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16th out of 93 books
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205 voters
Creepy Carrots!
The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch in this clever picture book parable about a rabbit who fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Jasper Rabbit loves carrots—especially Crackenhopper Field carrots.
He eats them on the way to school.
He eats them going to Little League.
He eats them walking home.
Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they?
Celebra...more
He eats them on the way to school.
He eats them going to Little League.
He eats them walking home.
Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they?
Celebra...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
August 21st 2012
by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
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One of the very fun parts of attending Book Expo America is getting books signed by authors. Since I adore children's books (good thing since I work in youth services at my library!) I kept an eye on the lines forming for picture book authors or illustrators. In this case I waited behind a half dozen folks for the illustrator of this neat little story. (Hope this isn't a spoiler but it's not really all that creepy!)[Addendum: I just saw that this title won't be released until August 21, 2012.]
Reynolds, Aaron, and Peter Brown. Creepy Carrots! New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2012. Print. 40 p.
Jasper Rabbit loves carrots, as most rabbits do. He is character young children, ages 4 through 8, will be able to relate to, as he is on a little league baseball team, attends school, and even develops an irrational fear, as many children do. Shaded, subdued pencil illustrations are brightened up with vibrant orange hues when the “creepy carrots” appear. Jasper makes a pla...more
Jasper Rabbit loves carrots, as most rabbits do. He is character young children, ages 4 through 8, will be able to relate to, as he is on a little league baseball team, attends school, and even develops an irrational fear, as many children do. Shaded, subdued pencil illustrations are brightened up with vibrant orange hues when the “creepy carrots” appear. Jasper makes a pla...more
Creepy Carrots by Arron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown
I am a person who has always avoided carrots. Not because I didn't like them, but because they are orange. I refused to eat orange food as a kid and it just became a habit. Recently I have started to eat carrots and actually enjoy them. But not as much as Jasper Rabbit in Creepy Carrots. Japser loves carrots so much that everything he passes through Crackenhpper Field he helps himself to carrots - big fat, crisp, free for the taking ca...more
I am a person who has always avoided carrots. Not because I didn't like them, but because they are orange. I refused to eat orange food as a kid and it just became a habit. Recently I have started to eat carrots and actually enjoy them. But not as much as Jasper Rabbit in Creepy Carrots. Japser loves carrots so much that everything he passes through Crackenhpper Field he helps himself to carrots - big fat, crisp, free for the taking ca...more
Oct 28, 2012
Vincent Desjardins
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
picture-books,
children-s-and-young-adult
What’s a poor rabbit to do when the carrots he loves to munch on begin stalking him? Jasper Rabbit is faced with that question when he begins to suspect the delicious carrots from Crackenhopper Field are following him around, spying on him as he brushes his teeth and watching him while he’s in bed. Author Aaron Reynolds and illustrator Peter Brown have created a child-friendly homage to a classic ‘Twilight Zone’ scenario in this funny book that is perfect for any young child looking to be scared...more
Jasper Rabbit loves carrots, especially the ones that grow in Crackenhopper Field. He eats them before school, on his way to baseball practice, and then again on his way home. Jasper eats them all the time…that is until the creepy carrots start following him. “Tunktunktunk.” Jasper hears and sees creepy carrots everywhere, but when he turns around to look at them they disappear! After a week Jasper can’t take it anymore. So he saws and hammers, digs and builds, until the carrots are contained by...more
A children's librarian is half media specialist, half psychic. It isn't enough to have to know the books in your collection. You have to know what that pint-sized patron standing before you REALLY wants when they say they want "a scary book". For a while there I had this very persistent three-year-old who would beg me for scary fare and wait as I dutifully pulled picture book after picture book for him. After a while I'd begin to wonder what would happen if I actually gave him what he said he wa...more
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Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Peter Brown, tells of young Jasper Rabbit, who indulges in carrots constantly... until they seem to start following him.
Brown's three color illustrations were rendered in pencil on paper and then digitally composited and colored. The panels, and one and two page spreads portray nervousness and fear well using a variety of perspectives. The expressions of the carrots and Jasper communicate emotions effectively. My favorite images are endpapers. c...more
Brown's three color illustrations were rendered in pencil on paper and then digitally composited and colored. The panels, and one and two page spreads portray nervousness and fear well using a variety of perspectives. The expressions of the carrots and Jasper communicate emotions effectively. My favorite images are endpapers. c...more
Jasper Rabbit loves carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them going home.
