My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish

My reluctant 8-year old reader loves this series. Aside from the whole "moron" reference throughout the book (the big brother/evil scientist is CONSTANTLY referring to the main character as moron), this is an entertaining book. Kids find the antics very funny.

My daughter loved the Big Fat Zombie Goldfish - the chapters are short so we can read one or 2 chapters each night. There are ample pictures so she doesn't feel like these is drowning in text.

My daughter is a problem reader (I think she might be dyslexic) and I am thrilled anytime that I can find a book that she is interested in. Don't make the mistake of thinking that this is more "boy driven." Girls like this series equally as well as boys.

I thought this looked really funny when I read the summary. I have a seven year old and a five year old. It was too boring for my older son but my 5 year old wanted to hear the story. It's fully of phrases like, "I'm going to kill you" and "I'll beat you up" and some real borderline situations. It could have been funny, but it's not well written enough for that. I'm not overyly sensitive so it takes a lot for me to feel duped by a kid's book. But this is not for younger kids. It's also, in my opinion pretty boring.