Creepy Castle [Hardcover]

John S. Goodall (Author)

Book Description

Age Level: 4 and up

A brave young mouse and his lady fair venture into a deserted castle, unaware that a villainous outlaw has been skulking behind them.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry; Revised edition (September 1, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689822057
• ISBN-13: 978-0689822056
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 5 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,120,805 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 If You Give a Mouse a Castle, October 23, 2003

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M. Allen Greenbaum (California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Creepy Castle (Hardcover)

A dashing, green-clad, Robin Hood-like mouse and his dressed-to-the-nines wife (think of the "Robin Hood" movie with Olivia de Haviland) find adventure while confront scary objects (e.g., bats, a green monster with whiskers, a mysterious person following them along the way) in and around a castle. The only real violence is the stabbing (without blood) of the monster. The intruder, on the other hand, gets bumped into a river when he aims his bow and arrow at some geese!

There are no words (watercolorist Goodall wrote more than 35 such books), but the fairy-tale setting, the beautiful illustrations, and the foldaway half pages that reveal action when peeled back will stimulate the young "reader." For very small fry, somewhat older readers, especially girls, may not relate to the female mouse always being scared, and the male mouse always coming to her rescue. But then, while the book is innovative in the use of foldaway half pages, the story is fairly traditional. In general, this is a very fun book that promises lots of good quality talk between you and your young one!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Cute, creative wordless story., November 2, 2001

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Jane James "homeschoolmum" (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creepy Castle (Hardcover)

What a cute idea!

A medieval mouse couple find an adventure, and your child gets to imagine the dialogue and create the narration as she goes along.

The story is told without words, using half-pages that show action (each page has a little page you turn to see what is happening - for instance, the mice approach a drawbridge... flip the tiny page, and you see them crossing the drawbridge.)

It's a small book, but nicely illustrated. We like it!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for imaginations!, March 12, 2001

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Nancy Kaye "reader_in_wi" (Sussex, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Creepy Castle (Hardcover)

My son LOVED the John Goodall books.....they have no words, but have wonderful illustrations that tell the story. My son would make up the story in his own words as we went through the book. Creepy Castle was his favorite and he never tired of it and neither did I! Can't wait for my future grandbabies to "read" this one to their Grandma some day!