Red herrings

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

by Dave Morris

Based on the television series about four turtles transformed by radioactive goo into wild, wacky, street smart warriors, ready and willing to stand up and fight for what is right - and they are always ready for another slice of pizza.

Genres: Fiction

75 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1990

Reviews

[Beast McCoy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Found deep in a closet of childhood things, so I reread it. How can a children's book that introduced elementary school children to the words "inexorably" and "lagan" boldly declare that turtles can breathe underwater and then structure half of the plot around that statement? Also, Donatello says "dammit". I rediscovered my childhood shock at seeing that word on the page. What a strange 90s turd of a book.

[Brandon Kazimir · Rating 3 out of 5]

Words I learned from a little kids book about the Ninja Turtles: portico, lagan, colonnade, baleful, companionway, dredging.

[Sofia]

When I was 7, this was the best book ever. The TMNT were my favourite people in the world, right after Robocop and MacGyver, and twenty years later I'm still bummed my mom never bought me the rest of this collection.