Author: Greg Trine
Release Date: May 2006
Publisher: Tandem Library
Pages: 138
Target Age: Children
Summary from Goodreads:
Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name!
Meet Melvin Beederman. He's a pretty good superhero, even though it always takes him five or six tries to get launched and flying. His weakness (every superhero has one) is bologna, which makes it hard to go into a deli. Still, Melvin manages to keep the city of Los Angeles free of nasty villains—once he's airborne.
Crash! Splat! Thud! Kabonk!
This series has it all: hilarious story lines, amazing classic-comic-inspired illustrations, fearless new superheroes, and SNACKS!
Bad guys tremble at the sound of his name!
Melvin loves fighting crime in Los Angeles, until the McNasty Brothers, the baddest guys of all, start robbing banks—and Melvin's superpowers mysteriously disappear. Enter Candace, a third-grade actress with some surprising new talents. Once they team up, nothing can beat these partners in uncrime. Nothing but bologna, that is . . .
I read this to my six year old son recently and he LOVED it. When I asked him how many stars he would give it he replied "28 stars". We are headed to the library tomorrow to pick up the next book in the series. It is a longer children's book taking me about 45 minutes to read aloud, my son was so into Melvin and his cape difficulties that he didn't want to stop reading until we had finished. So a definite two thumbs up from boy-boy and his mama!
