Product Description This gently spooky read-aloud treat is also a satisfying bedtime book — sure to delight the youngest reader on many a deep, dark night. Little Baby Mummy wants just one more game of hide-and-shriek with Big Mama Mummy before bedtime. The night is deep and dark, full of friendly creatures that click their clacky teeth and whoosh past on flippy-floppy wings. But who will comfort Little Baby Mummy if a small, scritchy-scratchy someone gives him a scare? Big Mama Mummy, of course! Fresh, comical illustrations complement this ever-so-slightly suspenseful story with a satisfying ending. From School Library Journal PreSchool-Grade 1—Little Baby Mummy does not want to go to bed. Demanding one more game of "Hide and Shriek," he runs outside to conceal himself in the graveyard, but Mama Mummy doesn't join him. Like the young bird in P. D. Eastman's Are You My Mother? (Random, 1960), he sets off to find her, heading into "the deep, dark woods, the spookery woods" and encountering several creepy creatures: "Clank clink clank/Woo boo woo/Clank clink cloo/'Mama Mummy, is that you?'/But out of the woods clanked—/Bones!" This skeleton, as well as a blob and a vampire—all making their nighttime preparations—greet the mummy and tell him to go to bed. The only time the youngster is truly frightened—by a mouse—his mother is there to comfort him, take him home, and tuck him into bed. The gouache paintings depict the action with humor, and the eerie details and nighttime hues create just the right mood. Well-placed page turns add a bit of suspense. A reassuring offering for youngsters who want just a touch of the shivers.—Kathleen Whalin, York Public Library, ME Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. About the Author Carolyn Crimi is the author of numerous books for young readers, including Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, also illustrated by John Manders, and Boris and Bella, illustrated by Gris Grimly. She lives in Illinois. John Manders has illustrated several books for children, including Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi, The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend, and Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu by Dayle Ann Dodds. He lives in Pennsylvania.
Where's My Mummy?
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Author: Crimi, Carolyn
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780763631963
Details:
Author: Crimi, Carolyn
Brand: Candlewick
Color: Multicolor
Binding: Hardcover
Format: Picture Book
Number Of Pages: 32
Release Date: 03-07-2008
Part Number: Illustrations, unspecified
Package Dimensions: 10.7 x 9.0 x 0.4 inches Languages: English
EAN: 9780763631963
