I read this book to my 6-year-old over a few bedtimes. First thing to say is that I didn’t realise it was a sequel until I looked on Amazon for Stitch Head and found it was the third book in the series. That is a plus as it means it is self-contained story not relying on knowledge from the other books, although obviously having read those too would be an advantage as characters appear in all of them.
Stitch Head is a creation made by Professor Erasmus Erasmus, but it turns out that the heart used in creating him was the wicked heart of Mawley Crackbone, a notorious criminal from ye olden days. Well Mawley returns as a ghost to reclaim his heart, convincing Stitch Head to give him control of his body, leading to disaster. But all turns out well in the end.
Despite the ghosts and the Frankenstein-like creations in this book it isn't scary and young kids should be fine with it (in fact the trailer below for the first book in the series is scarier than this book). And there are plenty of well put together black-and-white pictures to accompany the story too, plus short chapters that should make it ok for young ‘uns to listen to and maybe read too, although it hasn't been dumbed down meaning there will be some hard words as well as made up words from the likes of the creation Pox.
(I got this book through Amazon Vine. It is listed here.)
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