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Secrets of Dripping Fang #7
Please Don't Eat the Children
Wally and Cheyenne Shluffmuffin are up for adoption, again! A very hungry ghoul couple are interested, unless Vampire Dad can scrape up enough money to get them back. Cheyenne and Wally make some frightening discoveries about what the ant army is up to, all while trying to avoid getting cooked for dinner! Spotlight is a division of the ABDO Group and features library editions of popular fiction titles. Spotlight editions are printed on high-quality paper and with reinforced library bindings specifically printed for the library market. Grades P-6.
143 pages, Library Binding
First published April 1, 2007
About the author
Dan Greenburg
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BOOKS:
Dan's 73 books have been published in 24 countries.
His adult best-sellers include EXES, LOVE KILLS, HOW TO BE A JEWISH MOTHER, HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF MISERABLE, and HOW TO AVOID LOVE AND MARRIAGE. How to be a Jewish Mother sold several million copies. It and How to Make Yourself Miserable were in print for 30 years and were on Publishers Weekly’s list of all-time bestsellers.
Amazon will publish Dan’s third psychological thriller, FEAR ITSELF, in January 2014. They’ll also republish his first two thrillers, EXES and LOVE KILLS.
He’s written four series of children's books: THE ZACK FILES, SECRETS OF DRIPPING FANG, WEIRD PLANET, and MAXIMUM BOY. The Zack Files sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into 20 languages, and generated an Emmy-winning 52-episode TV series that ran on Showtime and Fox Family.
ADVENTURES:
Dan has written extensively about his adventures:
Riding with NYPD homicide detectives for two years to research thrillers FEAR ITSELF, EXES, and LOVE KILLS.
Interviewing murderers alone in their maximum security prison cells for FEAR ITSELF.
Attending autopsies in the NYC morgue for EXES.
Learning how to discipline tigers and lions on a Texas tiger ranch.
Swimming with 80,000 lb. humpback whales in the deep ocean.
Flying upside down with a stunt pilot in an open-cockpit biplane.
Participating in dangerous voodoo rites in Haiti.
Riding with NYC firemen for four months and following them into burning buildings.
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster.
Assisting exorcists in a Connecticut house attacked by poltergeists.
Acting a major character role in a Western movie filmed in Spain.
Doing stand-up comedy at the New York Improv, and on TV talk shows.
Getting screamed at by Orson Welles on the set of Catch-22 in Mexico.
MAGAZINES:
Dan’s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Time, Life, Newsweek, Ms., Playboy, and have been reprinted in 44 humor anthologies in the U.S. and England.
MOVIES AND TV:
Dan has had six of his feature films produced, two of which are on Variety’s list of top grossing films.
THEATER:
Along with Jules Feiffer, John Lennon and Samuel Beckett, Dan was a contributor to Oh! Calcutta!, which ran on Broadway for 21 years. He was also a contributor to Free to be You and Me, which ran off and on Broadway for years.
MISC.:
Dan has appeared on The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, and Late Night with David Letterman. He grew up in Chicago, got his BFA from the University of Illinois, and his MFA from UCLA. He lives in Westchester, NY and British Columbia with his author wife Judith Greenburg and many cats.
dan@dangreenburg.com
BOOKS:
Dan's 73 books have been published in 24 countries.
His adult best-sellers include EXES, LOVE KILLS, HOW TO BE A JEWISH MOTHER, HOW TO MAKE YOURSELF MISERABLE, and HOW TO AVOID LOVE AND MARRIAGE. How to be a Jewish Mother sold several million copies. It and How to Make Yourself Miserable were in print for 30 years and were on Publishers Weekly’s list of all-time bestsellers.
Amazon will publish Dan’s third psychological thriller, FEAR ITSELF, in January 2014. They’ll also republish his first two thrillers, EXES and LOVE KILLS.
He’s written four series of children's books: THE ZACK FILES, SECRETS OF DRIPPING FANG, WEIRD PLANET, and MAXIMUM BOY. The Zack Files sold more than 2 million copies, was translated into 20 languages, and generated an Emmy-winning 52-episode TV series that ran on Showtime and Fox Family.
ADVENTURES:
Dan has written extensively about his adventures:
Riding with NYPD homicide detectives for two years to research thrillers FEAR ITSELF, EXES, and LOVE KILLS.
Interviewing murderers alone in their maximum security prison cells for FEAR ITSELF.
Attending autopsies in the NYC morgue for EXES.
Learning how to discipline tigers and lions on a Texas tiger ranch.
Swimming with 80,000 lb. humpback whales in the deep ocean.
