Frankenstein goes Picture Book
This week, I picked up Lola Schaefer’s picture book, Frankie Stein, (illustrated by Kevan Atteberry) – what a wonderful twist on the usual Halloween fare!
Frankie’s proud parents are delighted when Frankie arrives in the world on a “bright, sunny day,” but “Oh, my,” his mother exclaims, “He’s…cute.” And he truly is!
Not to be dissuaded, however, his parents determine to shower him with scariness. They try to make Frankie look “like a Stein” by covering up his “lock of sun-gold hair,” his pink, smooth face, and his first white tooth.
Poor Frankie. He never quite manages to act or look scary enough. “But he is a Stein,” his parents reason. “Maybe he just needs a little inspiration.”
Kids will love the way that Frankie solves his problem to become “the scariest Stein of all.” That is, until baby Francie Stein comes into the world.
