Title: Gregory and the Grimbockle
Author: Melanie Schubert
Artist: Abigail Kraft
Book Soundtrack: Jared Kraft
Genre: Life / Children's / Drama / Family / Adventure / Fantasy
Year Published: 2017
Year Read: 12/29/2017
Publisher: New Wrinkle Publishing
Source: eARC (NetGalley)
Content Rating: Ages 7+ (Some Scary Imagery)
Buy or Add on: Amazon // Goodreads
I would like to thank NetGalley and New Wrinkle Publishing for providing me
a copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.
YES! Another new book from the folks over at
NetGalley! When I saw this book over at
NetGalley, I just had to pick this beauty up as soon as possible! “Gregory
and the Grimbockle” is a children’s book that is written by Melanie Schubert along with artwork by Abigail Kraft and it is definitely one
fantasy read that children should check out!
Gregory is a
ten-year-old boy who does not have many friends and his family often ignores
him whenever he is home. But, probably
the biggest sore spot about Gregory is that he has a large mole on his face
that everyone keeps picking at, despite the fact that it causes him great painOne
night however, Gregory’s enormous mole suddenly opens up and out stepped a
Grimbockle who has a cockroach steed and it was then that the Grimbockle tells
Gregory about his job in collecting thread like creatures called Exoodles that
appear on human beings and repair them whenever they are damaged. Gregory then wanted to help the Grimbockle
with his duties and the two of them go on a wild adventure to fix all the
exoodles on humans before it is too late!
Wow! Just
wow! I never would have thought that I would
be able to read a children’s book that is so full of imagination and adventure
that it wounded up being one of the most unique books I had read for this year! Melanie
Schubert has done an excellent job at writing this book as the writing is
both witty and exciting to read through. I loved the way that Melanie Schubert used various phrases like “Grimbockle” and “Exoodles”
to explain the bizarre world that the Grimbockle lives in as it reminded me of
the wacky phrases used in books that are written by Dr. Seuss and Roald Dahl. I
also loved the way that Melanie Schubert
had written Gregory as being an all loving hero who only wants to help the
people he cares about and I like the fact that this story is set up as a coming
of age story for Gregory himself as he learns to show compassion towards
people, even towards people that treat him badly. The mysterious world of the Bockles was so
magical and imaginative that I found myself fawning over the small world of the
Bockles and how they are able to see the mysterious exoodles when no one else
can! Abigail Kraft’s artwork is highly creative and detailed, especially
of the images of Gregory himself as his facial expressions are usually drawn in
an exaggerated way and yet, I have always loved the surprised look on his face
as it reflects the bizarre situation he is thrown into quite well. I also loved the images of the Bockles
themselves as they are portrayed as small purple creatures who have large eyes
and have some features that make them look like little elves.
Parents should
know that there is some scary imagery in this book, which mainly consist of images
of the dark exoodles, which are black worm like things that pop out of people’s
heads. This may cause some small
children to be terrified about the possibility of having strange worm like
creatures in their heads, even though this book is purely fictional (yuck, even
that makes me feel nauseous typing this down).
Parents might want to read this book first to see if their children can
handle the scary imagery in this book.
Overall, “Gregory and the Grimbockle” is a
fantastic fantasy adventure for children both young and old! I would recommend this book to children ages
7 and up due to some of the scary imagery.
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