Jasper especially loves the free carrots he can grab from Crackenhopper Field any time he wants.
At least he does until those creepy carrots start to follow him around. No one else sees what Jasper sees. But that doesn't mean he's wrong in Creepy Carrots (2012) by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown.
Reynolds' concise writing keeps up the tension as Jasper gets more and more cree...more
Jasper especially loves the free carrots he can grab from Crackenhopper Field any time he wants.
At least he does until those creepy carrots start to follow him around. No one else sees what Jasper sees. But that doesn't mean he's wrong in Creepy Carrots (2012) by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown.
Reynolds' concise writing keeps up the tension as Jasper gets more and more cree...more
TEXT:
Page turns and text flow are natural when read. Some repetition ("No creepy carrots") and predictability that make this a good story time choice. Just a couple less familiar words (Crackenhopper Field, ridiculous) which lend to meter and sense of fun in story.
ILLUSTRATION:
Illustrations are done as panels in a comic, greyscale with orange pops. Appears to be charcoal/pencil sketched with marker. Round cartoon quality. Sketchy line quality without appearing messy, creates movement, energy, se...more
Page turns and text flow are natural when read. Some repetition ("No creepy carrots") and predictability that make this a good story time choice. Just a couple less familiar words (Crackenhopper Field, ridiculous) which lend to meter and sense of fun in story.
ILLUSTRATION:
Illustrations are done as panels in a comic, greyscale with orange pops. Appears to be charcoal/pencil sketched with marker. Round cartoon quality. Sketchy line quality without appearing messy, creates movement, energy, se...more
Jan 30, 2013
Joan
rated it
5 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Recommended to Joan by:
ALA Awards
I loved this one! Of course just the title reminds me of Bunnicula who feasts on sucking carrots dry. This falls into the "scary but likely not too scary" category for young kids. Similar to Where the wild things are by Sendak, all the Carrots have fun expressions on their "faces" that show the kid that these are not really scary creatures. I love how the kid keeps trying to convince himself he can't really be followed by carrots. He never quite convinces himself. He finally hits a solution that...more
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I’ve found that most children are interested in this book. It is about a rabbit that loves to take carrots from a carrot patch. However, the rabbit starts to see “creepy carrots” everywhere. The rabbit sees them following him home, in the shower and a couple of other places, but every time he looks harder the creepy carrots turn out to be other orange objects. The rabbit starts to wonder if he’s going crazy, and decides he must keep in the carrots in the carrot patch, but maybe the carrots don’t...more
This is a delicious picture book into which young readers will enjoy sinking their teeth. Young Jasper Rabbit loves plundering the carrot patch the grows in Crackenhopper Field. As his fondness for the orange veggies seems to become out of control, something strange starts to happen. The carrots follow him, and he sees carrots everywhere, even his bedroom. The solution to his carrot haunting has a surprising twist, which adds enormously to the delights of reading this picture book. The pencil on...more
Marc Brown is quickly becoming one of my favorite illustrators. He has a talent for conveying emotions that both children and their adults can relate to, and often this is done with a large dose of humor. Creepy Carrots is his latest picture book that I have fallen in love with. This hilarious and surprisingly unpredictable story about a bunny who thinks he is being stalked by carrots will be a hit with a large age range of children. PreSchool through later elementary aged students will get a ki...more
Feb 02, 2013
Judy
rated it
3 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
Children in grades kindergarten through 3
Recommended to Judy by:
Caldecott Honor Book
A Caldecott Honor Book for 2013, this book finds a rabbit who takes carrots starts feeling threatened by carrots seeming to follow him. Are they really menacing him, or is his imagination working overtime from guilt? To stop the mental torture, the rabbit erects a barrier (fence and moat, complete with alligators) so the carrots will never be able to get out and stalk him. When he's done, the carrots rejoice that the rabbit will never be able to cross the barrier and eat them. So what's the them...more
The book club I'm in read all the Caldecott and some of the Newberry winners for this year and this was one of them. Before I got to book club, my personal winner was Creepy Carrots, but after the discussion, I changed my mind to Green by Seeger.
