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What Was I Scared Of?: A Glow-in-the Dark Encounter
by
Dr. Seuss
Dr. Seuss in a glowing new format!
What were we waiting for? We’ve taken the classic Dr. Seuss short story What Was I Scared Of? (from The Sneetches and Other Stories), added glow-in-the-dark ink, and created the ultimate just-slightly-spooky read for slumber parties and perusal by flashlight! Perfect for Halloween, this splendidly silly story about a narrator terrorized by...more
What were we waiting for? We’ve taken the classic Dr. Seuss short story What Was I Scared Of? (from The Sneetches and Other Stories), added glow-in-the-dark ink, and created the ultimate just-slightly-spooky read for slumber parties and perusal by flashlight! Perfect for Halloween, this splendidly silly story about a narrator terrorized by...more
Hardcover, 32 pages
Published
August 11th 2009
by Random House Books for Young Readers
(first published July 22nd 1997)
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Look, I know this is a stunt book, cut out as it was from The Sneetches and Other Stories, and adding in glow-in-the-dark bits to make it seem new and sparkly for whatever it is we are calling the upcoming generation. So four stars, but I still loved this.
This story honestly scared the pants off of me - get it? get it? - when I was a kid. Pants should not walk! All creepy and empty like that. It's got one of those motherless children as a protagonist that you find in so many Seussian stories, o...more
This story honestly scared the pants off of me - get it? get it? - when I was a kid. Pants should not walk! All creepy and empty like that. It's got one of those motherless children as a protagonist that you find in so many Seussian stories, o...more
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My 2 1/2 year old son is on a Dr. Suess kick, and What Was I Scared of? Is his current favorite. I think part of the allure is the deep color of the pages with just the main character and those pale green pants popping off each page. The rhyming in Suess books is sure to please any small child.
I noticed quite a few people reviewed this book as having scared them as a child. I had never read this book before - and it does not appear to have any "scare" effect on my child. He loves the story - and...more
I noticed quite a few people reviewed this book as having scared them as a child. I had never read this book before - and it does not appear to have any "scare" effect on my child. He loves the story - and...more
May 06, 2012
Dolly
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3 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
parents reading with their children
This is a silly, but clever tale about irrational fear and the things that scare us. In this case, a pair of pale green pants with nobody inside them is the source of all the upset. (I'm sure most of us would at least be concerned if we were in the same situation!) The rhymes and illustrations are classic Dr. Seuss and while the story will not likely cure a child's fear, it can help validate it. Overall, it's an entertaining rhyming tale and I enjoyed listening to our oldest read it aloud to us....more
This book TERRIFIED me to no end as a child. Well into my 20s, I remember shuddering at the illustrations of the empty pants, framed in the eerie blue of twilight, jumping off a clothesline and chasing a little boy through the woods. If ever Dr. Seuss came up in conversation I would ask a friend, "Do you remember such and such a book about the pants?" Sure enough I would meet a fellow traveler who was also terrified of this book. Who cares about the payoff, the setup is enough to strike life-lon...more
Apr 01, 2009
Brianna Jones
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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Genre:Picture book
Reading Level: early to transitional
Topics and Themes:This book discusses the topic of fear. The main character keeps running into a pair of "pale green pants" throughout the story. He is scared but finds out that the pants are also afraid of him. By the end of the story they are friends and wave to each other instead of running in fear.
Curricular Use: Guided Reading or Independent reading
Social: Everyone has something they are afraid of. This story shows that sometimes when y...more
Reading Level: early to transitional
Topics and Themes:This book discusses the topic of fear. The main character keeps running into a pair of "pale green pants" throughout the story. He is scared but finds out that the pants are also afraid of him. By the end of the story they are friends and wave to each other instead of running in fear.
Curricular Use: Guided Reading or Independent reading
Social: Everyone has something they are afraid of. This story shows that sometimes when y...more
This book terrified me as a child, but perhaps only because my brothers (perhaps) told me stories about pale green pants hanging out in the closet or something. And now, I think it is the most wonderful story - right up there with The Giving Tree and The Lorax.
And the pants with nobody inside them riding a bike is my favorite picture.
A true classic. I heard it for the first time probably in about 1979, have read it a thousand times at least and just read it again last night.
And the pants with nobody inside them riding a bike is my favorite picture.
A true classic. I heard it for the first time probably in about 1979, have read it a thousand times at least and just read it again last night.
ok, so this has to be my favorite Dr. Seuss book of ALL time! My sister used to check it out at the library as often as possible when she was 2-3 years old. I don't know why, she memorized the entire thing word for word after the first time and often performed it for large crowds in her little 3 year old voice. Even now, when asked, she can tell it to you without hesitation or prompts from the book! I guess I can understand why; It's a book to live our lives by!
This is a great story about not being afraid of someone because they're different.
The glow-in-the-dark makes no sense. The text doesn't glow so you can't read it in the dark and the parts of the picture that glow have to be exposed to light in order to glow but they're obviously enclosed in the book when you're not reading it so there's no chance for them to charge up. It's a pointless feature. If it doesn't cost extra, fine, but it's rather pointless.
The glow-in-the-dark makes no sense. The text doesn't glow so you can't read it in the dark and the parts of the picture that glow have to be exposed to light in order to glow but they're obviously enclosed in the book when you're not reading it so there's no chance for them to charge up. It's a pointless feature. If it doesn't cost extra, fine, but it's rather pointless.
Oct 25, 2010
Caroline Petty
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4 of 5 stars
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This is a fun book to read around halloween time when children are excited about all of the holiday's "scary" activities. It's so silly that everyone is sure to enjoy it. It could also be used to relate to school as well. Becasue many children are afraid of the anxiety or the myths that come along with a new school year, this book could be a teacher's way of lightening the mood and the environment of the classroom in a way that makes students laugh.
