A witty collection of 20 limericks about things spooky, creepy, and crawly! There’s a ghost of a grizzly bear, a chess-playing ghoul, and a "witchhiking" witch all grimly illustrated by Gris Grimly. This book is a must-have for all trick-or-treaters on Halloween!
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Grade 3-6–Pearson's 19 poems, using limerick form, are rather ordinary–A witch named Bettina von Spike/had neither a broom nor a bike…/nor a car, nor a truck–/she was quite out of luck./Poor Bettina was forced to witchhike. Or When Howard the goblin caught sight/of Gertrude the gremlin one night,/he fell in a swoon/that lasted till June./It must have been love at first fright. In spite of the clever title and Grimly's eerily wonderful pen-and-ink artwork, Jack Prelutsky and Arnold Lobel's Nightmares (1977; o.p.) and The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight (1980, both HarperCollins) offer more clever frights and masterful wordplay.–Kathleen Whalin, York Public Library, ME
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Author Susan Pearson lives on a spooky hilltop in Plainfield, Massachusetts, where she writes and edits books for children. Among her poetry collections are Squeal and Squawk: Barnyard Talk and Who Swallowed Harold? And Other Poems about Pets.
Illustrator Gris Grimly is the author and illustrator of Little Jordan Ray’s Muddy Spud and Wicked Nursery Rhymes. He is also the illustrator of many other books, including a collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories. He lives in Pasadena, California.
Illustrator Gris Grimly is the author and illustrator of Little Jordan Ray’s Muddy Spud and Wicked Nursery Rhymes. He is also the illustrator of many other books, including a collection of Edgar Allan Poe stories. He lives in Pasadena, California.
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A Wonderfully Spooky New Halloween Collection,
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What is a grimerick? That is the question. A grimerick is a limerick with a dash of grim. Add a few guffaws, giggles, and a bit of spook juice, and mix it all together with a funny bone, and...voila! A grimerick. But a grimerick is quite more than that. If you read one without first looking under the bed, locking all the doors, or turning the lights down very low, you may just spook yourself into next week.
Susan Pearson has written 20 individual grimericks that will keep young readers laughing through the night, and maybe checking under their beds every few minutes. Each grimerick is about a different monster, goblin, ghoul, or ghost, and features a short little grimerick, with an accompanying illustration by the marvelously talented Gris Grimly. Grimly's illustrations bring the grimericks to life, while Pearson's wonderfully funny and spooky limericks will give readers the giggles. A wonderfully spooky new book that the whole family can read together. Erika Sorocco Book Review Columnist for The Community Bugle Newspaper
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GRIMERICKS ,A PLEASURE FOR THE EYES,
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GRIMERICKS IS A BOOK THAT WOULD GET CHILDREN INTERESTED IN READING.ADULTS WILL JUST LOVE THE DRAWING OF GRIS GRIMLEY!CHILDREN WILL ALSO LOVE THE DRAWINGS.SUSAN PEARSON HAS A WONDERFUL WAY OF WRITING FOR CHILDREN & ADULTS.I JUST LOVE THE BOOK!
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Certainly better than the rubbish Gris Grimly scribbles (he really should stick to his illustrations, which are magnificent), but this collection rhyming poetry simply doesn't hold a candle to Alice in Verse: The Lost Rhymes of Wonderland -- rhyming poetry at its very best.
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