I really like this scary-funny story about a rabbit who believes he is being haunted by some carrots from a local field of carrots (Ha!). I read this story for a pre-school storytime, and the kids enjoyed the scary theme and even got into it.... ducking...more
I really like this scary-funny story about a rabbit who believes he is being haunted by some carrots from a local field of carrots (Ha!). I read this story for a pre-school storytime, and the kids enjoyed the scary theme and even got into it.... ducking...more
Any child would love reading this hilarious and spooky tale written by Aaron Reynolds called Creepy Carrots! Traditional rabbits and carrots are for Easter but in this story these carrots are so creepy, you have to put in the Halloween section. The story follows a rabbit named Jasper that when after eating some tasty carrots starts to worry that some of those carrots are stalking him. Is it his imagination or are they really there?
Creepy Carrots could be recommended to children of all ages, bec...more
Creepy Carrots could be recommended to children of all ages, bec...more
Title: Creepy Carrots!
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Illustrator: Peter Brown
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: 2012
Genre: children's fiction
This book is about a young rabbit named Jasper who loves carrots until one day they begin to "haunt" him. The illustrations in this book are unique in that they are mostly black, white, and shades of gray, except for the carrots which are depicted in a vibrant orange and almost jump off of the page at the reader. Readers understand the message that Jasper was a g...more
Author: Aaron Reynolds
Illustrator: Peter Brown
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date: 2012
Genre: children's fiction
This book is about a young rabbit named Jasper who loves carrots until one day they begin to "haunt" him. The illustrations in this book are unique in that they are mostly black, white, and shades of gray, except for the carrots which are depicted in a vibrant orange and almost jump off of the page at the reader. Readers understand the message that Jasper was a g...more
Jasper rabbit loved carrots! He ate them all the time; as a morning snack, on his way to Little League practice, and he even ripped them from the ground on his way home at night. That is until they started to follow him. He noticed a soft and sinister tunktunktunk as he was walking home, when he was brushing his teeth, and even when he was in bed. So he finally decided he was going to do what ever it would take to keep those carrots in the field. He put up a fence, dug a moat with alligators. No...more
Dec 27, 2012
Magila
rated it
4 of 5 stars
·
review of another edition
Shelves:
picture-books,
children
This book was fun. While this may appear to be a halloween-oriented book, it is not - it's for all year. The illustrations added quite a bit of value to the book, and not only because they were done in a story-consistent manner. What really made the art a success was how dark, dreary, and CREEPY each page was, except for the pops of orange color.
The end is pretty cute, and is a nice way of teaching children about perspective. This is NOT a book on overcoming picky eating, or fright from the dark...more
The end is pretty cute, and is a nice way of teaching children about perspective. This is NOT a book on overcoming picky eating, or fright from the dark...more
The illustrations and layout in this book are exceptional. The story itself isn't.
The look and feel of this book are totally of it's own creation, and I've never seen anything like it before. The idea behind this story, while cute and creative, just wasn't well executed--the writing felt really strange too--there were parts where words seemed out of place that totally disjointed the flow. If it wasn't for Brown's illustrations this probably would have gotten a 1 from me. I hate putting so much...more
The look and feel of this book are totally of it's own creation, and I've never seen anything like it before. The idea behind this story, while cute and creative, just wasn't well executed--the writing felt really strange too--there were parts where words seemed out of place that totally disjointed the flow. If it wasn't for Brown's illustrations this probably would have gotten a 1 from me. I hate putting so much...more
Creepy carrots? What's creepy about a carrot? Well, if they were following you home or hiding in the shower, then that would be pretty creepy, wouldn't it? But are the carrots really following Jasper Rabbit, or does he only have an overactive imagination?
This new picture book by Aaron Reynolds with great illustrations by Peter Brown is just scary enough for Halloween, even for younger children. The black and white illustrations, with a splash of orange here and there, create an eerie feeling. Sp...more
This new picture book by Aaron Reynolds with great illustrations by Peter Brown is just scary enough for Halloween, even for younger children. The black and white illustrations, with a splash of orange here and there, create an eerie feeling. Sp...more
Jasper loves carrots and is always breaking into the carrot patch to grab a snack. One day the carrots extract revenge. Jasper sees carrots everywhere he goes. He is haunted by carrots day and night. Other people around him don't see the carrots but he clearly does.
