Teeny Weenies: The Boy Who Cried Wool: And Other Stories

Teeny Weenies

by David Lubar

Celebrate Halloween-y with Teeny The Boy Who Cried Wool .

David Lubar is the master of the short story for kids. Now he’s back with his third collection of Teeny Weenies stories, just in time for Halloween! Young chapter book readers ages 7 to 10, reluctant readers, and fans of very short stories will be entertained and delighted by these twelve zany tales. Wacky comic book style illustrations by Bill Mayer add to the fun.

Don’t be a weenie. Read these stories! If you dare!

112 pages, Hardcover

Published September 3, 2019

About the author

David Lubar created a sensation with his debut novel, Hidden Talents, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults. Thousands of kids and educators across the country have voted Hidden Talents onto over twenty state lists. David is also the author of True Talents, the sequel to Hidden Talents; Flip, an ALA Best Book for Young Adults and a VOYA Best Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror selection; several short story collections: In the Land of the Lawn Weenies, Invasion of the Road Weenies, The Curse of the Campfire Weenies, The Battle of the Red Hot Pepper Weenies, and Attack of the Vampire Weenies; and the Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie series. Lubar grew up in Morristown, New Jersey, and he has also lived in New Brunswick, Edison and Piscataway, NJ, and Sacramento, CA. Besides writing, he has also worked as a video game programmer and designer. He now lives in Nazareth, Pennsylvania.

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Reviews

[Natalie · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book is a collection of 12 short stories with a fall/autumn and Halloween theme. I would say these stories reminded me a lot of the old black and white “Twilight Zone” episodes that were strange and creepy to me. So genre wise, I would say these fall into the thriller or horror category.

Violence: In the “Gobble Gobble” short story, a family of vampires suck just enough blood out of a man to make him suffer but not turn him. The family is giving him what he deserves for his greed. There’s a mention of “a dribble of blood” being wiped from the vampire’s chin and how they lick their lips to savor the tasty blood.

[Marley DiSalvo]

Ages 6-10
Short stories
Halloween/Thanksgiving themed
Silly
Magical
Simple language
Illustrated