A Dark, Dark Cave
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- $8.99
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- $8.99
Publisher Description
On a cold night, under a pale moon, a brother and sister explore a dark, dark cave. Strange creatures skitter along the walls while bats brush past. A wild howl makes the cave feel just a teensy bit darker. But readers are in for a delightful surprise when a beam of light reveals a softer side of the cave.
Told in spare rhyming text alongside stunning illustrations, A Dark, Dark Cave will ignite a young reader's imagination and inspire creative play. This just-spooky-enough story is sure to become a read-aloud favorite.
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Readers will have an opportunity to assume their best spooky voices in this shivery story of brother-and-sister spelunkers. "Bats in flight/ disappear from sight/ in a dark, dark cave," writes Hoffman (Best Best Colors), as beams from the siblings' flashlights reveal glinting subterranean crystals and just-ominous-enough winged creatures. Just when the "dark, dark cave" refrains have built to a fever pitch and readers may begin to think that these kids have the least attentive parents ever, a scary figure looming at the cave's mouth turns out to be their father: "That's too loud, kids. Find a quiet game. The baby's sleeping." The cave, it turns out, is actually made from blankets and chairs the bats were marionettes, while the "shining eyes" and "giant paws" that were so menacing belong to the family cat. Newcomer Tabor's mixed-media illustrations have a lively DIY spirit that mirrors the siblings' ingenuity. But there's nothing amateur about the repertoire of techniques he employs to convey a sense of the deep, dark unknown and his characters' (mostly) intrepid explorations. Ages 4 6.
