The Curse of the Campfire Weenies and Other Warped and Creepy Tales

This was one of a handful of books I've read in the past couple of years that opened up a trap door in my brain that leads directly to the unfiltered twelve year old me. Long packaged away safely as a memory, as a slave to selective revelation, this book seems to know where the the cage is weakest and can be exploited. A few stories in and suddenly I'm back in my sleeping bag at Camp Slauson, BSA, up late at night making up ridiculous stories of monsters and unexplainable phenomena.

Lubar's Weenie series are full of the kind of campfire tall tales and horror stories you might expect if Rod Serling and Bob Hope could be reincarnated as a single being. They are damned odd, amusing, and full of twists that only the mother of a pretzel or a show more yogi could enjoy.

No, I take that back. They're exactly the kind of story a middle grade boy enjoys, and with a half dozen titles in the series there are dozens of them to jump into.

Tales like the boys who dare each other to grab for mud from the bottom of the "bottomless" lake, only to have one of them discover that the farther down you dive the closer you get to the surface... of another world, full of alien tentacled creatures. Then there's the story of the robot with limited memory who is perpetually faced with cleaning "his" room, being turned off and on only for that purpose, trapped forever in doing what he "knows" needs to be done. Or the story of the maniacal wood chipper with a one track mind once it's had a taste of human blood.

Many of these stories are under five pages long, some are barely two pages. Lubar knows his reader isn't interested in anything but "the good parts" and it makes for quick, enjoyable reading. Lubar might not be a household name the way some authors are, but I bet his books are better circulated and well-worn compared to some. show less

These stories are absolutely perfect for bedtime, sleepover or campfire storytime, etc. They're all short, but are enjoyable and will keep the reader/listener entertained. They also hold the perfect amount of " scary"....they're creepy enough for children who like this sort of thing, but not frightening enough to induce nightmares.

We incorporated this book into our nightly reading time recently..we read two stories out of this book each night along with our other books for the night....my youngest daughter was most eager for these stories and would ask to read these first....she was disappointed when the book ended. I will definitely be getting the others in this series.

This book jumped out at us last weekend at the bookstore. It looked right up Griffin's alley and the author is award winning, plus there is a handful of these books...something we love to find usually. Nope, bomb. I read a few of the stories to Grif that night. The first one he thought was ok (better than I gave it). We kept going...after all sometimes an almost 11 year old boy has different things he enjoys in a book than his Mama...but it got worse. After a few stories we both gave up....should have picked up another Dahl. They are not creepy to our sense, nor is the writing at all engaging.

Welcome to mind of author David Lubar and the third "Weenies" book. This installment in the short scarry stories collection is yet another imaginative journey. Every story follows different realms of horror. From humor, thriller, spooky and downright gross. These stories may tend to fit Middle School and teen audiences but some of the stories could be read allowed for nearly all ages to enjoy, but mind you, it is primarily teen literature. (ages 11 )

this book is full of scary and funny stories.Warning if I were you I would'nt read it at night!