A Dark, Dark Tale

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For both children, I hover on all the fabulous prepositions as the book follows the cat "behind" the door and "up" the stairs and "in" the box. Well, this book is a particularly simple book, and a part of me feels that it may be aimed at really young children, and is probably one of those books that is meant to be read aloud, and quite possibly in a mysterious and creepy voice as well. I think Ruth Brown does a good job of writing a suspenseful book for children, without making it too scary. The detailed illustrations throughout the book only contribute to the telling of the story and the emphasis of darkness and spookiness, and they are beautiful in and of themselves. I had forgotten about this book until recently, when I read something to my 16 month old daughter that mentioned 'dark, dark'.

I know we are not supposed to be envious of other's but gee whiz, I sometimes just cannot help it when I see such wonderful writing and such beautiful artwork and wish I COULD CREATE like that! It might be a nice story to read to a Year 1 class around Halloween time because of its dark eerie theme. The faces that are drawn on the curtain really caught my attention, because it's not everyday that you see a lot of faces on a curtain.This book is a picture book with the theme of Halloween making it unique and good for the children who like spookier story lines. The suspense slowly builds, in this dark, dark tale, as the simple, repetitive text, and intensely involving acrylic illustrations work together to draw the reader in. The books plot also has suspense in it, due to the fact that we do not know where the cat is leading us after each page we read.

From one page to the next dark, dark things lead to dark dark, discoveries which lead to an ending with a squeak and a squeal!We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

I wouldn’t consider it to be a particularly indepth book either, something that I feel is probably more entertaining than anything else. The pictures are dark and creepy and fun, and my 5 yr old got to learn some new words like "moor" and "passage". Aber es werden 5 Sterne vergeben, weil meine Tochter davon begeistert ist und das Buch supertoll und spannend findet. Personnellement, je l'avais fait avec des élèves durant la période d'Halloween, voulant un peu changer des contes classiques à ce sujet, tout en étant dans l'air du temps. Once upon a time there was a dark, dark moor," the tale begins, and each two-page spread that follows narrows the focus - there is a dark, dark wood on the dark, dark moor; then a dark, dark house in the dark, dark wood; and so on - until finally, we discover what is waiting for us, at the end of all this dark darkness.Children will delight in following the black cat’s progress through the dark wood, into the dark house, and eventually to the surprise discovery at the back of the toy cupboard, in this mysterious, beautifully illustrated picture book. The text is so simple that even non-readers will soon have the story memorized and will scare everyone with how often they pull this excellent book off the shelf! Vere paces the book just like a traditional campfire tale, it’s the build up that makes the entire thing work along with the fact that this monster is headed for you! The tale begins, and each two-page spread that follows narrows the focus - there is a dark, dark wood on the dark, dark moor; then a dark, dark house in the dark, dark wood; and so on - until finally, we discover what is waiting for us, at the end of all this dark darkness.