As the father of a four-and-a-half year old, my literary experiences have now been expanded into the kids section of the local mega-superzilla bookstore. I must confess that my son and I rarely purchase books from the store, instead opting to find a small collection of titles, grab a comfortable couch and read a few in quick succession, before grabbing some hot chocolate and chocolate chunk cookies at the coffee shop.
It was on one such expedition, that I spotted the latest Seinfeld opus - not a autobiography of his rise to fame, not a collection of scripts, lame jokes or his views on life or marriage, but an out-and-out kids book. Jerry Seinfeld's Halloween is definately not a literary prizewinner (the story is alright, somewhat like listening to Jerry's traditional monologues), but it is a fun read with your child.
Short, witty and mostly enjoyable, with superlative and funny illustrations by James Bennett, it reminisces about the Halloween's of yesteryear, looking back at the various types of candy that you most want to receive, and the inevitable Superman costume for young Jerry to wear. The book does a great job of illustrating Jerry as a kid (see here and you get the idea), but was less than stellar at keeping my son's attention. Devoid of any knowledge of Seinfeld, blissfully free of knowing the trivialities of Vandelay Industries, Festivus ("a Festivus for the rest-of-us') or Kramerica, my son preferred the much cheaper Scooby-Doo Mysteries.
More for adults who can chuckle at the in-jokes then for kids, Seinfeld's Halloween is good, but maybe sitting in the wrong section of the store. Is there a vanity press section in the mega-superzilla bookstore?
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1 - jeff cohen
Dear Mr. Seinfeld,
hi my name is jeff and i am a 15 year old kid. i am a very big fan of you and i have seen all of your stang up! i have tickets to go see you in toronto is a few months. the point that i am tring to make is that i have read you r bio and i feel that you have enspired me a lot and i wish to go into stand up as a hobbie when i am older and old enough. i have always watched seinfeld with my mom and dad and i still do. i know every episode off by heart. i would be very very thankful if u respond to this email and please try if u have time. thank u for your time and if you dont write back then i will see you in massie hall in may 2004. thank you for reading this.
yours truly,
Jeffrey Cohen
2 - jeff cohen
Dear Mr. Seinfeld,
hi my name is jeff and i am a 15 year old kid. i am a very big fan of you and i have seen all of your stang up! i have tickets to go see you in toronto is a few months. the point that i am tring to make is that i have read your bio and i feel that you have enspired me a lot and i wish to go into stand up as a hobbie when i am older and old enough. i have always watched seinfeld with my mom and dad and i still do. i know every episode off by heart. i would be very very thankful if u respond to this email and please try if u have time. thank u for your time and if you dont write back then i will see you in massie hall in may 2004. thank you for reading this.
yours truly,
Jeffrey Cohen
3 - ghetoluva22
u look like a guy i no
4 - ashley fries
I think this is a gr eat book my teacher read it to me i just think we need him to read it to us the whole thing so we can show our family.♥ashley♥
5 - joshua
Jerry seinfeld, Im your fan. You are alsome. Your book halloween was so funny. You are right the first thing you know when you are a kid you cant wait to get candy. Thanks for everthing that you did