The Zombees by Justin Colon, illustrated by Kaly Quarles - OPTIONAL

The Zombees by Justin Colon, illustrated by Kaly Quarles. PICTURE BOOK. SImon & Schuster, 2025. $20. 9781665922500

BUYING ADVISORY: EL (K-3) - OPTIONAL

APPEALS TO: SEVERAL

Flying out of the graveyard, the zombees are out this Halloween - are they ready to eat your brains, perhaps?

Colon’s rhyming text is gentle enough that you won’t find yourself singing, which I appreciate. Quarles’s illustrated zombees are not too frightening even for young readers. I don’t quite understand the end - the bees just wanted to come out and deliver honey straight to the humans? But I love the aesthetic and the rest of the story.

Cindy, Middle School Librarian, MLS