Day 81: Zorgamazoo

 

Continuing with books I read years ago, today I would like to say a few positive words about Robert Paul Weston’s Zorgamazoo which I read first in the oughts and, then again, in 2020. It is a story in verse — rhyming couplets in iambic pentameter — written for children. The basic plot goes something like this: tween Katrina Katrell joins forces with Mortimer Yorgle, a zorgle, on a quest to find the missing Zorgles of Zorgamazoo. Along the way, the two discover a nefarious plot to rid the planet Earth of fantastical beasts, a plot which, naturally, the two successfully put to an end. Occasionally one is under the impression that the story is a slave to the verse. However, overall, the book is a lot of fun and is best read by reading as much as possible aloud. The book is written for middle grade readers (kids between 8 and 11), but adults in a good mood should enjoy it as well.

A note on the picture. Here you see me in the mythic New Jersey pinelands. However, after ten years of searching, I have yet to spot the New Jersey Devil or any other mythic creatures while walking the trails in the pines.

One question I have wondered for a couple of years. Why do so few pictures with the #bookstagram tag have the reader’s face in them?

QOTD: what was the last story you read in verse? 

Or what was the last poetry collection you read? 

Let me know in the comments.

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