Flying upside down with a stunt pilot in an open-cockpit biplane.
Participating in dangerous voodoo rites in Haiti.
Riding with NYC firemen for four months and following them into burning buildings.
Searching for the Loch Ness Monster.
Assisting exorcists in a Connecticut house attacked by poltergeists.
Acting a major character role in a Western movie filmed in Spain.
Doing stand-up comedy at the New York Improv, and on TV talk shows.
Getting screamed at by Orson Welles on the set of Catch-22 in Mexico.
MAGAZINES:
Dan’s articles have appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, New York Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, The New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, The Huffington Post, Time, Life, Newsweek, Ms., Playboy, and have been reprinted in 44 humor anthologies in the U.S. and England.
MOVIES AND TV:
Dan has had six of his feature films produced, two of which are on Variety’s list of top grossing films.
THEATER:
Along with Jules Feiffer, John Lennon and Samuel Beckett, Dan was a contributor to Oh! Calcutta!, which ran on Broadway for 21 years. He was also a contributor to Free to be You and Me, which ran off and on Broadway for years.
MISC.:
Dan has appeared on The Today Show, The Tonight Show, Larry King Live, and Late Night with David Letterman. He grew up in Chicago, got his BFA from the University of Illinois, and his MFA from UCLA. He lives in Westchester, NY and British Columbia with his author wife Judith Greenburg and many cats.
dan@dangreenburg.com
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March 16, 2020
This book was not quite as fast-paced as the previous book in the series, however, I still could not put it down and read it in one sitting. I am really looking forward to reading the next book in the series! I highly recommend this series, which in some ways harkens back to A Series of Unfortunate Events -- in all the good ways.
August 18, 2010
Since the Child Welfare Bureau has this thing about Vampire Dads who can't support their children, Wally and Cheyenne Shluffmuffin are up for adoption again. Orphanage owner Hortense Jolly is willing to let anyone who has the money adopt Wally and Cheyenne even if they are ghouls who want to eat the children. Vampire Dad is frantically trying to find a job and get the money to adopt Wally and Cheyenne, but the family has other problems. The Jackal is still trying to kill Wally and the children are trying to convince the FBI that a giant ant army is kidnapping busloads of innocent people. Soon Wally and Cheyenne find themselves in hot water - literally.
"Please Don't Eat the Children" is the seventh book in Dan Greenburg's delightfully absurd "The Secrets Of Dripping Fang" series. The books are over the top fun filled with giant ants, mutant children, vampires, giant spiders, an assassin who is a real jackal, ghouls, trolls, wolfs, and more. There is a wonderful sense of humor throughout the book including when Vampire Dad tries to get the role of a vampire in the movies, his visit to a pawn shop run by trolls, his various jobs, Cheyenne's extra credit essay and so much more. Pay close attention to the chapter titles and illustrations in the book as they too add to the humor. There are some scary moments in the book, but they are played mostly for laughs and are not too scary.
"Please Don't Eat the children" is aimed at ages 8 - 12, but readers of all ages will enjoy this zany book.
"Please Don't Eat the Children" is the seventh book in Dan Greenburg's delightfully absurd "The Secrets Of Dripping Fang" series. The books are over the top fun filled with giant ants, mutant children, vampires, giant spiders, an assassin who is a real jackal, ghouls, trolls, wolfs, and more. There is a wonderful sense of humor throughout the book including when Vampire Dad tries to get the role of a vampire in the movies, his visit to a pawn shop run by trolls, his various jobs, Cheyenne's extra credit essay and so much more. Pay close attention to the chapter titles and illustrations in the book as they too add to the humor. There are some scary moments in the book, but they are played mostly for laughs and are not too scary.
"Please Don't Eat the children" is aimed at ages 8 - 12, but readers of all ages will enjoy this zany book.
March 15, 2012
My least favorite of the series: still good, but nowhere near as great as the rest. To me, this was just a filler book, to spread some more stuff between book 6 and 8.
Wally and Cheyenne still attempt to foil the plots of the Giant Onts, but their enemy the Jackal is still on the prowl. Also, a couple with unfriendly intentions wants to adopt them.
Wally and Cheyenne still attempt to foil the plots of the Giant Onts, but their enemy the Jackal is still on the prowl. Also, a couple with unfriendly intentions wants to adopt them.
April 13, 2015
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January 25, 2011
Got a bit weird at the end.
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October 30, 2013This book was ok. it wasnt one of my favorite but i might read it again.
February 6, 2016
Another good adventure book.
August 2, 2016
Review by A.H.: "I liked the mystery of the onts and how the Stumps wanted to eat them."
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