Weebeasts: Plight

by Micah Linton

The second book in the Weebeasts series, Weebeasts: Plight continues the epic adventures of the weebeasts as their civilization advances and grows. The fantastical characters and the positive message... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982173407
• ISBN13: 9780982173404
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Beast Stew
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.92 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 11.0" x 8.7"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A nightly read

My 3 year and 4 month old daughter is a huge "Weebeast" fan. We read "plight" every night before bedtime. She is so into this book that she is demanding we get "more Weebeast, please." She is high functioning Autistic and this book has helped satisfy her highly creative and brilliant mind. She is learning more from this book then any other. We go over colors, opposites, being kind to others, looking for hidden "eyes" on each page, and best of all she is interested in learning to read. We are working on her early reading skills and the "weebeasts" are a huge help. I find the story so interesting that this is a book I enjoy reading to my child. There are other books she likes that I don't like quite as much as she does, but this is one we equally agree on. I found Micah on facebook and became a friend so I can get the up to date information on this man who I feel is an extremely innovative and creative person both written and his amazing illustrations are wonderful to look at. I'm so glad we stubbled upon his "Weebeast Plight" book. We are off to the bookstore for another book:)

Stories for Children Magazine 5 Star Review

Reviewed by: Wayne Walker What do you know about the lives and activities of the little creatures that inhabit the realm of myth and legend? The "weebeasts," which are known by many names in different regions around the world, including gremlins, pixies, goblins, elves, trolls, and gnomes (in addition to a variety of other names depending on local folklore), once had a home, but they were not nice to their neighbors and had to leave. They search high and low for a new home, taking some risks that were silly but along the way learning new things and inventing new machines. As they continue their travels to look for a home, they find that some places are too wet, too dry, too hot, or too cold. Will they ever find a new home? What will happen to them? After years of creating stories and art for top video games companies such as Activision and DreamWorks, self-professed "weebeastologist" Micah Linton has turned his creative talent and imagination to telling the story of the weebeasts. Weebeasts: Plight is the second book in the children's picture book series about weebeasts. In Weebeasts Book One: Origins you can discover the origins of weebeasts. In addition to the reading books, there is a three-volume boxed set of Weebeastology books, in which the "Weebeastology Discovery Team" has compiled a remarkable series of pictures left behind by the weebeasts that show what life is like in their world. There are no words ("alas, these unique creatures left no language to go with the pictures; the interpreter must decide what these scenes represent"), but the Weebeastology books are filled with more weebeast illustrations. Depending upon their tastes, some people may not care for the unique drawings, but most youngsters who like reading about and looking at pictures of small fictional animalsshould find the books interesting and enjoy them. In addition, there are subtle but important lessons embedded in the story, such as the need to be kind to others, the importance of learning from past mistakes, and the joy of good friendships. I found the tale fascinating and am looking forward to learning more about the weebeasts and their experiences.

Cute story with a nice message

Once upon a time, the weebeasts had a home. As a result of some unfortunate choices, they find themselves in search of a new place to live. And during their journey, they make some fascinating discoveries. In Weebeastology, Vol. 1, author and illustrator Micah Linton introduced us to these fictional beings. By providing the pictures without the words, he invited children to discover the story of the weebeasts for themselves. Weebeasts Plight was created for a younger audience and provides the story line along with pencil and watercolor illustrations. The weebeasts learn a lesson in how to play nice with others. They also discover that it's exciting to go out and explore new places. Kids will have fun joining these unique creatures on a wonderful journey to their new home. Reviewer: Alice Berger

Weebeasts Explore a Brave New World

The weebeasts are discovering there's no place like home - that is, as soon as they find one. Explorers at heart find them looking for a new home, but they aren't having much luck. Their neighbors drove them from their last home, because they couldn't get along together. Along the way, the weebeasts invent new devices to help them along their way, explored some new places they had never seen, and learned some lessons about themselves that they didn't know before. A new friend, a creature unlike they have ever seen before, tells the weebeasts he can show them a place they can live in harmony. He takes them to a remote island that has everything the weebeasts could ever want, but there's a catch: more neighbors. This may be the place they've been looking for, but only one thing stands in the way. It's not getting there, as they have plenty of room on their ships, and it's not being able to build their own dwellings, as the weebeasts are a creative and industrious people. The challenge is simply being friendly and kind - a quality that the weebeasts learn can be more valuable than any new invention they could create or ship they could build. Micah Linton created his universe with the more complex worlds of Lord of the Rings, Star Wars and Harry Potter in mind. He believes that we can help children segue into more complex books by creating stories for early childhood reading that more resemble the movies and TV shows that pepper the entertainment landscape. His premise is that young children are like sponges, and can absorb more information and concepts than their older counterparts. In addition, by engaging younger children with more complex stories and concepts, we better prepare them for the more intricate stories they'll encounter in their secondary school career. "Weebeasts have existed since the dawn of time when they lived on Pangaea," said author Linton. "As the land mass separated they became isolated and ended up in remote regions of the earth where they were called many things by humans according to local beliefs, mythology and folklore.'Trolls, pixies, elves, gnomes, gremlins, and goblins' are just to name a few, but in all truth almost every culture has a name for them. I just put together enough of the pieces to trace them back to the origins of their existence and document their adventures through time." But the weebeasts have just begun their journey - exploring both their world and their culture as they find a place for themselves in the universe. "I know there are many more weebeasts anxious to come forward. They just need a little encouragement from humans," Linton said. "Their journey of exploration of this world can teach about our place in it. The weebeasts are a great source of information and education about the world we live in, as they give us a perspective that we sometimes lose living in our every-day world. Their mission continues to widen along with their search and this expedition is just in its early stage."