Their mom made for Charlie but then she died and he outgrew it so he gave it to Jack.ĭid you learning anything? Not everything is as bad as we think. He's Charlie's brother who always wears a Captain America costume. What are some of the nightmares in the story? Clowns, cockroaches, the dark, grubs, man-eating rabbits, zombies, fitness exams (like, if you're not athletic at all), and failing regular tests.įavorite character: Jack. Regular kids who read it shouldn't be scared. What I Liked: The fact that Charlie and Jack are brothers. (Um, I don't know Jason Segel personally, but I'll let the publicist who gave us the audiobook know.) The guy who wrote it did a good job reading it too. Awesome.ĭid you the like the audiobook? Yeah. ~ Interview with my 9 almost 10 year old ~ĭescribe Nightmares in five words: Fun. And he’s going to need all the help he can get, or it might just be lights-out for Charlie Laird. Nightmares can ruin a good night’s sleep, but when they start slipping out of your dreams and into the waking world-that’s a line that should never be crossed.Īnd when your worst nightmares start to come true.well, that’s something only Charlie can face. What Charlie doesn’t know is that his problems are about to get a whole lot more real. He had to move into her purple mansion, which is NOT a place you want to find yourself after dark.ģ.He can’t remember the last time sleeping wasn’t a nightmarish prospect. His dad married a woman he is sure moonlights as a witch.Ģ. Jason Segel, multitalented actor, writer, and musician, teams up with New York Times bestselling author Kirsten Miller for the hilariously frightening, middle-grade novel Nightmares!, the first audiobook in a trilogy about a boy named Charlie and a group of kids who must face their fears to save their town.

I Love You, Man (2009), How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Get Him to the Greek (2010).A New York Times Bestseller written and narrated by Jason Segel! Segel is also a musician and songwriter, with his songs appearing in many projects including Freaks and Geeks (1999), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), Segel also co-wrote and starred in The Muppets (2011). His film breakthrough, however, came in 2008's hit Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) which he wrote and starred in. His major break came in 1999, when he was cast as Nick Andopolis in Judd Apatow's well-regarded series Freaks and Geeks (1999).įurther TV and film roles followed, notably in How I Met Your Mother (2005) and Knocked Up (2007). During his education he showed an interest in acting and often performed in plays at the Palisades Playhouse.

Matthew's Parish School in Pacific Palisades, before moving on to Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles.

His mother is of English, Scottish, and Irish ancestry, and his father is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. Multi-talented Jason Jordan Segel was born in Los Angeles, California, where he was raised by his parents, Jillian (Jordan), a homemaker, and Alvin Segel, a lawyer.

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