Some of the twists are spins on classic past twists from the original series. As an added bonus, there's even a selection of Slappy's most iconic jokes at the back of the book.Įaster eggs are scattered throughout the story for hardcore fans to spot. For listeners of the audiobook, you'll get to hear Stine himself narrate his parts. It's also a beautiful hardcover, complete with lovely illustrations. Though not an official entry in the SlappyWorld series, it follows the similar structure where the story is occasionally interrupted by a narrator. But Blackwell has a trick up his loose sleeves, namely SLAPPY! The book begins two hundred years ago in the cottage of Ephraim Blackwell, powerful sorcerer and "master of the dark arts." In a scene that will remind longtime fans of the Fear Street Saga, townsfolk affront the sorcerer with pitchforks and torches to put an end to his evil reign. Whether or not this is the definitive origin story, it is a good one. Though he adds an "I think" in case he decides to change his mind. They can't all be true, can they? In his introduction to this special Goosebumps 30th anniversary book, Stine writes that he's skeptical of prior Slappy legends and believes this book is the "true" story of the living dummy.
Stine has received numerous awards of recognition, including several Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards and Disney Adventures Kids' Choice Awards, and he has been selected by kids as one of their favorite authors in the NEA's Read Across America program.
His other major series, Fear Street, has over 80 million copies sold. In the early 1990s, Stine was catapulted to fame when he wrote the unprecedented, bestselling Goosebumps® series, which sold more than 250 million copies and became a worldwide multimedia phenomenon. Stine began his writing career when he was nine years old, and today he has achieved the position of the bestselling children's author in history. Stine, who is often called the Stephen King of children's literature, is the author of dozens of popular horror fiction novellas, including the books in the Goosebumps, Rotten School, Mostly Ghostly, The Nightmare Room and Fear Street series. Stine and Jovial Bob Stine, is an American novelist and writer, well known for targeting younger audiences.
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