Captain Awesome and the Ultimate Spelling Bee

Captain Awesome #7

by Stan Kirby, George O'Connor (Illustrations)

Will Captain Awesome successfully take on Little Miss Stinky Pinky to become the winner of the second-grade spelling bee?

Eugene McGillicuddy’s superhero alter ego, Captain Awesome, relies on a wide array of superpowers to keep the town of Sunnyview safe from “bad guys.” But when Ms. Beasley announces that Eugene will be representing the class in the second grade spelling bee (along with Meredith Mooney—yuck!), Captain Awesome wonders if his spelling superpowers are strong enough to defeat his nemesis, Little Miss Stinky Pinky. Will Captain Awesome prevail and keep the spelling bee trophy safe from evil? M-I-T-E-E!

With easy-to-read language and illustrations on almost every page, the Captain Awesome chapter books are perfect for beginning readers!

Genres: Chapter Books, Childrens, Fiction, Humor

128 pages, Paperback

First published March 5, 2013

About the author

When Stan Kirby was 6-years-old, he tied a beach towel around his neck and became Super Commander Beach Boy. He tried his best to protect sand castles from the waves, keep seagulls away from his French fries, and keep the beach clean.

When Stan's not creating the awesome adventures of Captain Awesome, he loves reading comic books, eating okra, and hang-gliding (but not at the same time).

Reviews

[Emma]

I never had a spelling bee... should I be sad that I missed out?

[Aadi Chaitanya]

I liked it a-lot because it was totally awesome and it is about spellings and my teacher also asks me spellings... I study in Grade-1 .

[Lisa Faye]

My five year old is just working on her reading skills so she loved this book! She could read a couple sentences per page and loved the pictures. She also loved that she learned how to pronounce "Eugene" and "awesome" - both of which stumped her phonics the first few times. I give it 3 stars, but I would hazard a guess that she'd give it 5.

[Christine Grant]

I didn't like the first few chapters of this book as much as I did others in the series. Once the spelling bee gets underway, however, the book is hilarious. My son and I spent a lot of time laughing out loud together which is one of best gifts a book can give me.

[Connie]

Cute little read about a Spelling Bee! First chapter book, so great for kids who may be participating in this type of competition for the first time.

[Laila]

I want to read more of the Captain Awesome books. It was a pretty good book.

[Kris Patrick]

The only thing more boring than watching a spelling bee might be reading about a spelling bee. Minus points for negative librarian image. :o

[Earline]

Lately the Captain Awesome books have been falling short in the expectation area.. but I found myself pleasantly surprised by #7 in the series.

[The Brothers]

Asher (7yo) read. "I like Captain Awesome because they have lots of enemies. He always wins against his enemies with his partner Nacho Cheese Man. The book is funny!"

[Helen]

Hilarious!