The New Year's Eve Sleepover from the Black Lagoon

Black Lagoon Adventures #14

by Mike Thaler, Jared Lee (Illustrator)

Eric is having a New Year's Eve sleepover, but Hubie has never spent the night away from home. He's going to be in a strange bed, in a strange room, in a strange house. What if Hubie gets sick or has a bad dream? What happens if Eric starts telling his cheesy jokes? And what's all this talk about making a New Year's revolution?

Genres: Chapter Books, Childrens, 1st Grade, Fiction

64 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

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

[Liam Murphy]

It was suppose to be funny. It wasn't. I finished it really quickly.

[Paula]

Hubie has been invited to Eric’s New Year's Eve sleepover. But Hubie has never spent a night away from home. He starts imaging all the possibilities of things going wrong. And of course, his imaginings are far worse than the actual sleepover. The boys tell jokes, play video games and come up with a do-able New Year’s resolution. They can’t even stay awake until midnight. This title is one of the Black Lagoon Adventures, beginning chapter books for emerging readers, and follows the format of the shorter Black Lagoon books. Black and white illustrations are mixed with a few comic panels to keep readers engaged. The situations and scenarios are relatable to the intended audience, especially boys. Order if needed.

[kristen]

My class likes to hear these silly stories. The word bubbles and labels are very funny.

[Milan Vansurksum]

Eric wants Hubie to go to his sleepover
but Hubie thinks Eric is weird My favorite part is when Hubie said a joke and he laughed at his own joke and nobody laughed at his joke