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Summary
Summary
Surprise, absurdity, and laugh-out-loud humor are the hallmarks of this New York Times- bestselling author, and in Killer Koalas from Outer Space, Griffiths offers up a collection of ridiculous stories featuring zombie kittens, rocket stealing ants, and of course, killer koalas from outer space.
Author Notes
Andy Griffiths is the New York Times bestselling author of The Day My Butt Went Psycho! , Zombie Butts from Uranus! , and Butt Wars! The Final Conflict , as well as The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow and The Cat on the Mat Is Flat . In 2007, he became the first Australian author to win six children's choice awards in one year for Just Shocking! He is passionate about inspiring a love of books in his young readers, and works as an ambassador for the Indigenous Literacy Project, which provides books and literacy resources to remote indigenous communities around Australia. Andy is a big fan of Dr. Seuss and of cauliflower. He lives in Melbourne, Australia, and is Australia's most popular children's writer.
Terry Denton has worked with Andy on many books, including the Just! series. He lives in Australia.
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
Gr 4-6-Fans of Captain Underpants will delight in this collection of short-and quite sick-stories and cartoons. They are filled with "Very Bad" characters, such as The Very Bad Dentist, who tries to extract a patient's tooth but pulls his head off instead. The Very Bad Fish replaces the bait on a fishing line with a lighted stick of TNT, and when the fisherman feels a tug and pulls up the line, he is blown to pieces. The Very Bad Giraffe devours a small boy when his parents' backs are turned, after having told their son that "giraffes are completely harmless." It's doubtful that these micro-stories, or the goofy but sometimes gory cartoon illustrations accompanying them, will upset the readers at whom they're aimed. This book is a hoot.-Walter Minkel, Austin Public Library, TX (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Publisher's Weekly Review
Readers of Griffiths and Denton's previous collaborations-The Cat on the Mat Is Flat and The Big Fat Cow That Goes Kapow-won't be surprised by the abundant scatological humor ("poo" is a recurring motif), gruesome demises, and all-around absurdity that fill the pages of this collection of poems, comics, jokes, and short stories. Griffiths and Denton, who contributes sketchy line art that ranges from piles of guts to Mad magazine parodies, work together in discordant harmony to land one playfully vile punch after another. In the opening sequence, a newscaster announces that extraterrestrial killer koalas have arrived and are "running around ripping everybody's faces off," a mock apocalyptic scenario documented in panel cartoons (the newscaster's fate is hardly pretty). Among the collaborators' creations are "Little Bad Riding Hood," (who refuses to bring medicine to her grandmother); "Bad Macdonald," whose "stinky farm" is filled with dead animals; and a family of dog poo. It's lowest-common-denominator fun, and while parents may turn up their noses, there are plenty of kids who will laugh their heads off (if not literally). Ages 8-12. (Oct.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.
Excerpts
Excerpts
Killer Koalas from Outer Space and Lots of Other Very Bad Stuff that Will Make Your Brain Explode! Killer Koalas from Outer Space Killer koalas from outer space: They look cute and cuddly, but they'll rip off your face! They come here disguised as cute marsupials, but they're really face-ripping extraterrestrials! So, if I were you, from this place I would race before those koalas (with unseemly haste) get out their claws and RIP OFF YOUR FACE! THE END KILLER KOALAS FROM OUTER SPACE. Text copyright © 2004, 2010 by Backyard Stories Pty Ltd. Illustrations copyright © 2010 by Terry Denton. All rights reserved. Excerpted from Killer Koalas from Outer Space: And Lots of Other Very Bad Stuff That Will Make Your Brain Explode! by Andy Griffiths All rights reserved by the original copyright owners. Excerpts are provided for display purposes only and may not be reproduced, reprinted or distributed without the written permission of the publisher.