Zorgamazoo

This book is best read aloud, it's like Dr. Seuss on steroids! The story is fantastic, fun, and has a great message for kids!I've had about 4 copies of this book, and keep giving them away

Such a fun novel in verse. Very reminiscent of Roald Dahl and kids will love it!

I got this book for my 9 yr old daughter to read with her grandma, as both of them like poetry & I enjoyed reading the 1st few pages on Amazon. They have been reading chapters of it over the past week & they love it. It is a wonderful tale that has a few twists. It's well written & the way they printed it is original (Daughter & grandmother's own words). I love hearing them reading it out loud. This is my Daughter's review:The name of this book is Zorgamazoo, written by Robert Paul Weston. It's about a curious young girl named Katrina and Morty, who is a shy zorgle that gets pulled into an adventure by Katrina. They are kidnapped and taken to the moon, where they try to save the planet from an evil plot of boredom.This is a fictional story written in rhyme, and is very easy to read and follow. My favorite part is when Katrina gets kidnapped and sneaks into the boredom machine and turns the boredom into enchantium gas, which is the opposite of boredom.I loved this book because it was very touching, and it had humor that made the sad parts light. It also showed us the wonderful friendship between Katrina and Morty. I recommend this book to everyone, especially to kids who love adventure and humor.Read it!

This was so fun to read aloud, I didn't wait for an audience. The grands got lost in the details of mechanical gadget descriptions; they preferred the parts about characters' description and action. And they loved the illustrations.

I have three sons -- 12, 8, and 5 -- and have read to them since they were infants. I started with Dr. Seuss and picture books. As they have grown older, I've read Roald Dahl, Tove Jansson's Moomintroll series, Tolkien, CS Lewis, the Harry Potter series, as well as all of Percy Jackson & the Olympians. That's a lot of books over the course of twelve years. Without a doubt (and the vote was unanimous), Robert Paul Weston's Zorgamazoo is our absolute favorite read aloud book. It's a well crafted, fun story --- completely in verse! Magical! If you love reading to your children as much as I do, get it! You won't regret it, and you may find yourself (as I have) reading it to them more than once!

My daughter bought this and really enjoyed reading it. I would recommend it based on her experience with it. Good book.

Fantastic characters, adventures, and danger. This book is humorously dark, yet positively uplifting. Great for boys and girls and grown-ups too. After reading this book, you will want to speak in rhyme all the time! The story itself covers a lot of ground with the challenging scenarios that kids inevitably have to deal with in real life, such as bullying, strangers and death, just to name a few. The fact that the entire story is written in rhyme and has fanciful characters distances the reader so that it is not so scary, and yet is a suspenseful page-turner that will keep you reading into the wee hours of the morning to discover the fate of Katrina and Zorgamazoo.

This was a wonderful book. I am so impressed with the author and wish he did more like this--an adventure novel completely in rhyme! My two children were entirely enthralled and my husband, an elementary school teacher, plans to introduce it to his students. We especially love the narration by Allan Cumming who did a truly superb job. We found this story after reading/listening to "Kenny and the Dragon " which was also narrated by Cumming. If I could give it 6 stars I would!

Reading with my grade 1-3 class now. Good story love the Dr. Seuss rhythm.

Ein ganzes Buch in Reimform geschrieben - das ist an sich schon ein Kunststück. Aber auch die Geschichte, die dabei erzählt wird, trifft den Nerv der Zeit: von fantastischen Kreaturen, die nur noch Kinder sehen, weil die Erwachsenen nicht mehr daran glauben wollen. Insbesondere auf Englisch ist es ein Genuss, darin zu lesen, und man kann garnicht anders, als es laut zu lesen, weil es so schön klingt. Im Deutschen ist die Übersetzung etwas holpriger, aber auch gelungen.

This is the most amazing book. As I read it I wanted to tell everyone READ THIS! Would suit 7 yr olds to adults as it works on many levels. It really was just like Dr Seus but a full length novel. The sentence scanning was flawless as were the rhymes. I could see this appealing to reluctant readers in particular as one feels compelled to read it out loud. Buy this for yourself and all your friends. Spread the word about a remarkable book. No child should be deprived of the chance to enjoy this.

This book blew me away. Written entirely in rhyme, it is imaginative and captivating. I read it to my Grade 6 class upon recommendation of another teacher, and I snorted, guffawed, and giggled right along with the kids! They would beg me to read a little bit more, or while they were eating lunch, and I always would because I had so much fun. I even made a bulletin board and reader's workshop activities out of it because of the detailed description and rich vocabulary. I can't recommend it enough! Great for intermediate and older.

Mein Sohn (10) musste dieses Buch in der Schule vorstellen.Nach den ersten paar Seiten dachten wir noch "Mmh was ist das denn?" ,aber ist der Einstieg erstmal geschafft wollten wir es nicht mehr aus der Hand legen.Wir haben uns so in die Figuren verliebt und das Lesen war ein reines Vergnügen !!! Mein Sohn war ganz begeistert und er ist sonst ein richtiger Lesemuffel.