Monsters wave/All in a hurry/To get to their cave”) Jane Yolen celebrates daily routines in a family of goggle-eyed monsters: school, play, home, dinner, bath and bed. Did someone say bedtime?
An image of the child asleep and cuddling a toy frequently concludes the texts, demonstrating the symbolic nature of this activity as one which represents peace, calm and the restoration of order (I love you bunny, Surnaite, 2018; Molly and the Night Monster, Wormell, 2018). The study by ...
A School Library Journal Best Readaloud for 2022 “Fans of cryptozoology and the high seas will love the exuberant illustrations; the young mariners are diverse and high-spirited…. Alliteration, rhyming, and clever wordplay support language arts lessons, all while introducing new nautical vocabular...
It would be a stretch to say that I “love”The Creeping Terror, and even more of one to defend it on the basis of its quality, which veers from workmanlike to surreally inept. Like Edward D. Wood, Jr.’s infamousPlan 9 From Outer Space,The Creeping Terrorwas included in Michael Medv...
Claire must leave. Send her. Make her go,” Jamie says, starting to fade. “It’s not safe here without me. And tell Bree I’m glad of her. Give my swords to the bairn. Tell Claire I meant it…” Then he passes out, and Roger’s panic levels up to Praying Aloud Over My Fath...