The Spooky Box
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- $21.99
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- $21.99
Publisher Description
Are you brave enough to find out what's inside The Spooky Box?
"Funny and original Halloween fun.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review
There's a KNOCK at the door. A box shows up on the front step. A SPOOKY black box. What could be inside?
With fun, dramatic designs, Mark Gonyea shows the scary things that might slither, slice, or slide their way out, from a ton of toads to a bunch of old bones to a robot with laser eyes. When it comes time to open the box, it's up to the reader to lift the lid!
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Using sharp, angular illustrations in a palette of black, white, and a rather unholy shade of yellow, Gonyea builds zingy tension as his worrywart narrator frets about what might be inside a spooky black box that has appeared at the door. "It could be full of bats!" he shouts as a cloud of them emerges. "Or filled with rats!" (two rats peek out of another box, while three crooked tails slink away). Even less threatening options ("It could be a cake") take on scary dimensions ("I hope it's not haunted..."). Finally, readers get to open the box (via a flap), and the answer only begets more questions and possibilities. Funny and original Halloween fun. Ages 4 8.
