Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs, and Some Other Things That Aren't As Scary, Maybe, Depending on How You Feel About Lost Lands, Stray Cellphones, Creatures from the Sky, Parents Who Disappear in Peru, a Man Named Lars Farf, and One Other Story We Couldn't Quite Finish, So Maybe You Could Help Us Out by Nicky Hornby, Neil Gaiman, Jon Scieszka, Jonathan Safran Foer, and More
Edited by: Ted Thompson, with Eli Horowitz
Rating: *****
My librarian roommate brought this home last night from her volunteer work at another library. She was intrigued by it's ridiculous title, and list of authors. It's possibly one of the funniest books I have ever read. It is a collection of 11 shorts stories about children. I'm not 100% sure that the book is children friendly, because there is actually some pretty graphic things in it, plus a lot of hilarious only-adults-get-it references. But I'm fairly sure it would be enjoyable for all ages. The title pretty much tells you the content of the stories, and each story is hilarious. I laughed for the hour and a half straight it took me to read the book. It starts off with a real kick in the face introduction by Lemony Snicket, which made me giggle uncontrollably, much to the confusion of other people in the room. The book was published in 2006, and the cover is actually part of an intriguing contest, which 3 years later is over and done with. The contest was Lemony Snicket wrote half a short story and couldn't finish it, so they put it on the inside of the book jacket, with a challenge to send it back to the publishers. The best entry would have been published as a complete story in another book. I'm not sure how that contest ended, but probably awesomely.
In addition to being an extremely hilarious, must-read book, the proceeds of the book sales go to 826NYC, a nonprofit in NYC which helps children from 6-18 with their creative writing and literary skills. Their website can be found at http://www.826nyc.org/
Enjoy your reading!
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