I'm a bit surprised reading the reviews for this book, but then I wondered if many of the readers have taken the time to think about how children's books often take the normal and alter them to be slightly outside the boundaries. Munsch in particular deals with extremes all the time in his books, an...
I finally read this, standing in front of the spinning display racks in the children's section of my local bookstore. I've been warned that this was a scary book, but I really did not understand how terrifying it is. This is screaming nightmare level scary, J-horror scary, what with all the crawling...
I really liked this book when I was a teenager reading it to a room full of 2-year-olds (I worked at a daycare when I was in HS). The kids really liked it, and when you discover something that causes a room full of toddlers to sit still for more then a minute you embrace it. Admittedly, as a teen,...
I generally dislike it when people rip apart beloved children's books. I tend to think they are just being contrary. But, now I think I get it. Some books just hit that nerve and won't stop. That's this book for me. I'll admit it - I cried the first time I read it. But then again, I was full o...
I'm in the creepy camp on this one. It's not that I don't imagine I'll love my kids forever, it's that I don't imagine stalking them, or treating them like babies is age-appropriate when they grow up. Just saying.
This book is sad. I could give this to any adult, have them read a bit, and the person (except my evil ex-mother in law) would have tears in their eyes when they closed it back up, reaching whatever limit for which they had the strength. Instead of speaking to the love of a parent for a child, or a ...
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