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Hollywood Monsters
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
This title focuses on Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde and gives information related to their origin, Hollywood influence, and legacy they left behind. The title is complete with beautiful, colorful photographs and simple text. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards, Fly! is an imprint of Abdo Zoom, a division of ABDO.
24 pages, ebook
Published August 1, 2018
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November 9, 2021
The Hollywood Monsters series explores the various monsters that have become the iconic creatures of horror and fantasy films the world over. Geared towards a younger reading audience, the writing is easy-to-follow and understand while a glossary at the back provides definitions for words that readers may not quite understand thus allowing younger readers to meet these Classic nightmares.
The book starts off with a two page introduction before delving into the creature's origins, its Hollywood presence and then exploring its legacy as mini chapters. Each section is anywhere from two to four pages but only a handful of words while the rest of the book is given to plenty of illustrations that captures the heart of this particular monster.
Unfortunately out of the whole series this is probably the weakest one of the books. Kenny Abdo chooses to focus on repeating the basic theme of Jekyll and Hyde so the majority of the book is focused on just telling the reader about the dual personalities as well as their meanings. Very little is given to the actual Hollywood character featured in the horror classic.
And there are a few bones that I would like to pick with the series while the the two main points are the intended reading audience for one and the purpose of these books. I would be hoping that no sane parents or caregivers would be really wanting to introduce such tender-aged children to these nightmares but at the same time these books are so basically brief that they won't be interesting to any real horror aficionado except for a few brief trivia facts that may already be known. Otherwise teachers or those who are teaching older children the Classics, though, could possibly use the books as a stepping stone to reading the Classics as well as learning about Hollywood adaptations taken from those movies
The book starts off with a two page introduction before delving into the creature's origins, its Hollywood presence and then exploring its legacy as mini chapters. Each section is anywhere from two to four pages but only a handful of words while the rest of the book is given to plenty of illustrations that captures the heart of this particular monster.
Unfortunately out of the whole series this is probably the weakest one of the books. Kenny Abdo chooses to focus on repeating the basic theme of Jekyll and Hyde so the majority of the book is focused on just telling the reader about the dual personalities as well as their meanings. Very little is given to the actual Hollywood character featured in the horror classic.
And there are a few bones that I would like to pick with the series while the the two main points are the intended reading audience for one and the purpose of these books. I would be hoping that no sane parents or caregivers would be really wanting to introduce such tender-aged children to these nightmares but at the same time these books are so basically brief that they won't be interesting to any real horror aficionado except for a few brief trivia facts that may already be known. Otherwise teachers or those who are teaching older children the Classics, though, could possibly use the books as a stepping stone to reading the Classics as well as learning about Hollywood adaptations taken from those movies
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