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Praise for SCARY:
A Book of Horrible Things
for Kids
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 “A
truly innovative, modern book by an author
who obviously understands what kids want to
read. Fun, tongue-in-cheek, nonfiction-like
tales are amazing and silly at the same time.
One of my favorite books of the year, SCARY
is one of those few books even raucous boys
7 to 11 won't want to put down. ”
—Lee
Littlewood, Kids
Home Library
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“Warning! Readers will
experience shivers of delight, followed by uncontrollable
bursts of laughter. Before they realize it, they’ll
be captivated by strange and startling facts about
the world around them. This is a case where scary
means marvelous.”
—Lloyd
Alexander, Newbery Award
winning
author of The
High King and The Black Cauldron |
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 “Scary
is a wonderful book -- beautifully illustrated,
handsomely designed, and sure to both
delight, fascinate, and titillate. [...]
A really impressive debut!”
—Peter
Glassman, Owner
of Books
of Wonder, NYC |
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 “Wonderfully
bizarre airbrush style reminds us of Michel
Gagné. Really fun images throughout.”
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A "Recommended" book at
Budplant.com |
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 “Scary
is a book filled with all things spooky
and strange, and the narrator is a little
ghoul named Horris, who is fond of Rottenberry
Pudding. [...] An intelligent and humorous
read....the book to read under the covers
late at night with a flashlight.”
—Ken
Beck , Tennessean.com |
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| “In
this oh-so-politically correct world, kids are sheltered
way too much. This book puts forth many gross but
interesting facts narrated by Horris, a weird, alien
being who is able to tell these things, while still
providing the young readers a sense of safety. They
react with an attitude of being allowed to partake
of delightfully forbidden fruit. We rated this book
a score of four hearts and sent it to Book Sense as
a Recommended Read.”
—Bob
Spear, Heartland
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|  “The
author leaves it to his imaginary friend Horris to
squire readers through several dozen spread-sized
excursions into the realm of the icky-from leeches,
intestinal parasites and the spiny Candiru fish that
makes sub-surface urinating into the Amazon so exciting,
to the guillotine and the real Bluebeard. Featuring
lurid headings ("Under Cover of Darkness, They
Feed"), writhing, toothy computer generated silhouettes
on nearly every page and heavily ironic commentary
("What a bunch of fun-loving folks those Romans
were!"), this is tailor-made for the legions
of cheap-thrills addicts that haunt fourth grades
everywhere.” —Kirkus
Reviews
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 “An
imaginary and invincible friend named Horris takes
readers on a spooky adventure filled with creepy-crawly
creatures, haunted places and fascinating teachings
about the dark side of human nature. Kids will be
shaking out their shoes, looking for sly critters
and wondering what blood-sucking creatures may be
lurking in the shadows of their bedroom.”
—Jennifer
Parks ,
Edmonton Sun |
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“SCARY
is simply wonderful. I would have loved it when I
was eight, and I love it now.”
—William
Sleator, author of The
Interstellar Pig
and
The Boy Who Couldn't Fly |
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