Baby's First Mythos [Board book]

C. J. Henderson (Author), Erica Henderson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 1, 2004

I is for INNSMOUTH, a hell of a town, Where the people wear gold, and are quite hard to drown.

Learn your ABCs and 123s - Mythos style! In the tradition of Gorey's The Gashlycrumb Tinies, comes a children's book based on H.P. Lovecraft's writings. Blast your child's soul as they learn their letters and numbers.

Written by award-winning author, C.J. Henderson and drawn by Erica Henderson. Contains a foreword by Robert M. Price and an afterword by Professor William Jones.

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Product Details

• Board book: 48 pages
• Publisher: Z-Man Games, Inc. (November 1, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 193174825X
• ISBN-13: 978-1931748254
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #797,380 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Would this be one of the Thousand Young?, December 29, 2003

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This review is from: Baby's First Mythos (Board book)

Granted, not all the poetry absolutely works, but for the effort and the very concept itself, it earns 5 stars. A must for
all Mythos fans and alumni of Miskatonic U. as they contemplate
their future spawn, er, children. Whatever.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thing of beauty, January 27, 2006

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K. Meyer (Boston) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Baby's First Mythos (Board book)

The idea of parodying the typical children's ABC and 123 books by illustrating them with Lovecraft's Elder Gods just tickles my funny bone. Every little snippet of writing, including the author and artist bios, is subtly clever, and the ink drawings are perfect for the subject.

The best part is...I thought I knew a bit about it, but the book actually taught me plenty I didn't know about the Lovecraft mythos. The only complaint (and a slight one at that) is the binding looks the kind that's going to crack and fall apart after not too long, which is a pity, because I'd like it to last long enough to show my own future spawn.

Every Lovecraft fan should get one.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent child reading for the Addams Family, January 20, 2006

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Very well done. The poems sometimes stretch a bit, but then, it's sometimes hard for find words to rhyme with Nyarlothetep or Cthulhu. The drawings, though, are wonderful. If your intention is to twist your child, much like Wednesday Addams, then this book is essential. Personally, though, I prefer to twist myself, and this book does that very well.