Skip to main content

After Squidnight

Image
By


After Squidnight
By Jonathan Fenske
Penguin Workshop, An Imprint of Penguin Random House, 2020. Picture Book.

Late at night when children are sleeping squids come out of the ocean to make art. In rhymes with a nod to the horror genre (though it isn’t really all that scary) squids come onto dry land to make art—due to the fact that using their ink to make art in the ocean wouldn’t really work since the water would wash it all away. The black and white illustrations with a teal spotlight color add to the eerie and spooky feel. And having a squid sneak into your house while you are sleeping could be a somewhat frightening thought. (Or the fact that parents when they wake up think the kids have made all the inky drawings and don’t believe squids did it.) Kids who like getting scared by Creepy Carrots or the like will enjoy this addition to the almost-horror picture book genre. And kids who like the comical drawing the squids make will be even more delighted. Such fun.

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Dude, That's Rude! (Get Some Manners) by Pamela Espeland & Elizabeth Verdick

By
If there's one book today's kids need to read, it is Dude, That's Rude! (Get Some Manners) . The authors provide a fun format for teaching etiquette to children. They discuss proper behavior at home, at school, at other people's homes and in public places. The information is completely up-to-date with cellphone manners and netiquette included. Fun, cartoony illustrations are on practically every page giving the book great visual appeal. This book is perfect for boys and girls in the fourth grade or older. WARNING: Bodily functions are discussed.
Post a Comment
Read more

Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin

By loo
Faces of the Moon by Bob Crelin Illustrated by Leslie Evans Charlesburg; 2009; unpaged Faces of the Moon is a short nonfiction book that describes the different phases of the moon and why the moon appears like it does on certain nights. This book is short and sweet so even the youngest of moon lovers will enjoy it. The layout is simplistic and easy to follow. I don’t know much about the moon so I found it very interesting.
Post a Comment
Read more

Review: The Factory

By
The Factory By Catherine Egan New York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2025. Fiction. 306 pages.  Thirteen-year-old Asher Doyle has been invited to join the Factory, a secretive research facility in the desert which ostensibly extracts renewable energy from the electromagnetic fields of its young recruits. But Asher soon realizes something sinister is going on. Kids are getting sick. The adults who run the Factory seem to be keeping secrets. And the extraction process is not only painful and exhausting, but existentially troubling. Asher makes a handful of new friends who help him with an investigation that turns into a resistance, which turns into...a cliffhanger! The Factory is a page-turning sci-fi with multidimensional characters, an intriguing plot, and refreshingly straight-forward writing. Egan weaves in detail about climate crises and social unrest, making the story's dystopian setting feel rich and plausible. With its sophisticated themes and accessible storytelling, I would recomm...
Post a Comment
Read more