The Book That Eats People
by:
John Perry (author)
Mark Fearing (author)
WARNING! THIS IS NOT A BEDTIME STORYLegend has it there exists a book that eats people.This is that book!Many readers have been unable to escape its perilous pages.But this isn't that book.Yes it is!This is simply a story about that book.Really. I mean, how could a book eat people?So if you're...
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WARNING! THIS IS NOT A BEDTIME STORYLegend has it there exists a book that eats people.This is that book!Many readers have been unable to escape its perilous pages.But this isn't that book.Yes it is!This is simply a story about that book.Really. I mean, how could a book eat people?So if you're just dying to know the history of this literary monster, all you have to do is turn the page...Don't do it!
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Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781582462684 (1582462682)
ASIN: 1582462682
Publish date: October 13th 2009
Publisher: Tricycle Press
Pages no: 38
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Childrens,
Humor,
Writing,
Funny,
Comedy,
Books About Books,
Picture Books,
Horror,
Sequential Art,
Graphic Novels,
Storytime
Great concept, one my horror-loving child would really have dug, but the collage art style didn't quite work for me. And also, book titles on USian books are written on the spine to be read by leaning your head to the right, not the left! This is the second time this has shown up in a book recently,...
So what do you do with a book that eats people? For starters you are very careful around it. For Sammy who didn’t wash his hands after eating his lunch of a peanut butter sandwich he was not so careful and he ended up being the first person the book ate. Oh, there have been other…many others and a...
If only everyone would wash their hands before picking up books, this series of dreadful tragedies could've been avoided...
My 7 year old saw this book on the shelf and had to check it out. He loved it! The story is great and just 'scary' enough. Even loved the illustration of the library check card pocket at the end of the book. When he asked me what it was and did we really used to have to sign books out of the library...
I had so much fun reading this book! Though, it's probably a good thing that Avery is too young to understand this one, or it might have scared her. Probably best for kids a little older