When the teeny tiny woman goes for a walk, she comes upon a teeny tiny bone that's perfect for making soup. Little does she know that the ghostly o...
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Dec 28, 2009
Abigail
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A teeny tiny woman finds a teeny tiny bone at the graveyard, and decides to bring it home and make soup with it, in this traditional English ghost story, only to find herself with a not-so-teeny-tiny problem, when a ghost shows up, demanding the return of his bone.
Originally collected in Joseph Jacobs' English Fairy Tales, this odd little tale has also been retold by Paul Galdone and Jane O'Connor. This edition, with text by Jill Bennett, seems to be a fairly straightforward reproduc More...
Originally collected in Joseph Jacobs' English Fairy Tales, this odd little tale has also been retold by Paul Galdone and Jane O'Connor. This edition, with text by Jill Bennett, seems to be a fairly straightforward reproduc More...
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Mar 16, 2010
The teeny tiny woman goes for a walk and finds a bone that will be perfect for supper. A voice comes to her and the night and demands she give back the bone.
This was my favorite story as a child. It was just spooky enough to excite me, but I was a little scared by the book. The rhythmical text in this book will be engaging to the reader. Very young readers will be able to read this story as it is a very simple text with a lot of repetition. The illustrations of a friendly woman More...
This was my favorite story as a child. It was just spooky enough to excite me, but I was a little scared by the book. The rhythmical text in this book will be engaging to the reader. Very young readers will be able to read this story as it is a very simple text with a lot of repetition. The illustrations of a friendly woman More...
Jan 06, 2010
Chandra
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I love the story of the Teeny Tiny woman and her Teeny Tiny problem. This was one of my favorite read aloud stories as a child. I'll never forget how deliciously anxious I would feel every single time my Grandmother would read this in her best Teeny Tiny voice! As I noted on the version illustrated by Paul Galdone this one is really all about the narrator's delivery, but nice illustrations are always a plus and I do believe I like these by Tomi dePaola the best so far.
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Oct 27, 2011
Amanda Sevigny recommended Teeny Tiny and The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything as good children's spooky stories perfect for the holiday season!
Apr 03, 2010
Maria
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I think this makes a better story out loud than ( i think I first heard it at a storytelling festival) a book.
Jan 24, 2010
Winslow
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You like to count the ghosts on each page, and to chant the refrain, "Give me back my bone!"
Feb 27, 2011
Janet
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This is almost an easy reader verison of this folktale; even the dimensions of the book are on the small side to match the concept of teeny tiny. I choose to read this because of the dePaola illustrations and these are perhaps more sparse in detail than the typical dePaola illustration. However, I did find his signature heart in one of the illustrations. Thre are other more engaging verisons of this folktale.
Dec 20, 2009
Connie
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This is a classic English ghost story, in the vein of "The Golden Arm", where eventually you end up screaming at your unsuspecting vict- uh, child.
Great fun, not much more to it than that. If you want to read the story beforehand you can look it up on google.
Great fun, not much more to it than that. If you want to read the story beforehand you can look it up on google.
Dec 20, 2009
Suzanne
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I love this story but I had to subtract a star because it also reminds me of Mrs. Freund and Dana Wedin. Lorie, Brian, and my mom will know why.
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