Scared Silly (Ready-to-Read. Level 3) [Paperback]

James Howe (Author), Jeff Mack (Illustrator)

Book Description

Series: Ready-to-Read. Level 3

It's Halloween night and spooky things are going on at the Monroe house. The wind is howling. The walls are creaking. Howie, the little dachshund, is scared silly. And Chester, of course, is sure the vampire bunny, Bunnicula, is up to something. Harold would just as soon sleep through the whole scary night, but then a witch sneaks into the Monroes' kitchen and starts stirring up a witch's brew. Will Bunnicula be its main ingredient? Before you say BOO! it's Harold, Chester, and Howie to the rescue.

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About the Author

James Howe is the author of over eighty books for young readers, including the modern classic Bunnicula and its highly popular sequels.  In 2001, Howe published The Misfits, the story of four outcast seventh-graders who try to end name-calling in their school.  The Misfits is now widely read and studied in middle schools throughout the country, and was the inspiration for the national movement known as No Name-Calling Week (www.nonamecallingweek.org ), an event observed by thousands of middle and elementary schools annually.   Totally Joe, a companion novel to The Misfits, was published in 2005, and a second companion novel, Addie on the Inside, is being published in 2011.  Howe’s many other books for children from preschool through teens frequently deal with the acceptance of difference and being true to oneself.

Jeff Mack has illustrated six books in the Bunnicula and Friends series.

He is also the illustrator of several popular picture books, such as Rub-a-Dub Sub, We're Rabbits!, and Starry Safari. Jeff lives in Easthampton, Massachusetts. Visit him on the Web at www.JeffMack.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 40 pages
• Publisher: Simon Spotlight (August 8, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0689857519
• ISBN-13: 978-0689857515
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 3.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #222,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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More About the Author

James Howe has written more than eighty books in the thirty-plus years he's been writing for young readers. It sometimes confuses people that the author of the humorous Bunnicula series also wrote the dark young adult novel, The Watcher, or such beginning reader series as Pinky and Rex and the E.B. White Read Aloud Award-winning Houndsley and Catina and its sequels. But from the beginning of his career (which came about somewhat by accident after asking himself what kind of vampire a rabbit might make), he has been most interested in letting his imagination take him in whatever direction it cared to. So far, his imagination has led him to picture books, such as I Wish I Were a Butterfly and Brontorina (about a dinosaur who dreams of being a ballerina), mysteries, poetry (in the upcoming Addie on the Inside), and fiction that deals with issues that matter deeply to him. He is especially proud of The Misfits, which inspired national No Name-Calling Week (www.nonamecallingweek.org) and its sequel Totally Joe. He does not know where his imagination will take him in the next thirty-plus years, but he is looking forward to finding out.

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Scared Silly Review by a Parent, June 16, 2000

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This review is from: Scared Silly (Bunnicula and Friends) (Paperback)

This is my 5 year old son's favorite story. He likes me to read it to him and he especially loves the part about the vampire rabbit. It is good, wholesome entertainment and keeps the interest of even my 9 year old.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A fun little story, July 4, 2007

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Mathew A. Shember (Cupertino, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scared Silly (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Bunnicula and Friends) (Library Binding)

My daughter picked this one to practice her reading. It's a fun little story about Harold the dog, Howwie the pup, Chester the cat, Bunnicula the Rabbit, and the human Monroes which Harold says he does not hold that against them.

It's Halloween and the Monroes head off to a costume party. Chester is convinced Bunnicula is a Vampire rabbit. Harold thinks he is nuts. Things start to get spook when the lights go out. There are Goblins which Chester tells Howwie they are looking for puppies to eat. A witch comes to visit and picks up Bunnicula and heads off to the kitchen. Harold then decides they have to save him after seeing the look Bunnicula gives him.

Overall this was a well crafted story and has decent art work to make it a fun read for kids and parents at bed time.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Scared Silly, October 18, 2007

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Patricia A. Wile (Richmond, TX United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scared Silly (Ready-to-Read. Level 3) (Paperback)

Excellent service I thought it was a hard back and it turned out to be a paperback but the price should have told me.