Last week, when I reviewed Can You Survive the Zombie Apocalypse?, I mentioned my love of “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, but I had no idea that the old series was back, this time published through a new company called Chooseco. A representative of the company contacted me after seeing my (fairly negative) review of the zombie book, wondering if I’d like to give their new zombie book a try, and of course I did! (Note: I am under no obligation to give a positive review, and wouldn’t have accepted the books if I were.)
But wait, it gets better! I mentioned that I have a 6-year-old at home, so Chooseco sent me two additional books geared toward a younger audience. I started reading “Choose Your Own Adventure” in late elementary school, so I didn’t even realize there were books for younger children. Well, they had them back then, and they have them now — they’re called Dragonlarks, and they are designed for young elementary school children. They’re safer (with no truly bad endings), shorter, and contain more pictures.
Here are the three books I received:
I’ve already read through The Haunted House with my kids a couple of times, and will have the review up later this week. Today, I just wanted to share my excitement over the rebirth of this series, and the fact that I can already read it with my kids!
I admit that I’m a little nervous about reviewing children’s books on my blog. I’m sure you’ve noticed that I usually stick to adult or young adult (teen). But I do have children, and I read to them, and I have some definite opinions on which ones I like, so I suppose that makes me qualified to give an honest opinion. (At least, that’s what I tell the people taking my workshops when they feel nervous about critiquing other’s manuscripts.)
I LOVED the choose your own adventure books! I seem to remember some endings were quite dark – but they were fun. So glad to learn that another generation will get to enjoy them.
Thank you for sharing!