Gashlycrumb Tinies
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Book Description
"A is for Amy who fell down the stairs. B is for Basil assaulted by bears. C is for Clara who wasted away. D is for Desmond thrown out of a sleigh..." The rhyming couplets of this grim abecedarian are familiar, of course, to devotees of macabre humor, but the darkly crosshatched drawings are (as Poe put it) "the soul of the plot." Several years went by during which The Gashlycrumb Tinies: Or, Afte... More
Book Information
Publisher | Bloomsbury USA Children's Books |
Binding | Hardcover (13 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 64 |
ISBN-10 | 0747541604 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0747541608 |
Publication Date | 11/05/1998 |
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10/24/2008 Veronica Holden said: Gorey is amazing. Dark children's literature. Not for the faint-hearted!
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read
10/1/2008 jason walton said: Can't help myself. Love Gorey's twisted stories and odd titles.
tags: troubling, dark, twisted, I recommend
tags: troubling, dark, twisted, I recommend
2/9/2008 monkey (none) said:
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read
if you feel compelled to inflict an abcederium on a child, this is the one! a guaranteed note home from the preschool teacher when the tot begins reciting "A is for Amy who fell down the stairs, B is for Basil assaulted by bears." rhyming couplets, classic gorey illustrations and the all the lette... more
tags: I recommend, Inspired me, I read
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