A stand alone book of the short story found in the collection that includes the Sneetches. The story is the same, illustrations the same, the only difference is the size. This book is only about the size of my hand.
I'm not entirely sure why publishers felt the need to separate this story out into its own title, it fit quite well into the Sneetches collection.
I'm not entirely sure why publishers felt the need to separate this story out into its own title, it fit quite well into the Sneetches collection.
I have a special place in my heart for this book. We used to let the children listen to stories as they fell asleep and this was one of Alexa's favorites. When she was a little over two she would tell us the story with all her cute actions. I kick myself regularly for never getting any video of her shaking as she reached out and touched the "pale green pants."
I'm definitely glad that this poem has a book to call it's own, since it once lived in "The Sneeches and Other Stories." But I have to say that since this is one of my daughter's (3 years) favorite books, I have grown to think of it as one of my favorites too, which is a hard thing to do since I should be sick of it by reading it the 1,000th time.
Aug 31, 2010
Amentkids
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4 of 5 stars
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The kids (esp. M) both adore Seuss. Much more than I do or ever did. But there are a handful of Seuss books that all three of us enjoy equally and this is one of them.:)
I said, 'I do not fear those pants, With nobody inside them.'I said, and said, and said those words. I said them. But I lied them.
This has always been one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books, mostly because the idea is so bizarre yet somehow poignant -- a guy afraid of a pair of empty pale green pants. My favorite line: "I said, 'I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them.' I said and said and said those words. I said them, but I lied them."
I had totally forgotten about this Dr. Seuss book until I encountered it again during our Dr. Seuss study this week. A inventive story with a creepy mood to it, about an empty pair of pants that move about by themselves, but turn out to be more friendly than frightening after all. I enjoyed discovering it again.
Oct 05, 2011
Takishia Gabriel
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4 of 5 stars
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This would be a great book to read in the month of October. The students would be able to sequence the events of when the character encountered the green pants. Also this book would be great to introduce the meaning of friendship and just because someone is different from you does not make them scary.
Oct 04, 2011
Meredith
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3 of 5 stars
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I remember being terrified by this book as a child. I don't know why my Dad read it to me. There's nothing like instilling the fear in your preschooler that inanimate objects such as pairs of pants would come to life and relentlessly chase them through eerie forests and across other creepy landscapes.
Fantastic book for kids! So imaginative and creative. Easy read that children will find delightful!
Dr. Seuss is always brilliant! His stories and rhymes are fun and entertaining! Some of my all time favorites!! Such a great way to entertain children and get them interested in reading!
Dr. Seuss is always brilliant! His stories and rhymes are fun and entertaining! Some of my all time favorites!! Such a great way to entertain children and get them interested in reading!
Apr 07, 2011
Sheniece
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5 of 5 stars
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This is a good book to read for talking to students about not being scared to meet a new friend and how everyone has that nervous feeling of meeting a new friend. I would read this mysterious book to students up to a certain point and have them predict what will happen.
Oct 12, 2009
Jessica
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A young boy is frightened by a pair of glowing green pants he keeps encountering on dark nights. Hilarious stuff! A bit spooky, but fun, and good for kids who are afraid of the dark. Also, I recently purchased (October 20098) an edition with glow in the dark pictures!
"I said, I do not fear those pants with nobody inside them. I said, and said, and said those words. I said them but I lied them."
O to think that I shall never see
A way to write like Dr. Seuss.
And even if I did,
Well, it would be completely derivative.
O to think that I shall never see
A way to write like Dr. Seuss.
And even if I did,
Well, it would be completely derivative.
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This is an extremly funny book! I think that students will enjoy hearing this book read aloud or individually.I would read this book when the students energy level appears to be running low and energize them with this hilarious tale.
Dr. Seuss is my favorite childrens Author of all time!! He has great original stories with profound lessons!! I will read his books to my children one day, for sure! (I am in a childrens storytime kind of mood to day) ;)
One of my favorite read aloud books. I used to read this story to the nursery children in our BYU ward (it was in the toy closet) and I immediately fell in love with it. The kids would beg me to read it every Sunday.
This is one of my favorite Dr. Seuss books. My boys all love it, and I've read it multiple times. One of the few of my boys' books that I don't mind reading over and over again. Not sure why.... I just really like it.
How can you not love Dr. Seuss: the fantastical rhymes and drawings. This book is about a character who is in the dark woods and runs into a pair of floating pants. Funny, weird, and the book glows in the dark!
The narrator is frightened by a pair of pale green pants with no one inside that seems to be following him, until the two meet and discover that they have nothing to fear. Features illustrations that glow in the dark.
Dec 06, 2010
Alma Loredo
rated it
4 of 5 stars
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The thing went to run errands at night and found empty green pants which frightened him. He always tried to run again from it because he was scared. But the grenn pants were just as scared as he was of them.
Nobody seems to remember this book... but I think it is hilarious and it used to scare the pants off Joel when I read it to him when he was little. I sure hated to have to give it up! LOL!
Face your fears, get your pre-fear life back, make a new fried, gain a new appreciation. Don't keep running. Faith gives us the hope, the confidence, to overcome our fears.
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Theodor Seuss Geisel was born 2 March 1904 in Springfield, MA. He graduated Dartmouth College in 1925, and proceeded on to Oxford University with the intent of acquiring a doctorate in literature. At Oxford he met Helen Palmer, who he wed in 1927. He returned from Europe in 1927, and began working for a magazine called Judge, the leading humor magazine in America at the time, submitting both carto...more
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