I think my favorite part was when it turned out that Nick was scared of zombies, too. Then, Hank thought it was crazy. I felt bad for Mrs. thing. She was just trying to dress up for Halloween.

[Jenn Swanson · Rating 4 out of 5]

I happened to attend a ComiCon and met Henry Winkler. He is an amazing man. I didn't even know he was an author until I saw his Hank series on his table at his booth. He explained to me that he was diagnosed with dyslexia and wanted to create a book that would be easy for kids with dyslexia to read. The font of this book is easy to read and is supposed to help make reading easier overall. The story overall is charming. It has enough of a suspense aspect to it to keep a child's attention and the illustrations in this book are fantastic as well. He told me that this book is geared toward 2nd graders but I feel that it could possibly be read even before that age with the help of a grownup. Would definitely recommend this book! I picked one up for my niece already. I hope she enjoys it as much as I did.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this book to my kids at bedtime.(7 and 9)
Book uses a font to help a dyslexic person read.

The kids related to the characters, and loved this story. Laughed out loud often. Perfect age. 2nd graders.

Hank, Ashley, and Frankie plan for a movie night. But Dad invites Nick, a school bully. Plans change, instead of the Eight Legged creature movie they end up watching a Zombie movie. Hank gets scared. He wants to tell his friends but Nick keeps teasing him.
What happens next??

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[Jennifer Autry · Rating 3 out of 5]

I was a little nervous about this book because I have a 5 year old who is very afraid of zombies. However, this was the perfect book to talk about standing up for yourself and getting over fears. We enjoyed it. It is an older elementary school book. It has chapters, but is not terribly long.

[Patrick Callahan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is the second Here's Hank book I've read. I always love how the authors infuse some of the trouble Hank has with spelling and reading, but it isn't a huge deal or too much of a focal point. Hank is easily relatable to kids, and especially those with dyslexia.

[Xsmartin · Rating 3 out of 5]

It was cute for 1st or 2nd graders.

[Nam · Rating 4 out of 5]

Poor Hank. His dyslexia made it so that he misunderstood the Encyclopedia article. I can't imagine being as terrified as he must have been.

[Maria Antonia · Rating 3 out of 5]

Cute story for younger readers. Hank and his friend always watch a certain Halloween movie every year before Halloween. This year, a new friend brings a scary zombie movie, but Hank's too afraid to admit he's, well, afraid.

I thought this book dealt with the topic of fear and peer pressure quite nicely. Hank is no shrinking violet by any stretch of the imagination. (After all, the character seems to be based on the author who IS the Fonz!) So, when we see that even a likable, full-of-energy kid like Hank can get scared of zombies (even though his friends aren't scared), we can maybe relate.  [3 stars]

[Amanda Brooke · Rating 3 out of 5]

My son really relates to Hank. He never thought Hank's fear of zombies was irrational.

[Riana · Rating 3 out of 5]

weird how is he afraid of zombie's and i do not like the bully he is mean and he tells lies.

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Again I think I laughed more than my 6 year old. These are just fun stories to listen to and I like that the authors read them.

[Cathy · Rating 4 out of 5]

WAHOO!!! Henry Winkler is back as narrator!!! I don't like zombies either, Hank!

[Vickie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is a really cute story and the best when your grandchild reads it to you!

[The Brothers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dexter (7yo) read. "It's the night before Halloween. Hank sees a movie at home with his friends, but unexpectedly Nick McKelty came and has to watch it with them. They were going to watch The Eight-Legged Creature Under the Sea, but Ashley came exactly at 7 o'clock so they watched Zombie Attack. Hank did not like it, he was scared and got nightmares."

[Devorah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book was scary

[Phillip Raczka]

An amazing and very clever book.