A brightly illustrated, cumulative tale tells the story of the night a great wind blows and blows, shaking a house and all its inhabitants, as ghosts wail, owls hoot, candles flicker, and still the wind keeps blowing.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
From Booklist
Ages 5-8. A good cumulative tale for Halloween, this picture book concerning events at a haunted house actually begins, "One dark and stormy night. . .ÿ20." First, Ghost begins to wail, then Stool begins to thump, Broom begins to Swish, and so on until the place is really jumping with spooky effects. The text, which evidently was first published in another form in 1971, is simple enough for a novice storyteller to learn, but in telling the story alone one would miss the visual atmosphere provided by Root's effective artwork. In the deep-toned paintings, shadowy lights illuminate the scenes of usually inanimate objects come to life. For those who like their scary stories spooky rather than silly or sugar-coated, here's a picture book to share. Carolyn Phelan
From Kirkus Reviews
A nicely spooky cumulative Halloween tale that begins: ``One dark and stormy night Ghost floated out of the wall and he began to WAIL. Stool said, `Ghost, why do you wail?' Ghost said, `It is a dark and stormy night and so I wail.' Stool said, `Then I shall thump.' '' By the time the wind comes to ask the witch why she's flying around the house, the cumulation--including ``Candle flickers/Fire smokes/Window rattles [and] Owl hoots''--has mounted to ten for the wind to blow away (``and the WIIIINDOOOOWWW and the FLOOOOOOOR and the DOOOOOOOR...and they didn't come back till HALLOWEEN NIGHT!'' The mounting cadence will be splendid aloud; kids will begin to chime in on the first reading. Root's dark, swirling paintings of the thoroughly haunted house, lit with a ghostly glow, are right in the proper spirit. (Picture book. 3-8) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
More About the Author
Bill Martin Jr, an elementary-school principal, teacher, writer, and poet, held a doctoral degree in early childhood education. His many books, among them the bestselling classics Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?; Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear?; Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See?; and Chicka Chicka Boom Boom, are a testament to his ability to speak directly to children.
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Entertaining picture book,
Amazon Verified Purchase(What's this?)
This review is from: Old Devil Wind (Paperback)
Adorable picture book that is a perfect read aloud for the elementary grades. Lots of sound words for kids to read along with.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Inside This Book
(learn more)
Browse and search another edition of this book.
Browse and search another edition of this book.
First Sentence:
ONE dark and stormy night Ghost floated out of the wall and he began to WAIL. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stormy night New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
ONE dark and stormy night Ghost floated out of the wall and he began to WAIL. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
stormy night New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
Citations (learn more)
2
books
cite this book:
- Growing Up With Literature by Walter Sawyer on page 234, and Back Matter
- The Big Book of Picture-Book Authors & Illustrators: Grades K-3 by James Preller on page 78
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Suggested Tags from Similar Products(What's this?)Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product).
|
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store.
Learn more
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
