Frankenstein, Jr. - The Menace Of The Heartless Monster
Just finished reading "Frankenstein, Jr. - The Menace Of The Heartless Monster" by Carl Fallberg, published by Whitman Books back in 1968 as part of their 2000-series of Big Little Books.
Whitman's 2000-series of Big Little Books was the last hardcover Big Little Books published by Whitman in the late 1960s.
While I don't recall if Mom every bought this Big Little Book for me, if she had, she would have bought it from the Roses Department Store in the New River Shopping Center in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Big Little Books were usually sold in department stores, and not in regular bookstores, because they were marketed to department stores with large toy sections devoted to children that contained books and coloring books for children.
I got my reading copy of "Frankenstein, Jr. - The Menace Of The Heartless Monster" from eBay. As frequent readers of my reviews here on Facebook, Goodreads, and other social media platforms know, I believe that I was kicked out of the Big Little Book Club of America when I first reviewed a reading copy of a 2000-series Big Little Book. The reason why I think this is because I as blocked from the Big Little Book Club's Facebook page and I received a refund of the unused portion of my annual membership - keep in mind that this was several years ago.
I inherited my ability to remember every little wrong doing from both my Grandpa Allen and Grandfather Baneth - LOL! I'm not holding a grudge against the Big Little Book Club of America, but I'm still puzzled as to why reading a "reading" copy of a Big Little Book got me kicked out - as far as I know it didn't violate any membership rules.
Moving on, "Frankenstein, Jr." was an animated cartoon by animation powerhouse Hanna-Barbera in the late 1960s. It was aired as part of "The Impossibles/Frankenstein, Jr." show. There were several Big Little Books in the 2000 series that featured Hanna-Barbera characters like Space Ghost, Shazzan, and The Flintstones.
After a successful demonstration of their latest invention that allows matter to pass through a solid object, Professor Conroy and his son Buzz discover that their laboratory was robbed by the evil Dr. Spyopolis who stole all of Professor Conroy's plans - including the plans for Frankenstein, Jr. - the super robot who helps Buzz protect Central City. Soon Dr. Spyopolis has created another version of Frankenstein, Jr. that is evil and sets out to rob all the cash and hot dogs in Central City.
Great fun and what struck me most about this Big Little Book, along with all the other Big Little Books in the 2000 series that I have reviewed so far, is that the reading level is far, far above what I suspect is deemed the "acceptable" - sadly - grade/age reading level of many young children today.
GREAT FUN!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/Hanna-Barberas...
Whitman's 2000-series of Big Little Books was the last hardcover Big Little Books published by Whitman in the late 1960s.
While I don't recall if Mom every bought this Big Little Book for me, if she had, she would have bought it from the Roses Department Store in the New River Shopping Center in Jacksonville, North Carolina.
Big Little Books were usually sold in department stores, and not in regular bookstores, because they were marketed to department stores with large toy sections devoted to children that contained books and coloring books for children.
I got my reading copy of "Frankenstein, Jr. - The Menace Of The Heartless Monster" from eBay. As frequent readers of my reviews here on Facebook, Goodreads, and other social media platforms know, I believe that I was kicked out of the Big Little Book Club of America when I first reviewed a reading copy of a 2000-series Big Little Book. The reason why I think this is because I as blocked from the Big Little Book Club's Facebook page and I received a refund of the unused portion of my annual membership - keep in mind that this was several years ago.
I inherited my ability to remember every little wrong doing from both my Grandpa Allen and Grandfather Baneth - LOL! I'm not holding a grudge against the Big Little Book Club of America, but I'm still puzzled as to why reading a "reading" copy of a Big Little Book got me kicked out - as far as I know it didn't violate any membership rules.
Moving on, "Frankenstein, Jr." was an animated cartoon by animation powerhouse Hanna-Barbera in the late 1960s. It was aired as part of "The Impossibles/Frankenstein, Jr." show. There were several Big Little Books in the 2000 series that featured Hanna-Barbera characters like Space Ghost, Shazzan, and The Flintstones.
After a successful demonstration of their latest invention that allows matter to pass through a solid object, Professor Conroy and his son Buzz discover that their laboratory was robbed by the evil Dr. Spyopolis who stole all of Professor Conroy's plans - including the plans for Frankenstein, Jr. - the super robot who helps Buzz protect Central City. Soon Dr. Spyopolis has created another version of Frankenstein, Jr. that is evil and sets out to rob all the cash and hot dogs in Central City.
Great fun and what struck me most about this Big Little Book, along with all the other Big Little Books in the 2000 series that I have reviewed so far, is that the reading level is far, far above what I suspect is deemed the "acceptable" - sadly - grade/age reading level of many young children today.
GREAT FUN!
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
TEN STARS!
https://www.amazon.com/Hanna-Barberas...
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