DC Super Friends 5-Minute Story Collection

by Ben Harper, Dennis R. Shealy, Billy Wrecks

Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will love this hardcover collection of tales featuring BATMAN™, SUPERMAN™, WONDER WOMAN™, and all of the DC SUPER FRIENDS™. Each story can be read in five minutes or less, so it’s perfect for bedtime—or anytime!

Genres: Picture Books, Childrens

160 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2016

Reviews

[Asho · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the exact sort of book I would have scoffed at before having children, thinking that no kid of mine would ever get obsessed with mass-marketed characters if I could help it.
And then I had a 4-year-old who, after years of not caring about superheroes in the slightest, suddenly decided this school year that they are fascinating. He has even gone so far as to create his own superhero alter ego (his name is Lightning Timer, and his power is throwing lightning bolts and making fire).
So this morning when we walked into the library and saw this book sitting on the New Picture Books shelf, my son's eyes lit up and he bolted straight to this book. He couldn't even make it all the way to a table with it, he just sprawled on the floor in the doorway of the children's reading room ecstatically flipping through the pages.
Of course we brought it home. It has been in our house less than 12 hours and already he has "read" it himself 3 times and had both me and my husband read a story. My story was really just a description of the characters, although my husband said the couple of stories he read were actually pretty entertaining. I have no doubt I'm going to have to end up reading the entire thing to my son, cover to cover.
He loves reading and will tell anyone who will listen that reading books is his favorite thing. But his joy upon finding this book goes above and beyond his already (very high) joy about books. I think this could be great for reluctant readers, provided you can overcome biases about pop culture characters.

[Erin · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found this at Costco and who doesn't want a 5 minute story before bed!?! My almost 4 year old seemed to love it and we read this every single day until it was finished. If he had asked to read it again once we finished I would have given it an extra star. Considering I don't know a lot of super hero lore, other than what I learned from movies, I figured this might be a good primer for mama too. Now I'm torn, should I have asked my friends if I should have gone with Marvel over DC? My gut says: you should have gone Marvel. Let's face it, it's probably Aquaman's fault I feel this way. Raises fists in mock outrage while bewitching fish with my siren song.

[theBookDaddio · Rating 3 out of 5]

Aside from the first few pages that give a brief intro to some of the Super Friends, I feel the stories don’t really explain their power set very well. It may be okay for those children who know the characters better but not for those you’re trying to introduce DC characters to.

[Amanda Murphy · Rating 4 out of 5]

4 stars because both of my kids loved these stories.

[Mark · Rating 5 out of 5]

Esme approved. One of her go-to bedtime books.

[Jessica · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a cute book, but the female characters are hardly in the stories. They are shown on the cover but that's really it.

[Cherish Brown · Rating 4 out of 5]

(4☆ Would recommend)
My son loves superheroes. Having so many short stories in one book makes it a great bedtime book. I especially like this one, because my son is 3 years old and this one is more age appropriate for him.