Reviews for Mooses with Bazookas:“FANTASTIC is not a word that comes to mind.” – Beth Hinkle, author of Elite Prose“This author had nothing MUCH BETTER to do THAN destroy the language of DICKENS, SHAKESPEARE, AUSTEN!” – Yammy Tork, Good Lit Guild
I am dying.
When we started sharing this book with patrons, we would just read the “reviews” on the back of the book aloud and moms, dads, and kids alike would grab the book from us, laughing, and insist on taking it home with them.
I have had ten copies of Mooses with Bazookas in my library since it was released last fall, and all of them are constantly checked out. As one copy gets returned, someone grabs it out of the return pile and asks to have it checked back in immediately so they can check it out themselves. If you search my TinyCat account right now (while I am writing this) you will see that there is one copy available. And, it is only available because I stole it from circulation so I could finally write this review. This hilarious collection of short comedic stories is the single most popular book in my 8,000-book catalog and has been checked out dozens of times, because it somehow blends the ridiculous with the clever without being offensive or degrading into unsavory humor. Mooses with Bazookas is silly, sweet in places, absolutely goofy in other places, and always interesting. It is brilliant for family read-aloud but the audio is extra special good (with an extra ending that left me extra giggling).
This book is a treat. It is a collection of short stories that, allegedly, Sam received in jugs from a mysterious author named Wally Warmbottom. Some of the book is made up of letters from Warmbottom and the rest is made up of stories that Warmbottom passed along to Sam. And, snuck between the stories are illustrations by Joe Hox that add to the hilarity.
We had Sam on the podcast in December to talk about Mooses with Bazookas, and we talked about how important it is for families to have things they can laugh at together. As the very real problems of our world press in on us from all sides, sometimes families just need to get together and laugh full-bellied laughs over something ridiculous and delightful. This will do. It will do very well.
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