Everyone looking at this product page probably knows up front that this is possibly one of the craziest ideas ever. It is Lovecraft's horror tale "Call of Cthulhu" rewritten in the style of a Dr. Suess book - complete with Suess' typical four-line rhyming stanzas and an extremely accurate imitation of his illustrating style. Yet as crazy as the idea is, it works astonishing well. It doesn't turn the original story into silliness or make fun of it in any way. It actually summarizes it and hits all the key notes of the story quite well. At the same time, it isn't grim and dour and dark. It actually does read with all the light breeziness of one of Suess' stories.
Parents will have to decide for themselves whether the "For Beginning Readers" on the cover is meant to be a joke or if the authors were serious about it. Personally, I would say there's nothing really objectionable about the book. Lovecraft was pretty buttoned-up, so there's nothing remotely obscene in his original story and certainly nothing obscene here. There was definitely some implied gore in his original story, but none of that is on display in the illustrations in this version. Overall, I don't see why it wouldn't be safe for beginning readers and they might even learn some interesting new vocabulary from it. After reading it through, I thought it more than safe to get a copy of it for my grand-daughter and I accompanied it with one of the monster plushies that Chaosium also sells.
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Great fun read for my 7 year old
My 7 year old loves spooky stores, and I figured what is more spooky than Lovecraft? This story does a good job of following the plot and story of the original in a fun way. Illustrated to look like A Seuss Story. Very fun read, and beautifully illustrated on thick glossy paper. A true show stopper!!!
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