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Creepy Creatures 
Author(s) R. L. Stine, Gabriel Hernandez, Greg Ruth, Scott Morse Country United States Language English Series Goosebumps Graphix Genre(s) Horror fiction, Children's literature Publisher Scholastic Publication date September 1, 2006 Media type Print (Paperback and Hardcover) Pages 144 (first edition) ISBN ISBN 0-439-84124-0 OCLC Number 70582931 Followed by Terror Trips Creepy Creatures is the first book in R. L. Stine's Goosebumps Graphix series. It is a comic book that contains three stories; "The Werewolf of Fever Swamp" adapted by Gabriel Hernandez, "The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight" adapted by Greg Ruth, and "The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena" adapted by Scott Morse, all based on the Goosebumps books by R. L. Stine. The book was first published on September 1, 2006[1] by Scholastic in the United States.
Contents
Plot summary
The Werewolf of Fever Swamp
Grady Tucker and his family move into a house next to Fever Swamp. Grady finds and convinces his parents to let him keep a large wolf-like stray dog for a pet which he names Wolf. But when something has broken into the deer pen in Grady's yard and killed one of the animals, his dad decides that the stray had to be taken to the pound. Grady helps the dog flee before his dad can capture it. That night, Grady hears the howling again and explores Fever Swamp to get to the bottom of things. He encounters Will Blake, one of his friends, who is slowly turning into a werewolf under the full moon. The newly changed werewolf bites Grady, but the assault is cut short when Wolf attacks and kills Will. On the night of the next full moon, Grady transforms into a werewolf and joins Wolf in hunting.
The Scarecrow Walks at Midnight
Two siblings named Mark and Jodie go for a visit to see their grandparents, Curtis and Miriam. There, they notice strange movements at night, the scarecrows moving and their grandparents acting differently. Jodie concludes that Sticks, the groundskeeper's son made all of the scarecrows move and dresses Mark up like a scarecrow for revenge. But after a real scarecrow tries to choke Jodie, Sticks explains that Stanley brought the scarecrows to life. Curtis and Miriam had been trying to keep Stanley, Sticks dad happy so that he'll keep the scarecrows asleep. After scaring Stanley with the scarecrow costume, the real scarecrows begin walking towards them. Sticks uses torches to burn all the scarecrows and they all fall to the ground. The next afternoon, Jodie notices a stuffed bear move.
The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena
Ana and Luis Garcia decide to join their dad in a trip to Alaska to try and track sown a snow creature known as the Abominable Snowman. There, they eventually see the Snowman frozen in ice and their dad decides to take him back to Pasadena, California, where they live. Before doing so, Luis sneaks some snowballs in the trunk in which the Snowman would be taken home. After showing their neighbor Lauren Sax the Snowman, Ana throws a snowball from the trunk at her, but misses and hits the tree. This causes the snow to expand and covers their yard in snow. Lauren grabs some of the snow and throws it at Ana and she becomes covered in ice. After the heat from the furnace and oven doesn't defrost her, Luis gets the Snowman to break out of the ice. The Snowman defrosts her and escapes.
Reception
Melissa T. Jenvey from the School Library Journal stated that this book was "a great option for younger readers interested in graphic novels, and the nostalgia is there for the older set".[2] George Galuschak from Kliatt stated that this book is too intense for younger children, but too boring for older ones.[3] Kat Kan from Booklist commented "the “gotcha” ending of ["The Werewolf of Fever Swamp"] is particularly well done" and that the book "graphic-novel format is sure to attract its own following".[4] R.J. Carter from The Trades stated that the book "will certainly be welcomed by little boys and ghouls who are already fans of the Goosebumps novels", but stated that "The Abominable Snowman of Pasadena" adapted by Scott Morse was an easy skip.[1]
References
- ^ a b Carter, R.J. (August 28, 2006). "Book Review: Goosebumps Graphix: Creepy Creatures". The Trades. Retrieved on December 11, 2010.
- ^ "Creepy Creatures (Goosebumps Graphix". Amazon. Retrieved on December 11, 2010.
- ^ Galuschak, George (November 2006)."Stine, R.L., Hernandez, Gabriel, et al. Creepy creatures". Findarticles.com. Retrieved on December 11, 2010.
- ^ Kan, Kat (October 1, 2006). "Creepy Creatures.". Booklist. Retrieved on December 11, 2010.
External links
Goosebumps R. L. Stine • Scholastic Book series Individual books The Haunted Mask • The Werewolf of Fever Swamp • Creepy Creatures • Revenge of the Living Dummy • Creep from the DeepOther TV series (episodes) • Video games (Attack of the Mutant, Escape from HorrorLand, Goosebumps HorrorLand) • Slappy the DummyCategories:- Goosebumps
- Novels by R. L. Stine
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