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Strange Kid Chronicles #1
Mighty Monday Madness
Welcome to Mrs. Frightenright's class of, um, "kids". There's Weird Ellis, with his Weird Eye that fends off ghosts; Spider-Speaking Spencer (he can talk to spiders, duh); Gina Burrito (she can turn herself into a burrito); and Skeleton Joe (he's got a bone to pick with the school bully). These and many more strange classmates use their special "qualities" every day of the week to keep things as weird as possible.
- GenresGraphic Novels
80 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 1998
77 people want to read
About the author
Doug TenNapel
54 books507 followersDoug TenNapel is the Eisner Award winning writer/artist of over sixteen graphic novels. He is published by Image Comics and Scholastic/Graphics.
He's been married for 27 years to the love of his life and has four book-loving kids.
Doug's favorite authors include G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. He reads mostly philosophy but tends to get his fiction from audio-books.
His performs live art demonstrations on his Facebook page, and has animated using pixel art for clients like BlueSky software and Electronic Arts. He also regularly posts on his Youtube channel.
Doug tries to write and draw something every day as a discipline that also happens to be a career.
He currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee.
He's been married for 27 years to the love of his life and has four book-loving kids.
Doug's favorite authors include G.K. Chesterton, C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. He reads mostly philosophy but tends to get his fiction from audio-books.
His performs live art demonstrations on his Facebook page, and has animated using pixel art for clients like BlueSky software and Electronic Arts. He also regularly posts on his Youtube channel.
Doug tries to write and draw something every day as a discipline that also happens to be a career.
He currently lives in Franklin, Tennessee.
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January 19, 2016
A lot of weird events take place on Monday in Mrs. Frightenright's class. But, thankfully, her group of "strange kids" have the abilities to save the day.
This was a funny little book for kids (I'd say best for 3-4 graders), that featured a class full of kids that get picked on. But it's exactly the things they are teased about that help them protect one another. That seems to be the message here- that what others think is your weakness might very well be the best thing about you.
Some of the pictures go into the text, and make it hard to read, but it only happens a few times in the book, so it wasn't so bad. Plus, the illustrations were... interesting, the kind I'm sure kids would find hilarious.
Overall, I think this would be an easy read for kids around 8 years old, or a fun read for a parent-child read-along with younger kids. It's equal parts funny and creepy, and what little kid doesn't like that?
This was a funny little book for kids (I'd say best for 3-4 graders), that featured a class full of kids that get picked on. But it's exactly the things they are teased about that help them protect one another. That seems to be the message here- that what others think is your weakness might very well be the best thing about you.
Some of the pictures go into the text, and make it hard to read, but it only happens a few times in the book, so it wasn't so bad. Plus, the illustrations were... interesting, the kind I'm sure kids would find hilarious.
Overall, I think this would be an easy read for kids around 8 years old, or a fun read for a parent-child read-along with younger kids. It's equal parts funny and creepy, and what little kid doesn't like that?
May 15, 2019
I first read Mighty Monday Madness 20 years ago, and there hasn't been a day since where I haven't thought about Big Mouth Moira and her pet pig (who's great at backgammon) using their gargantuan mouths to drink an entire tidal wave. It was funny when I was in first grade, and it's still funny now.
February 28, 2022
A very quick read. I had picked it up in a bag of books for two dollars for like 10 books. I read it while I was waiting for the doctor one day and finished it up the next morning with my breakfast. It was very lighthearted and I thought that although kind of wacky it was enjoyable
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