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Four Scary Stories
When imps and goblins and scalawags get together in a dark place, they like to tell the scariest kind of stories they can think of: Boy stories But who's that sneaking around to listen to them spin their spooky yarns? Can it be the scariest thing of all?
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Published
August 18th 1997
by Puffin
(first published April 3rd 1980)
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And oldie, but goodie from Tony Johnston/Tomie dePaola. An imp, a scalawag and a goblin and an unexpected guest share scary stories on a dark night. Nothing super outstanding, but still a fun one for the Halloween reading rotation. Might be especially appealing to boys as that is the principle fear of the imp, scalawag and goblin.
Excellent chapter fable for the not-easily frightened elementary aged kids who love both icky trolls and who can find humour (and the ever-important lesson) in each story. I bought the book tonight and my 7 year old son has read every story already.
Jan 25, 2010
Tamra
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3 of 5 stars
Recommended to Tamra by:
my 5-year-old son
Shelves:
read-with-or-for-my-kids,
picture-books
My 5-year-old brought this book to me, without having read it himself, and said, "This book is really funny. You should try it out!"
It's a cute take on monsters being scared of a human kid. The illustrations are what are the most fun: the imp, goblin, and scalawag are pretty cute. No scary monsters here.
I have to admit that some of the illustrations were hard to follow. Some are done in a sort of comic book play-by-play sort of way, with several boxes on the same page. Maybe if I were more fami...more
It's a cute take on monsters being scared of a human kid. The illustrations are what are the most fun: the imp, goblin, and scalawag are pretty cute. No scary monsters here.
I have to admit that some of the illustrations were hard to follow. Some are done in a sort of comic book play-by-play sort of way, with several boxes on the same page. Maybe if I were more fami...more
As we like to say as we're reading a completely ridiculous story..."that was wack, jack!". and in the best way possible. this book cracked us all up. super, super cute.
We had this in my first-grade class and we used to fight over who got to read it (this one, and the Alvin Schwartz books).
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Tony Johnston has written many acclaimed books for young people. She and her husband lived in Mexico for fifteen years, where they raised their children. She now lives in San Marino, California.
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