The Secret Saturdays 1: The Kur Stone (Secret Saturdays (del Ray))
Grade 2—5—The Kur Stoneis another entry in the glut of adapted-for-comics cartoon shows. Based on "The Secret Saturdays," a cartoon about a family of cryptozoologists and their various adventures, the book consists of still frames of a particular episode laid out in panels with dialogue (presumably from the episode as well) and text, which does not really add to the story as much as it describes precisely what's happening in the panels. There is no doubt that something like this will appeal to fans of the show, but this shoddy adaptation is a sorry excuse for a graphic novel.—Jason M. Poole, Webster Public Library, NY(c) Copyright 2010.  Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc.  No redistribution permitted.