{"id":19114,"date":"2018-10-16T08:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T08:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/?p=19114"},"modified":"2018-10-12T14:45:10","modified_gmt":"2018-10-12T14:45:10","slug":"guide-to-groot-a-sound-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.comicsreview.co.uk\/nowreadthis\/2018\/10\/16\/guide-to-groot-a-sound-book\/","title":{"rendered":"Guide to Groot – a Sound Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nBy Matthew K. Manning<\/strong> & Nicholas Rix<\/strong> (Becker & Mayer! books\/Quarto)
\nISBN: 978-0-7603-6217-4<\/p>\n

Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Sheer Delight for Youngsters of Any Age\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 9\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Technically speaking, Groot is one of Marvel’s oldest characters, having debuted as a woody alien invader in Tales to Astonish<\/strong> #13 (cover-dated November 1960), a good year before Fantastic Four<\/strong> #1.<\/p>\n

Crafted by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers, ‘I Challenged Groot! The Monster from Planet X’<\/em> revealed how a studious biologist saved humanity from a rapacious rampaging tree intent on stealing Earth cities and shipping them back to his distant world. That tale’s not in this tome, because in the intervening decades the deciduous despot cleaned up his act, pruned off the bad wood and now resides firmly on the side of the good guys\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

As a beloved star of print and screen, the leafy legend has profoundly planted himself in the hearts of kids everywhere and this nifty marriage of sound and vision allows readers to enjoy a succession of cool narrative image scenarios by Nicholas Rix whilst Rocket Raccoon<\/em> (in his identity of author Matthew K. Manning) clarifies the intricacies of Groot’s seemingly limited vocabulary in text. And all while Groot emotes right in your ears!<\/p>\n

This is all achieved via a selection of 10 pushbutton activated sound files, each revealing the utterance nuances of the titanic timber-man’s 3-word vocalisations.<\/p>\n

Following Rocket’s Introduction<\/em>, the lessons commence with \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Am Groot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d which of course means ‘Hello’<\/em> whereas the second spoken \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I Am Groot\u00e2\u20ac\u009d reveals just how the super sapling says ‘Did You Mean This?’<\/em><\/p>\n

You get the picture – and they’re all beautifully rendered illustrations of key moments featuring Star-Lord<\/em>, Gamora<\/em>, Mantis<\/em>, Drax<\/em>, Rocket<\/em> and other old favourites – as they are followed in close order by ‘I Gotcha’<\/em>, ‘Nope. Not Gonna Happen’<\/em>, ‘Geez. Leave Me Alone, Already’<\/em>, ‘Let’s Dance’<\/em>, ‘Trust Me. I Got This’<\/em>, ‘I Want That!’<\/em>, ‘Face My Wrath, Chumps!’<\/em> and ‘I Love You’<\/em>\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

This is a marvellously accessible addition to any fan’s library or toybox so it’s a shame that Guide to Groot<\/strong> is not available in the UK yet. Still, as I’m sure you know the internet is your friend in situations like these\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n

I am Groot I am Groot<\/strong> I am Groot, I am Groot I am Groot I Am Groot I<\/strong> am Groot-I am Groot I am Groot I am\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\n\u00c2\u00a9 2018 Marvel. MARVEL and all characters, names and distinct likenesses thereof \u00e2\u201e\u00a2 & \u00c2\u00a9 2018 Marvel characters, Inc. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Matthew K. Manning & Nicholas Rix (Becker & Mayer! books\/Quarto) ISBN: 978-0-7603-6217-4 Win’s Christmas Gift Recommendation: Sheer Delight for Youngsters of Any Age\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6 9\/10 Technically speaking, Groot is one of Marvel’s oldest characters, having debuted as a woody alien invader in Tales to Astonish #13 (cover-dated November 1960), a good year before Fantastic Four … <\/p>\n

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