A Dark, Dark Tale

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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!

I give this picture book 4 stars; although it is a patterned book, the readers can not predict who will be in the box! She attended Bournemouth College of Art, 1957–59; Birmingham College of Art, degree (with first-class honors), 1961; Royal College of Art, M.The words 'dark dark' are repeated throughout the story as all of the items are described like this. I really liked the way the text and images worked together, in this one, and the way that Brown sets up her readers' expectations, only to pull the rug out from under them! Filled with great noises and ways to get little hearts pitter-patting, this book is an impressive read aloud. It's great for a experiencing print: have your child spot the black cat in every page and guess where he's going next. The dark, muted colors used in the cover illustration are the perfect way to set the musty, eerie tone that is carried very well throughout the book.

Ruth Brown's spooky read-aloud book pretends to be scarier than it is: even the youngest listener should be delighted by the punch line.It might be a nice story to read to a Year 1 class around Halloween time because of its dark eerie theme. Tout au long de l'histoire on suit un chat qui entre dans diverses pièces d'une maison pour y trouver. nuostabi pasaka - be galo paprasta, baugi, graži, šiek tiek komiška, o posūkis pabaigoje tiesiog genialus. 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!

The black cat starts in the woods, enters a house, which eventually leads to a room where a tiny mouse is sleeping in a box. This is a tale which begins out on a 'dark dark moor' and follows a sequence moving from the moor, to a wood, to a house, to a door, to the inside of the house etc. In particular, there is one about a forest and a witch that was a read-a-long that I read over and over and I can’t find it. On every page, a black cat can be found by the careful reader, and that is a great way to involve a child in the book, and as I've mentioned in previous posts, illustrations that promote scanning are great for children who need visual input.From a dark and mysterious moor, through the creepy woods, on to the porch of an old house, through a creaky door and more, readers are taken on an exciting journey that will leave them anxiously and nervously flipping the pages.