Halloween (Byron Preiss Book)
by Jerry Seinfeld
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Author: Jerry SeinfeldIllustrator: James Bennett
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2002-09-01
ISBN: 0316706256
Number of pages: 32
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
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- ISBN13: 9780316706254
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Review: A 6 minutes Seinfeld Stand Up Comedy CD with a Bonus Book, Illustrating the Jokes of that Routine
Summary: 4 Stars
A lot of the people who criticise Halloween by Jerry Seinfeld and James Bennett don't really understand what the product actually is. It's an old track taken from the Telling You For the Last Time stand up tour era where the words have been printed and illustrations added by illustrator James Bennett. It's not a children's picture book written from scratch to appeal to kids. Not that kids won't enjoy it but the big question for whoever you're buying it for is do they like Seinfeld. If the kids in question don't like or have never even watched Seinfeld then maybe you should just buy Halloween for yourself and not use them as an excuse for buying it. Non Seinfeld fans are unlikely to enjoy what is basically an expansion of the intro stand up routine on one of the earlier Seinfeld TV show episodes.
Halloween is basically a chance for fans to relive the Seinfeld days or if they were lucky enough to see Jerry doing a stand up show to relive that. It is also a chance to reminisce of what Halloween was like for those North Americans around Jerry's age when they were kids. Of course this element probably isn't going to be that interesting or relevant to kids today who didn't live that back then or who aren't from North America. So the majority of those who will enjoy this will no doubt be adults however if your kids also love Seinfeld they'll like it too.
The text does work better as a stand up routine done in the style of the way Jerry Seinfeld speaks, which is why if you've got the choice you should get the version which comes with the CD of him performing the act. Just reading the book or expecting your kid to do so in a normal reading way doesn't work at all.
Are there better Seinfeld standup routines than Halloween they could have done this way? Yes no doubt, and hopefully we'll see more in the future.
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