When you were a kid, did you ever feel like all the other kids were cooler? Smarter? More creative? Better athletes? Like pretty soon they’d look at you and say, “Hey, what are you doing here? You don’t belong.”

(Or was that just me?)

Anyway, maybe you can relate to the hero of our current story, “Moldylocks and the Bear.” 

Illustration by Madeline Barber.

Even though she’s a zombie, she’s really just a girl trying to find out where she fits in. 

Her crisis comes when she has to decide whether fitting in is worth losing her best friend.  

I added a lot of just-gross-enough zombie humor in the hope that it would hold the attention of any reluctant readers in your family. 

And you, too, if you’re reading aloud. 

Which is always a good idea.

Happy reading.

Jeff, Bob, and Claire …
… who believe that reading with kids can change the world for the better

“Moldylocks and the Bear” 

“Moldy” is by far our most ambitious book. It takes place in the zombie town of Plainfield (introduced in “Scar and the Wolf”) and follows Moldylocks LaMort on her quest to win the lead role in the annual town musical. To do so, however, she’ll have to face her arch-enemy, Jeminy Stinkpit, who will stop at nothing to win.

Come meet a whole new cast of characters (and body parts) in the latest Plainfield adventure. 

Both “Scar and the Wolf” and “Moldylocks and the Bear” will be available soon. For now, you can read a new installment of “Moldylocks” each week. 

• Part 1: “Friday”
• Part 2: “Saturday”
• Part 3: “Sunday”

See you next week with another batch of chapters!

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