The Zombie Nite Cafe, by Merrily Kutner

Illustrated by Ethan Long

Rating: Very Good
Holiday House, 2007, $16.95
ISBN: 9780823419630

Age Level: 5-9 years
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The Zombie Nite Café is a great read aloud, that would give a storyteller much to work with. The words in this story-in-rhyme are very descriptive and visual, and the story has a rap-like beat to it. The story could easily stand alone, yet the illustrations make it more exciting.

Zombie Nite Café is not for the faint hearted. It is populated with Zombies, Ghouls, Trolls, etc., and brains and eyeballs are on the menu. However, it is scary, but not too scary and could be told to a young school-age audience.

Reviewer: Virginia Edwards, Orange County Public Library/Mesa Verde Branch