Title: Snack Attack!
Author: Terry Border
Genre: Children's / Food / Humor / Horror
Year Published: 2019
Year Read: 2019
Publisher: Philomel Books
Source: eARC (Edelweiss)
Content Rating: Ages 5+ (Some Scary Images)
Buy on: Amazon // Book Depository
I
would like to thank Edelweiss and Philomel Books for providing me a copy of
this book in exchange for an honest review.
Now, I had read a few children’s
books that dealt with talking food and how they view human beings. However, “Snack
Attack!” by Terry Border was an
extremely unique case where we actually get to see how the food items fear the
human beings due to them being eaten by them.
“Snack Attack!” is definitely one book about food that children will definitely get a
laugh out of!
The food items Cookie, Pretzel and Cheese Doodle had
heard tales about Monster Kids who would come up and eat the food items for
snacks. But these three food items
decided to come out of their packages and play around in the kitchen. But unfortunately, the three food items
stumbled upon a note from the Monster Kid’s mother that states that when her
child comes back home, he or she can eat some of the snacks when they come
home. It was then that Cookie, Pretzel
and Cheese Doodle have to come up with a plan to save themselves from the
Monster Kid.
Can the food items escape their gruesome
fate?
Read this book to find out!
Wow! Terry Border’s writing and artwork was
quite creative and hilarious to look at!
I loved the way that Terry Border made the story both hilarious
and intense at the same time as I was laughing along with the food items’ antics
while being scared for their survival against the Monster Kid. I also loved the concept about what would
happen if food items become sentient and we get to see from their perspective
about how they feel about being eaten by human beings (which is
terrifying)! Terry Border’s
artwork was also highly creative as he uses realistic photographs of various
food items and kitchen materials, while drawing some slight cartoonish
expressions on the food items’ faces to give them some personalities.
Parents should know that there are some scary images
in this book that might frighten smaller children. There are some images that portray what the
monster kid would look like from the food items’ point of view and the Monster Kid
is often drawn as a terrifying blue creature with a long tongue that slurps up
the food items. Parents might want to
read this book first before reading it to their children to see if this book would
be okay for them.
Overall, “Snack Attack!” is a truly creative
and entertaining book that children who love reading about food in general will
definitely enjoy! I would recommend this
book for children ages five and up since there are some scary images that might
frighten small children.
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