Totally Turtles! (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles)

by Matthew J. Gilbert, Golden Books (Illustrations)

An all-new Little Golden Book starring Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in a classic 80s art style!

Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles star in an all-new Little Golden Book that features the classic art style from the 1980s. Boys and girls ages 2 to 5 and collectors of all ages will love this totally gnarly storybook!

Genres: Childrens, Picture Books, Superheroes

24 pages, Hardcover

First published July 7, 2020

About the author

Recently named a New York Times Bestselling Author, Matthew J. Gilbert has written several licensed books for some of the world’s biggest franchises, including Stranger Things, Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

Some of his most notable titles are: the best-selling Little Golden Book, “I Am Jack Skellington,” “Hawkins Horrors: A Collection of Terrifying Tales,” and the official junior novelizations for Netflix's Stranger Things. He is also the co-author of the popular “Classroom 13” chapter book series. In addition to his author life, he’s a former Nickelodeon staff writer, an amateur screenwriter, and a poet when the mood strikes him. He currently lives in far-too-sunny California with his wife, and his loyal cat sidekick, Pepe.

You can follow him on Instagram at @mattgilbertwrites and find him on YouTube as well.

Reviews

[寿理 宮本 · Rating 4 out of 5]

I feel like Little Golden Books based on existing IP have too much material to work with, so they resort to a broad overview of the source material rather than actually telling a story like older Little Golden Books did. Is it really THAT hard to just tell a short story and not worry about their origins? (or am I just not finding the ones with stories in them?)

Art is fine, story is... an illustrated encyclopedia blurb. I don't know.

I did finally find out Irma's last name is Langenstein, though! :o (This somehow never came up in the original '80s cartoon.)

[Jacki · Rating 3 out of 5]

It’s acute little book that I’ve read many times to my son. But I wish their was more of a story and less of an introduction to all the characters. Plus when did Splinter mutate from a man?! Or am I movie purist and still feel it makes more sense that he was rat owned by a martial artist? Why would a man become a rat?! I seek logic from a children’s book only because I’ve read it so many times.

[Glynnis · Rating 2 out of 5]

Really a primer for the characters in the old series.
Little Man is crazy about the theme song of this show right now and would give this book 5 stars, but I am realizing that I can't allow his favorite books ruin my Goodreads shelves!