Not Very Scary
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- $21.99
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
Children's author Carol Brendler and illustrator Greg Pizzoli's Not Very Scary follows a young monster as she makes her way to her friend's house for a Halloween party, despite the not very…slightly…okay, pretty scary creatures dogging her along the way.
Melly is a brave little monster who is not afraid of anything. She loves surprises, and when her fun-loving cousin invites her over for a big surprise, Melly excitedly sets out for a visit. On her way, she notices skittish skeletons, a coal-black cat, and even ghoulish goblins following her. But Melly is not scared, no she's not! Well, maybe just a teensy bit . . .
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In a delightful Halloween romp that's part counting book, part tongue twister, Brendler and Pizzoli introduce a green-skinned monster named Melly who is heading to her cousin Malberta's house for a "surprise." Along the way, Melly realizes an entourage is growing behind her, starting with a "coal-black cat with an itchy-twitchy tail," which Melly dismisses as "not the least bit scary." But then come "two skittish skeletons," "four mournful ghosts," and "seven frenzied fruit bats," and suddenly Melly isn't feeling so brave. Pizzoli crams the pages with comically ghoulish chaos, and his smiley creatures (Melly included) are more cute than bloodcurdling. Amid the mounting tension (which results in an epic party), readers also get a crash course in adverbs: "Not significantly scary!" says Melly when six mummies show up. "Not especially scary!" she shouts on the next page. Ages 3 6.
