where Dr. Franken

With mixed results, the brother-and-sister team behind Mr. Bumble revisit a B-movie staple. This mock-horror story begins in the lab, where Dr. Franken is whipping up a 'hyper-sizing tonic, which worked wonders on lollipops.' The tonic has other effects, too: It turns an ordinary insect into 'a hideous hyperflyAa droolish, ghoulish creature' that quickly starts 'multiflying' into scores of buzzing pests. Dr. Franken, with sparse hair standing on end and eyeballs spiraling madly, giddily invents a solution to his bug problem. He creates a giant amphibian known as Frankenfrog, and the stiff-jointed, algae-green zombie lurches to the swamp, zapping flies with his electrified lightning-yellow tongue. Kim Kennedy challenges some Frankenstein conventions. Although Frankenfrog is not accepted among regular frogs, he wins Dr. Franken's loyalty by destroying the hyperfly. Good riddance, too: Doug Kennedy's chaotic illustrations present a scary, hairy villain with a slavering red tongue, scrawny body and multiple eyes. The monster theme, high-octane palette and goofy gags recall Dav Pilkey's work, but this book's grotesque slapstick doesn't succeed so well as Dogzilla's sillier take on monster myths. Ages 4-7. (Aug.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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