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Halloween isn't just on Halloween, if you know what I mean. Come closer, my Pretty . . . The Fairy Gothmother presents her spooky collection of cautionary tales, poems, and games in over 100 full color pages to haunt and delight the brave and curious. Learn to play The Halloween Hunt, make a Bad Dream Box to banish nightmares, or snuggle under the covers and read what happens to unlucky children in Little Lucy Poppletred and Late Bloomers. Hear the creaking door of a haunted house? She's inviting you inside. Come in. If. You. Dare. . . . This collection from the Fairy Gothmother is a new addition to the macabre, darkly humorous storytelling traditions of Edward Gorey, Brothers Grimm, Hilaire Belloc and Charles Addams.

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Kids can dive below the surface of this this phantasmagorically creepy, fun to-read-aloud collection of instant classics on their own or participate in activities suitable for parents, kids and siblings, like the Halloween Hunt. Spooky, cautionary tales like Late Bloomers and Little Lucy Poppletread, fun-to-read rhymes like Bevy of Beasts and crafts like the Bad Dream Box celebrate art, word-play, learning, and help expel nightmares better than a pinch of salt over your shoulder.

The Fairy Gothmother is not good or evil, but a guardian of the forgotten and an avenger of misdeeds. She especially abhors bullies and the high horses of the haughty, as you will see by those who get their comeuppance in these cautionary tales. The stories here have all the hallmarks of fairytales of old, and the poems boldly close the door on time itself and retreat to a domain of primordial shadows where epics and archetypes are cast. Her style hearkens to the wry, acerbic wit of Edward Gorey, the descriptive atmosphere of Edgar Allen Poe, and the cadence of Dr. Seuss. More than educational, more than cautionary, more than descriptive, this book is FUN in the way that it peers beneath the veil of dowdy, stoic Victorian recitations of nightmares and celebrates the intelligence, sense of play and wonder shared by the child in all of us. Not only that, but she is also...an educator? That's right. Her benefactor (creator) one Ms. Jennifer Preston has a gift for weaving her own webs that connect art, science, and honoring the contributors to both. One of the unexpected thrills of this book is her deftly articulated biographies of the lost and forgotten artists whose illustrations are found sprinkled like pixie dust throughout this collection. It is a rare talent indeed that can express complex concepts like symbolism, and define them for children in ways that are both understandable and engaging. - Justin Teerlinck, author of FINDING YOUR WAY: Building Hopes and Dreams. Kids can dive below the surface of this this phantasmagorically creepy, fun to-read-aloud collection of instant classics on their own or participate in activities suitable for all, like the The Halloween Hunt. Spooky, cautionary tales like Late Bloomers and Little Lucy Poppletread, fun-to-read rhymes like Bevy of Beasts and crafts like the Bad Dream Box celebrate art, word-play, learning, and help expel nightmares better than a pinch of salt over your shoulder. - Professor Browntrout, author of DEATH OR GLORY! A Gentlman Explorer's Guide to Manliness, Mountaineering & More.

Kids can dive below the surface of this this phantasmagorically creepy, fun to-read-aloud collection of instant classics on their own or participate in activities suitable for all, like the Halloween Hunt. Spooky, cautionary tales like Late Bloomers and Little Lucy Poppletread, fun-to-read rhymes like Bevy of Beasts and crafts like the Bad Dream Box celebrate art, word-play, learning, and help expel nightmares better than a pinch of salt over your shoulder. Professor Browntrout, author of DEATH OR GLORY! A Gentlman Explorer's Guide to Manliness, Mountaineering & More.

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