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Title: The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, Megan Lloyd ISBN: 0-06-443183-5 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 07 September, 1988 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.78 (9 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: Who's afraid of the big floating pumpkinhead?
Comment: At last! The rare Halloween children's classic! Every Halloween seems to bring a rash of holiday centered picture books. Some are okay and most are simply terrible. This Halloween, I ask that you consider a story where the word "Halloween" never even enters the text. In "The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything" we read a story that has all the markings of a classic folktale.
As a little old lady makes her way home through a dark and scary forest, she comes across a pair of old shoes that walk all by themselves. Assuring the shoes that she is not afraid of them, she next comes across a floating pair of pants. A shirt follows the pants, gloves and hat follow the shirt, and finally a huge scary pumpkin head follows them all. In the end the brave little old lady finds a use for the floating objects and everyone ends happily.
The book conjures up images of other pop culture touchstones where clothing floats all of its own accord. The well-known "Bedknobs and Broomsticks" for example. And like "Bedknobs", the clothes in this story are definitely malevolent. Stalking the nice old lady through the woods, each article has its own specific sounds. The boots go "CLOMP CLOMP CLOMP", the shirt goes, "SHAKE SHAKE", and the pants (for reasons best left to the author) go, "WIGGLE WIGGLE". As the number of objects increase, the number of sounds increase as well. A good oral reading of this story will give each sound a scary touch to drill the point home. The illustrations accompanying the story are rather nice. They are equally adept at displaying the old lady's grey skied country home as they are the dark bleak autumnal night where she meets the frightening accoutrements. It's a great story with a rousing plot. Anyone familiar with fall in the countryside (and anyone who just loves Halloween in general) will enjoy this great old-fashioned book.
Rating: 5
Summary: When I was a child....
Comment: I'm 18 years old now, but when I was a toddler, I loved this book. I still have my original copy of the book. When I was in girl scouts at the age of 6, we had a campout where each set of mothers and daughters would do a skit. My mom and I did ours on this book. We brought all the props, the glove, the hat, the shoes, everything. It was so much fun. I think that every toddler should have a copy of this book. It is a very fun story and is illustrated well.
Rating: 4
Summary: Gets their attention
Comment: Although you won't look back at this book as one of childhood's greatest treasures, it is a fun book and really can grab the attention and interest of a whole classroom full of kids (teachers, take the hint).
Also, there's something delightful and mischievous about the illustrations that makes kids keep asking for it again.
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Title: Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, S.D. Schindler ISBN: 0689801297 Publisher: Aladdin Library Pub. Date: 01 September, 1995 List Price(USD): $6.99 |
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Title: Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White, Megan Lloyd ISBN: 0823413209 Publisher: Holiday House Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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Title: The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll, Jeni Bassett ISBN: 0590464639 Publisher: Cartwheel Books Pub. Date: September, 1993 List Price(USD): $3.50 |
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Title: Five Little Pumpkins by Iris Van Rynbach, Iris Van Rynbach ISBN: 1563974525 Publisher: Boyds Mills Pr Pub. Date: September, 1995 List Price(USD): $10.95 |
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Title: Pumpkin Pumpkin by Jeanne Titherington ISBN: 0688099300 Publisher: HarperTrophy Pub. Date: 21 September, 1990 List Price(USD): $5.99 |
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