A Very Hairy Scary Story by Rick Walton and Illustrated by David Clark
My boys LOVED A Very Hairy Scary Story by Rick Walton and illustrated by David Clark. As soon as we finished reading it they wanted to read it again. Over and over. I think we read it at least four times in a row the first time.
Ann has stayed at her friends house too long and now must walk home in the dark. Using her wild imagination, all the odd shapes are very hairy scary animals and monsters. The text rhymes and repeats so it’s easy for the boys to follow and to anticipate what’s next. They loved to turn the page to see what was the very hairy scary thing on the next page. I even heard my little four year old talking to himself in the bathroom mirror repeating the lines from this book.
It was a pleasure to read this book out loud because of the rhyming and repeating text. We got pretty loud when we yelled out BAT, SPIDER, LION, SKUNK! I personally, did not like the style of the illustrations at all. I think the book could have gone up another notch with better illustrations and would have me wanting to add this to my permanent collection. But as is, my boys enjoyed this one so much that we will continue to read it from the library until Halloween (although I wouldn’t consider this one strictly a Halloween book).
And as a side note, Rick Walton is prolific local Utah picture book writer. We have his book Bullfrog Pops which is just adorable.
Links of interest: Rick Walton’s website, more book blogger reviews.
Genre: Fiction picture book, approx ages 4-8.
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile. August 19, 2004.
Hardcover, 32 pages. ISBN 0399238581
A Very Hairy Scary Story is available from your favorite independent bookstore, Powell’s, and Amazon.
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Category: Book Reviews, Fiction, Picture & Board Books
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This looks cute and I checked and my library system has it. YEAH!! My kids will like it. Thanks
on October 23rd, 2009 at 9:59 pmI hope your kids enjoy Laura. Now I’m nervous. I know you didn’t like one of my recommendations (The Actor and the Housewife – although in my defense I did say it would be a love it or hate it book – LOL). Anyways, do let me know.
on October 23rd, 2009 at 10:06 pmI like the cover illustration – are they not as good inside?
on October 24th, 2009 at 4:34 amNo stressing Natasha. My kids are easily impressed. I, on the other had , have been very grumpy about books lately.
on October 24th, 2009 at 8:34 amLenore – The cover illustration is spot on to what you’ll find in the inside. So if you like it then you’ll probably enjoy all of them.
Laura – LOL I’d love to know if they like it.
on October 24th, 2009 at 11:55 pmWell, I don’t like the way the girl is drawn so much, but I love the scary animals.
on October 26th, 2009 at 10:14 amMy daughter is VERY scared of Halloween and scary things in general. She would not even stay in the rm for this one. But me and my son loved it. I actually liked how everything was drawn. Its was very funny ending.
on November 5th, 2009 at 9:09 am