Grimericks (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Gris Grimly (Illustrator) "Dear Reader, please lend me your ear..." (more)

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

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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Product Description

Grimericks is a Marshall Cavendish publication.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 4-8
  
• Hardcover: 30 pages
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Children's Books (July 30, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0761452303
• ISBN-13: 978-0761452300
• Product Dimensions: 10.1 x 7.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,033,582 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderfully Spooky New Halloween Collection, September 8, 2005

By	Erika Sorocco (Southern California, USA) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

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

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GRIMERICKS ,A PLEASURE FOR THE EYES, September 15, 2005

By	Mildred Kooyenga - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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!

5.0 out of 5 stars My Type of humor, December 17, 2008

By	Deva K. Kolb - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Book is adorable. I bought it for my young grand-shildren who read 2-3 books a day. They loved it as much as I did. Good illustrations too.