This cute picture book is an introduction to horror for the very young. The illustrations are wonderful. I loved the book up until the very end. This very unusual book, had a fairly predictable ending. I don't think young readers wil...more
This cute picture book is an introduction to horror for the very young. The illustrations are wonderful. I loved the book up until the very end. This very unusual book, had a fairly predictable ending. I don't think young readers wil...more
What could be better or more useful than this creative creepy collaboration. This would be my Halloween read-aloud if I were still full time. I can see using it with older kids and talking about elements of a "scary book". `I'll have to do it and Peter Brown next week at Mesa.
Oh My Goodness! I just watched the Creepy Carrots Zone book preview and will encorporate an entire lesson on illustrations. I knew Peter Brown Book Trailers were wonderful with last year's, which didn't get on the 2013 CCBA...more
Oh My Goodness! I just watched the Creepy Carrots Zone book preview and will encorporate an entire lesson on illustrations. I knew Peter Brown Book Trailers were wonderful with last year's, which didn't get on the 2013 CCBA...more
I love everything about this book. It has phenomenal read aloud quality with pictures that are large and clear enough that even the kids in the back should be okay. I've never been a scary story person, but I get that kids loooove that scared tingly feeling and this book taps into that in the most innocuous way possible. But the pictures; oh, the pictures. The style definitely harkens to old scary movies, and the use of black and white with just orange is incredible. The best illustration for me...more
This is such a fun story. I gave this book 5/5 stars. The story follows a rabbit that enjoys eating carrots and how the carrots decide to help him stop. I liked how the carrots were drawn with faces. I also enjoyed the use of the black, white and orange colors throughout the book. I thought it was very inventive to have the carrots show up everywhere the little rabbit went. I especially enjoyed that by the time someone else went to where little rabbit saw these rouge carrots, they had hidden awa...more
Jasper Rabbit LOVES carrots, especially the carrots in Crackenhopper Field until they start following him home. He's sure the carrots are following his every step and hiding around every corner. Finally, he builds a fence around the field, resolving to trap the scary carrots inside, but what he doesn't realize is that he's falling right into the carrot's trap. If they can't get out, surely Jasper can't get in! Funny, great read aloud, illustrations are black and white with orange highlights. Bro...more
I read "Creepy Carrots" out loud to the nineteen students in the pre-school classroom in the high school where I work. These 4 year olds were riveted! We had a great discussion about what "real" carrots look like, what the word "passion" means, and what it's like to be scared at night when you are in bed. The students did lots of projecting as well. Fantastic black, white, and orange illustrations support this fun story! A colleague who is an elementary Media Specialist recommended this book to...more
Creepy Carrots! are a tasty treat
What is the scariest vegetable of all time? Broccoli? Rutabaga? Black olives, perhaps? Kids have been debating this question for centuries. If you asked Jasper Rabbit, however, he would tell you that you’re barking up the wrong produce aisle. Everyone knows that the scariest vegetable of all time is any vegetable that follows you home.
At least everyone knows this who has read Creepy Carrots!, a brilliant new picture book by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown.
Creep...more
What is the scariest vegetable of all time? Broccoli? Rutabaga? Black olives, perhaps? Kids have been debating this question for centuries. If you asked Jasper Rabbit, however, he would tell you that you’re barking up the wrong produce aisle. Everyone knows that the scariest vegetable of all time is any vegetable that follows you home.
At least everyone knows this who has read Creepy Carrots!, a brilliant new picture book by Aaron Reynolds and Peter Brown.
Creep...more
I had a rather large sneaking suspicion I was going to love this book because Peter Brown did the illustrations for this story and I absolutely LOVED his book Children Make Terrible Pets and adore his illustrations!! And of course, this book was a definite winner! Loved the silly story of creepy carrots out to get a small rabbit boy named Jasper... loved the wonderfully fantastic illustrations! Good stuff!!
Absolutley hilarious. Jasper loves carrots. He picks them on the way to school and on the way home and happily snacks on them...until one day he notices some carrots following him. And they are scary. They follow him to school, when he's playing, even in his house. He finally decides that he needs to keep the carrots in the field so they can't get him. He constructs a wooden fence, digs a moat and fills it with alligators. FInally, the carrots can't get him. Inside the fence, the carrots are thr...more
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Jul 13, 2012 11:37pm