Friday the 13th from the Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon Adventures #25

by Mike Thaler, Jared Lee (Illustrator)

Hubie has planned a fantastic party for his birthday. There's only one problem- he didn't know it was on Friday the 13th. Now that's bad luck! What if nobody shows up? What if nobody brings presents? Hubie better wish for some good luck!

Genres: Childrens, 1st Grade, Chapter Books

64 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2013

About the author

Mike Thaler, born in Los Angeles, started his professional career drawing cartoons for adults. A children's book editor saw one of his cartoon stories in a national magazine and encouraged Mike to try writing for children. His first attempt met with success, and "The Magic Boy" was published in 1961.

Mike has produced over 220 published books and is known as “America’s Riddle King.” He has also been called “The Court Jester of Children’s Literature.”

Mike Thaler lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Patty. He gladly welcomes all invitations to do church and school programs, and other book events.

Mike travels each year throughout the world helping children and teachers create their own stories, riddles, and books. He writes and teaches with creativity, inspiring his audiences with a love of language.

--from the author's website

Reviews

[Brenda Wharton · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hubie is having a birthday and it's on Friday the 13th. He is worried his friends won't want to come to his party or that they won't bring any presents. His teacher suggests they all dress up as their favorite superstition and he hopes that will entice his friends to come to his party. Easy read. my 3rd grader enjoyed it.

[Benjamin Childers · Rating 3 out of 5]

Friday the 13th

From the
Black lagoon
By, benjamin

This book is about a kid whose birthday is on a Friday the 13th. It's a bad day cause that's the day everyone has bad luck but he has the worst luck than anyone else. He wants presents but there is none.

[Gabriel Benitez · Rating 4 out of 5]

Hubie va a tener su fiesta de cumpleaños pero cae en un terrible Viernes 13, día de la mala suerte... ¿Quién podrá más: la fiesta de cumpleaños de Hubie o la superstición. Libros para niños pequeños con un montón de diversión.

[Lex · Rating 2 out of 5]

meh

[Tweller83 · Rating 3 out of 5]

10/7/21 - Another in the series of somewhat cute books. Probably more suitable for reluctant reader boys in 1st or 2nd grade. It was fun, and better than the Valentine's one, but just okay for me.

[Emma · Rating 3 out of 5]

I remember the trouble of birthday parties and wondering if all your friends are going to come.

[Andy Tade · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read this with my 3rd grade Read to Succeed reading buddy. He really enjoyed it!

[Logan · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent story & moral

I found book #32 in my oldest child’s backpack, must have been from the time the school had book swap day. I read it to him & it was so much fun. So I selected another book from the series to read to my 6 year old twins. Friday the 13th was appropriate for two reasons, they love spooky stuff and, like Hubie, they were born on September 13th which was actually a Friday! Well, the storyline is captivating, never know where it might take you. Can’t wait to read them another book from the Black Lagoon series. However, next time, they’ll read it to me!

[Caligal · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book to read with my first grader. It had some challenging words for her and was a quick 20 min read . Not our all time favorite but still deserved some credit because she didn't want to put it down.

[Burak · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book was like a superstition book and a birthday!

[Reanna · Rating 5 out of 5]

Who wouldn't love a Friday the 13th birthday where all your friends come to your party dressed as lucky charms? =P

Funny little read with fantastic and hilarious drawings all throughout. :)