M. D. Payne
Autor(a) de What Is the Story of Scooby-Doo?
Obras de M. D. Payne
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1978
- Sexo
- male
- Local de nascimento
- New Hampshire, USA
- Locais de residência
- Maine, USA
California, USA
Idaho, USA
Florida, USA
Virginia, USA
Ohio, USA (mostrar todas 8)
Germany
New Jersey, USA - Pequena biografia
- [from Amazon website]M. D. Payne was born in 1978 in New Hampshire to an Air Force Family and grew up in 11 different homes in Maine, California, Idaho, Florida, Virginia, Ohio, and Germany. As a child, he was a ravenous reader. While in elementary school, his favorite past-time was creating cut-and-paste scrapbooks of presidential facts that remain in his mother's possession today. M. D. has been a fan of Halloween and horror into adulthood, so he jumped at the chance to write marketing and creative copy for the famed "Goosebumps" series in 2007, and was soon pulled into the world of kidlit. He wrote his first books, the gross-out horror series "Monster Juice", from 2012–2014, and then became involved in the NY Times bestselling "Who Was" series, tackling spooky titles like Who Is R. L. Stine? and What is the Story of Scooby-Doo?
Before M. D. was a writer, he was a Jazz DJ, wrote scripts for Jazz at Lincoln Center Radio, and was associate producer on "Essentially Ellington" recordings and public radio programs such as Honky Tonks, Hymns, and the Blues and W.C. Handy's Blues. He took that decade of experience and poured it into the "Who Was" book on Jazz legend Duke Ellington. Who Was Duke Ellington? will be available December 1, 2020.
A fan of kids, reading, and especially kids who read, M. D. gives presentations on reading and writing to children and parents alike at numerous schools around the country, and around the world via Skype. He lives in New Jersey with his wife and two daughters.
Membros
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What Is the Story of Scooby-Doo? de M. D. Payne
Great children’s book about Scooby-Doo and his history throughout television and movies!
M.D. Payne’s Monster Juice series is being touted by his publisher as being the heir apparent to the Goosebumps throne of creepy-crawly middle grade horror. Although Payne once worked with R.L. Stein, one can’t help but wonder if Stein would approve of how fearlessly and completely Payne commits to grossing his readers out.
In the first installment of the Monster Juice series, readers meet Chris, a middle school-aged boy trying to raise money to buy a telescope. When a summer full of mowing lawns still brings him short of his goal, he takes a volunteer position at an old folks’ home called Raven Hill in hopes to win a volunteering award at school and raise the remaining funds. His innocent attempt at making money soon turns complicated, as the mysterious director and residents of Raven Hill appear to be feasting on something they harvested from inside Chris, although he is unsure exactly what that is.
Payne takes every moment to make someone or something burp, fart, have oozing wounds, smell or taste something stomach-churningly disgusting. More sensitive readers may want to skip this or risk losing their lunch and becoming an M.D. Payne character. Monster Juice is the sort of kids-only title that could possibly seen as a dog whistle of a book. While adults will recognize the words on the pages, only children will be able to understand and love it.… (mais)
In the first installment of the Monster Juice series, readers meet Chris, a middle school-aged boy trying to raise money to buy a telescope. When a summer full of mowing lawns still brings him short of his goal, he takes a volunteer position at an old folks’ home called Raven Hill in hopes to win a volunteering award at school and raise the remaining funds. His innocent attempt at making money soon turns complicated, as the mysterious director and residents of Raven Hill appear to be feasting on something they harvested from inside Chris, although he is unsure exactly what that is.
Payne takes every moment to make someone or something burp, fart, have oozing wounds, smell or taste something stomach-churningly disgusting. More sensitive readers may want to skip this or risk losing their lunch and becoming an M.D. Payne character. Monster Juice is the sort of kids-only title that could possibly seen as a dog whistle of a book. While adults will recognize the words on the pages, only children will be able to understand and love it.… (mais)
Ages 9-12.
Chris desperately wants the TRQ92 Super Infinity Space Gazer. When he has the chance to win the money for it by volunteering, he jumps at the chance to sign up at the Raven Hill senior home. However, the seniors seem a bit different...some have rather sharp teeth, others cackle over cauldrons, and couple are hairy and howling. Could they be monsters? In any case, they are under attack from life-draining, cockroach-like sussuroblats. Chris will need to help from his friends to rescue the senior monsters from a terrible fate.
Monster Juice will please readers who find bathroom humor hilarious. Barf plays a key role, and Payne creatively describes its smell, chemical content, warning signs, and trajectory. The violent content of the novel is limited: some unfortunate monsters are overcome by the dastardly sussorublats, and the heroes must crush, zap, and dissolve the sussorublats to save the day.
While Chris’s motivation for volunteering begin as selfish, he learns to genuinely care for and respect the elderly monsters. All of the spewing action is bolstered by a sincere, though not preachy, message: lending a helping hand can be a great adventure.
Fear the Barfitron is the first of the Monster Juice series, though it works well as a stand-alone book. Recommended.… (mais)
Chris desperately wants the TRQ92 Super Infinity Space Gazer. When he has the chance to win the money for it by volunteering, he jumps at the chance to sign up at the Raven Hill senior home. However, the seniors seem a bit different...some have rather sharp teeth, others cackle over cauldrons, and couple are hairy and howling. Could they be monsters? In any case, they are under attack from life-draining, cockroach-like sussuroblats. Chris will need to help from his friends to rescue the senior monsters from a terrible fate.
Monster Juice will please readers who find bathroom humor hilarious. Barf plays a key role, and Payne creatively describes its smell, chemical content, warning signs, and trajectory. The violent content of the novel is limited: some unfortunate monsters are overcome by the dastardly sussorublats, and the heroes must crush, zap, and dissolve the sussorublats to save the day.
While Chris’s motivation for volunteering begin as selfish, he learns to genuinely care for and respect the elderly monsters. All of the spewing action is bolstered by a sincere, though not preachy, message: lending a helping hand can be a great adventure.
Fear the Barfitron is the first of the Monster Juice series, though it works well as a stand-alone book. Recommended.… (mais)
R. L. Stine is the author or the hugely popular series "Goosebumps". Often referred to as the "Stephen King of children's literature," R.L. has created some of the scariest books to have ever been passed around a campfire.
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 12
- Membros
- 258
- Popularidade
- #88,950
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 4
- ISBNs
- 47