What R.L. Stine’s books are really about

March 8, 2022

What R.L. Stine's books are really about

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Heya <<First Name>>,
 

Are stories supposed to have a moral? 

R.L. Stine doesn’t think so. 

Stine, creator of the mega-best-selling “Goosebumps” series, says there’s nothing you can learn from his books.

The way he figures, if adults have the right to read something just for fun, “Kids can have the same right.”

That doesn’t mean the “Goosebumps” books are unimportant. The opposite, actually.

As Stine puts it …
 

People always say, why do you write these scary books? I always say, “Well, I just like to scare kids.” 

But that’s not really what the books are about.

They’re about getting kids to read. 

Wherever I go, I get these stories: “My kid learned to read on your books” or “My kid learned to like books from yours.” 

And that’s the whole point of it.

Happy reading,
 
 
… who believe that reading with kids can change the world for the better. 

In our current story … (almost) everybody flies away

Our new story (“Davey Dobbs SHOULD NOT”) continues this week.

“Davey Dobbs SHOULD NOT” is about a boy who, for the first time in his life, starts doing things he’s not supposed to, like starting stegosaur stampedes.

It would all be a great adventure if he wasn’t being chased by soccer coaches, violin teachers, and math tutors, all of whom are busy telling him that whatever he’s doing, he SHOULD NOT be doing it.

Part 1: The trouble started with a butterfly.
Part 2: Davey Dobbs isn’t used to having thoughts of his own.
Part 3: Davey wanders out of the story.
Part 4: Davey gets himself surrounded.
Part 5: Davey starts a stegosaur stampede. 
Part 6: Davey rides a rocket cycle in space.
Part 7: Davey captains a pirate ship.
Part 8: Davey runs out of meanders.
Part 9: Davey gets trapped.
Part 10: Davey finds the letters he’s looking for.
Part 11: What IS his story?
Part 12: Jetpacks!
Part 13: (Almost) everybody flies away

To be continued next week …

New: A girl with brains

Scarlet Bone is a zombie girl who’s about to have the most unforgettable unearthday ever.

It’s a day where she’ll gain friends, make enemies, meet a wolf, and take a journey to her grandma’s house for an encounter with something really scary: growing up.
Buy “Scar and the Wolf” >
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