{"id":448,"date":"2009-05-07T22:57:05","date_gmt":"2009-05-08T02:57:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/07\/review-of-doc-wilde-and-the-frogs-of-doom-by-tim-byrd\/"},"modified":"2009-05-07T22:58:59","modified_gmt":"2009-05-08T02:58:59","slug":"review-of-doc-wilde-and-the-frogs-of-doom-by-tim-byrd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/?p=448","title":{"rendered":"Review of Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom, by Tim Byrd"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom<\/em><\/p>\n

by Tim Byrd<\/p>\n

G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.\u00a0 186 pages.<\/p>\n

www.penguin.com\/youngreaders<\/a><\/p>\n

Okay, I admit.\u00a0 When I read the first chapter of this book, it reminded me way too much of the Spy Kids <\/em>movie that my children watched until it nauseated me.\u00a0 I wasn’t at all sure I could finish the book.<\/p>\n

However, I found that, at least in small portions at a time, I began to be intrigued to learn in what over-the-top way Doc Wilde and his children Brian and Wren would get the better of the sinister amazonian frogs of doom.\u00a0 The less I took it seriously, the more fun I had reading it.\u00a0 For me, this did require only a few chapters at a time, but once I got in the habit, I did find myself coming back for more each night.<\/p>\n

The book is described as a tribute to the old pulp adventure novels.\u00a0 That is perhaps my problem — I never was a fan of those books.\u00a0 But I am looking forward to having this book on the library shelves.\u00a0 I think it will be a natural choice for young comic book fans ready for a little more text and a lot of rollicking adventure.<\/p>\n

The story is indeed over-the-top.\u00a0 Brian and Wren take after their father — tanned, golden-haired, strong, agile, good-looking, and incredibly smart.\u00a0 Throw in being magnificently wealthy with all kinds of high-tech gadgets invented by Doc Wilde himself, and you won’t be surprised when they get out of every life-threatening situation thrown at them.\u00a0 The fun comes in at how they get out of it this time.<\/p>\n

I like the villains — sinister mutant frogs of various shapes and sizes, some with razor-sharp teeth.\u00a0 There’s something simply inherently silly about Frogs of Doom.<\/p>\n

Again, I think this might be a great pick for reluctant readers, especially young boys who like adventure.\u00a0 It’s just silly enough and adventurous enough to provide heroic escape.<\/p>\n

Buy from Amazon.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Doc Wilde and the Frogs of Doom by Tim Byrd G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 2009.\u00a0 186 pages. www.penguin.com\/youngreaders Okay, I admit.\u00a0 When I read the first chapter of this book, it reminded me way too much of the Spy Kids movie that my children watched until it nauseated me.\u00a0 I wasn’t at all sure I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47,10,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-adventure","category-childrens-fiction-review","category-science-fiction"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sonderbooks.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}