Whack Of The P-Rex (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Notebook of Doom) by Troy Cummings

The Notebook of Doom #5

by Troy Cummings

Alexander Bopp is ready to battle Stermont's biggest monster yet -- the P-Rex!

This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In this fifth book, Alexander stumbles into a VERY large footprint. And his friend Rip keeps finding candy in the street. What kind of monster leaves HUGE footprints behind? And where is all the candy coming from? Alexander, Rip, and Nikki must find out fast--before it's too late! This book is filled with humor, suspense, and zany black-and-white illustrations throughout!

Genres: Chapter Books, Childrens, Fantasy, Fiction, Humor, Horror, 2nd Grade

Library Binding

Published January 1, 1809

Reviews

[Gina · Rating 5 out of 5]

My son and I sat down and read this in one sitting! He loves these books so much! I hope the author writes a little faster because we only have a few left in the series and my 7 year old will be bereft without another one! These are great chapter books for boys because they are packed full of silliness and fun! They have great illustrations that help readers understand the story and render the various monsters in very funny ways. I love reading with my kids and this is the first book that my 7 year old willingly read straight through because he was so involved in the story and IMO that says something about the author's style. My son and I both rate this 5 stars for fun, humor, and mystery! (Aidan P. helped in the writing of this review.)

[Cris · Rating 4 out of 5]

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The gang is finding candy and pieces of paper around town, along with things damaged. They must find the P-Rex (piñata rex) and stop it!

[Mason · Rating 4 out of 5]

It is so good I would recommend this for a beginner or a kid I loved it it is so good if you do not like reading this is for you if you are a kid and have fun reading and it is so good for you.

[Barbara · Rating 3 out of 5]

Alexander Bopp and his friends, Rip and Nikki, solve the mystery of the enormous candy-filled footprints near their school. The three members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol are fearless and clever even when dealing with their principal or ant farms. Young readers will enjoy this title, the fifth in the series, and chortle at the ide of a Candy-saurus defeated by the smallest of insects. My favorite parts of the book are the notebook sketches of the monsters they encounter as they get closer to the one causing problems at their school. Although it helps to have read the earlier titles, readers can quickly figure out what's going on and identify the characteristics of each of the youngsters and the adults featured in the book. With all that monster-chasing, it's hard to see how the youngsters have time for school.

[Sonia]

Not going to rate. Read only about 4 chapters with my student before we had to return it to the library.

Same basic formula as the other in this series. Something goes wrong on the way to school and they go through their notebook until they find the monster causing trouble.

[zapkode · Rating 5 out of 5]

{My thoughts} – Alexander and his friends are finding huge footprints and candy all over their town. They keep looking through the notebook to see if they can find what is making the footprints and what is leaving the candy behind. Alexander comes up with some ideas with the book, but just as quickly rules them out.

There is a lot at stake if they can’t figure it out, because there is so much going on in terms of things that don’t make a lot of sense. There is also a lot of destruction taking place across the town, that also is rather unexplained.

I really enjoy reading through these books and my three year old daughter enjoys listening to me read them to her. She sits on my lap and points to the pictures as I am reading. She has always had a love of books, and the fact she sits through chapter books as I read them at her age is a big thing. She doesn’t fully understand what is going on in the books, but she loves that she is being read to.

There are a bunch of pictures within the pages of the book, they help to support the story. I think that without the pictures, these books wouldn’t be as great as they are. The pictures really help to add that extra wow factor. I find this series to be entertaining as well as creative and I look forward to reading the next book in the series soon.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is probably my favorite book in the series thus far. My 6 year old son would have loved to have read this book in one sitting but it was too close to bedtime the first night when we started reading it. I already have books #6 and #7 sitting on the shelf ready to go because they are a big hit and my son wants to keep gobbling them up one after another. This book was a little bit of a mystery to find out what kind of a monster was making the tracks and leaving behind candy. It's pretty clever when you find out what kind of monster had left behind these clues. When Alexander, Rip, and Nikki destroy this monster they are in for a big surprise. I thought the ending was clever. I highly recommend this book for boys (probably 1st-3rd grade). Although it could be read to younger readers too because there is a lot of picture support.

[Becky B · Rating 4 out of 5]

Something is leaving a trail of destruction, giant footprints...and candy? Alexander and the other members of the SSMP must figure out what the newest creature is before it destroys the town.

This may be my favorite monster that Alexander and friends have come up against. I just love Troy Cummings creativity and his ability to create not-scary-at-all monsters that can still provide a thrill for lower grade readers. Recommended for reluctant readers, lower grade fantasy/scifi fans, dino lovers, and of course, kids with a sweet tooth.

Notes on content: No language issues or sexual content. Some destruction of property but all the people are fine after their encounter with this monster.

[Dinosaurs · Rating 5 out of 5]

The S.S.M.P was going to school when Alexander tripped on a giant footprint. There was candy on the footprint, too. They found it was a P-Rex. Nikki whacked the P-Rex. Inside, there was another monster called a candy-Saurus. The candy-Saurus accidentally broke the ant house. Soon, the ants ate the candy-Saurus and the monster was gone.

[Kaytee · Rating 5 out of 5]

i liked the book alot but was suprised me is that the p - rex was made out of paper and candy which was the best my favorite part in this whole story is the pictures because i am not even that good to sketch the monsters because i have no skill but this book was cool.

[Mason · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is about the S.S.M.P fight the P-Rex. My favorite part was when the ants from the ant farm ate the candy from the P-Rex's bones. It was also cool that the S.S.M.P. made a costume out of paper.

[Dorian S. · Rating 5 out of 5]

The main characters are Alexander, Rip, and Nikki. The class at stearmont elementary made ant farms. The ant farms turned into antville. I liked the book because there was a candysaurus inside of a P-Rex.

[The Brothers · Rating 5 out of 5]

Dexter (8yo) read. "What are these big footprints doing here? And there's candy in them! Discover what the P-Rex's weakness is."

[Gabriel V · Rating 4 out of 5]

good,but short

[Meagan Fishel · Rating 5 out of 5]

So great

This book is amazing if you like this book like I did you will really like the full series.ps this one is my favorite.

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

F (7 1/2) loves the P-Rex, and plans to dress up as it for their school book parade

[Emma · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cummings managed to describe the smell of a bag of Halloween candy so perfectly.

[Victor · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great winter break read!

[Anisha · Rating 5 out of 5]

It has a T.rex piniata.

[Jillian · Rating 4 out of 5]

Lots of laughter and bedtime sleuthing. This series is so much fun!

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

This one was fine, somewhat boring. I liked that they found the monster in the notebook, but I kind of feel like this notebook might be of abnormal size or something.

[Landon · Rating 5 out of 5]

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[Kensie · Rating 5 out of 5]

Z gives it a 5!

[Sharvil · Rating 5 out of 5]

I am ssmp

[A-drew · Rating 4 out of 5]

A is checking these books out at his school library (CCE - 2nd grade - age 7)
Mom and Dad are having fun reading these books aloud to A. We all enjoy them. They are silly and fun.

[Madeline Elise]

Super easy read, I read it in 5ish minutes

[Keeley · Rating 5 out of 5]

The notebook of Doom Whack of the P-Rex is really surprising, funny, and really good. I hope you have a great time reading it!

[MisterT · Rating 3 out of 5]

Predictable but serviceable. It’s light, got mystery and action.

[Ariana · Rating 4 out of 5]

These book have really helped my son who has ADHD/ADD stay interested.

[Jen Lynn · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun series to read with my daughters. We all enjoyed it!