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66th out of 236 books
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17 voters
Bumps in the Night (First Choice Chapter Book)
From the author and illustrator of the bestselling books about The Stupids and Miss Nelson comes a creepy ghost story perfect for Halloween or any time. "Stratospheric heights of tomfoolery . . . the deadpan telling could coax guffaws from a stone".--Publisher's Weekly.
Paperback, 48 pages
Published
September 1st 1996
by Yearling
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Well, I can see why some parents might object to this book. Dudley the Stork thinks his house is haunted when he hears odd noises in the night. His friend Trevor Hog suggests having a seance. During conversations in the text both the terms medium and seance are defined, and what occurs in a seance is described. It also talks about what ghosts are. This is the only book for young children--beginning readers--on this subject that I've ever come across. Its message seems to be that ghosts are not s...more
Dudley the stork employs a medium to hold a seance in his house which he is convinced is haunted. At the seance the ghost is revealed and it turns out that he was just lonely and is actually very friendly. The story ends happily as Dudley and his friends spend their nights enjoying the company of the ghost.
A suitable chapter book for newly independent readers with black and white illustrations by Marshall. Some parents may object to the occult subject matter in this book (ghosts, a medium, the s...more
A suitable chapter book for newly independent readers with black and white illustrations by Marshall. Some parents may object to the occult subject matter in this book (ghosts, a medium, the s...more
This book is #93 on the Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009 ... Yes, I'm finally getting back to this list!!! =)
Banned Reasons
I could not find anything online that stated specific reasons. However, after reading the book, I would suspect one reason to be the mention of witchcraft.
Cover
Considering the suggested reading ages for this book is 5 to 8, the cover would strike the mysterious, want-to-read chord within the heart of the potential reader.
Plot/Main Characters
Dudley the Stork cannot...more
Banned Reasons
I could not find anything online that stated specific reasons. However, after reading the book, I would suspect one reason to be the mention of witchcraft.
Cover
Considering the suggested reading ages for this book is 5 to 8, the cover would strike the mysterious, want-to-read chord within the heart of the potential reader.
Plot/Main Characters
Dudley the Stork cannot...more
this book was the first time i ever heard the word Seance, and the concept of a medium! i'd forgotten all about this book till it was rtned at our circ desk, and i recognized the front cover; turns out this was one of the first books ever read to me when i was like 2 or 3yrs old! how wierd is it that my parents read to me a story about the paranormal as normal at such a young age? and how much wierder is it that there was even a book abou tit back then?! its copyright is 1979, lol :D
Sep 01, 2011
Dolly
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
beginning readers and parents reading with them
We enjoyed this book of slightly scary frights and creepiness. The story explains about seances and has a supernatural twist. Our girls enjoyed it and the next morning, our youngest mentioned that she dreamt about a horse ghost named Donald, so the narrative must have stuck with her. As we approach Fall and Halloween, we will certainly look for more books like this...slightly scary, but not too scary.
Jan 15, 2009
Sunny
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Bumps in the Night by Harry Allard
2/10
An annoying little children's book, poorly illustrated, not terribly amusing.
Why challenged? My guess? Included in the plot is a seance and a medium, who contact a friendly ghost.
Research Says: Mysticism
2/10
An annoying little children's book, poorly illustrated, not terribly amusing.
Why challenged? My guess? Included in the plot is a seance and a medium, who contact a friendly ghost.
Research Says: Mysticism
Beginning fun book which "de-horrifies" ghosts. I assume it has been banned because of the seance scene.
H-H-All
Part of my banned book list reading
May 07, 2013
Jazmin
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Mar 13, 2013
Jannah
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Jan 09, 2013
Diana
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Jan 02, 2013
Pookie
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Dec 29, 2012
Wendy A
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Nov 08, 2012
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