How to Be a Superhero (Little Golden Book) Hardcover – Picture Book, July 22, 2014

Bought 3 of these as a favor for my sons birthday party and included them in a Superhero Training kit that we sent home with the kids. Fun and rhyming! Super cute!

Cute book to give as a gift in conjunction with a mask and cape. Purchased for a few birthdays for boys age 3-4 and they both loved the story! Were buzzing around the house in no time!

Gave this to my 4 yr old nephew for his bday. I wrote a note in it and gave it to him as his card with his bday gift. Cards get thrown in the trash. Books are inexpensive and make for great cards that they wont toss out :)

I don't do birthday cards because they're a waste so I always get a book and make it my card (because it's basically the same prices as a poorly written card anyway!) This one was PERFECTLY for a 2-year old, newly promoted to big brother! Went perfectly with the set of superhero capes and masks I got him as well! And the story and rhyming is darling as well!

Golden Books can be tricky because there's such a broad range in their prose. How to Be a Superhero is definitely on the youngest end of the spectrum, a good adjacency to Big Heroes! and Flower Power!, with just one to two sentences per page. This is perfect for those littlest superheroes who are getting into comics but don't necessarily have character affinities yet.How to Be a Superhero chronicles Captain Mighty stopping crime and a young boy who wants to be like him. So Captain Mighty asks the boy what his super-powers will be, they go through a quick list of "fly or fast" "quills or webs" etc, and when Turbo Troll attacks the mayor, the boy saves the day and becomes the Silver Cyclone ("cyclone", btw, the most difficult vocabulary word in the book).Now any kids older than about 5 are going to want to know where the super-powers come from, and why plodding through a laundry list suddenly makes the boy a superhero, but these aren't questions most 2 - 4yo's will ask, which is who this is geared towards. It's not the most amazing or engaging story, and it's unlikely to be a favorite for long as your little ones grow into more interesting characters, but for that snapshot in time, like first steps or first words, this first superhero book is perfect.

I've never met a Little Golden Book I didn't like!I gave How to Be a Superhero book as a gift. Along with this book I gave Rio Rand 5 Pack Cartoon Dress Up costumes satin capes with felt masks. What more fun can there be than reading a book and then acting out the characters. The Four Year Old Birthday Boy was so excited to see a story about SuperHero's, something he's really into lately!

I bought this to give to my 5 year old grandson for Christmas. He is going to love it!! The story is written in a rhyming fashion and it is just the cutest story. I think after its read to him a few times, he will be reading it on his own in no time at all. I highly recommend this book for any child who wants to be a superhero!

My 2 and 3 year olds love this book! It’s catchy and cute. I like that it’s not tied to a specific super hero.