Bright and Early Thursday Evening: A Tangled Tale

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Summary: Bright and Early Thursday Evening
Review: A Tangled Tale indeed...this book is so tangled I wouldn't even recommend it to an adult let alone a child. From the depressingly morbid beginnign where the woman wakes up dead, til she eats her potato husband and wakes up, the story is just terrible. It contains tons of subliminal messages that do not seem appropriate for viewers under the age of 18. As future teacher, I will not be having a copy of this book in my library or classroom.

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Summary: disappointed
Review: I won't be giving this book to my grandchildren. I have really liked the Woods works previously but find this frightening for children. Too bad- I don't even want to donate it to the library.

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Summary: Your children will love it, even after the 200th read
Review: This is one of our favorite books. My son laughs and laughs as he finds yet another nonsensical element in the prose or the pictures. People dancing at their funerals with naked potatoes wearing gaberdine pants is morbid? Buy a sense of humor people. Seriously, these other people must laugh at the jokes on Funniest Home Videos. If you and your child like things that make you think and laugh, don't revere the obvious or banal, and don't think literal equals good, this is a magnificent work.

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Summary: Your children will love it, even after the 200th read
Review: This is one of our favorite books. My son laughs and laughs as he finds yet another nonsensical element in the prose or the pictures. People dancing at their funerals with naked potatoes wearing gaberdine pants is morbid? Buy a sense of humor people. Seriously, these other people must laugh at the jokes on Funniest Home Videos. If you and your child like things that make you think and laugh, don't revere the obvious or banal, and don't think literal equals good, this is a magnificent work.

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Summary: A Twisted Tale
Review: While I was reading this book, the poem "Late Last Night, In the Middle of the Day" kept going through my mind. I love word-twisted stories and poems, and this book fits into that category perfectly. For the readers who say that this would be frightening to children, you need to keep in mind that the story is set as a dream. I've read this book to very young children (under five) who've loved it and not found it frightening at all. Children understand that crazy, twisted things can happen in dreams. I think that it can also be a useful tool in helping children understand that strange and frightening things in dreams can be looked at in a lighter way. The illustrations are supurb, as Don Wood's work always is, and a wonderful blend of oil and CG.

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Summary: Bright and Early Thursday Evening
Review: While I was reading this book, the poem "Late Last Night, In the Middle of the Day" kept going through my mind. I love word-twisted stories and poems, and this book fits into that category perfectly. For the readers who say that this would be frightening to children, you need to keep in mind that the story is set as a dream. I've read this book to very young children (under five) who've loved it and not found it frightening at all. Children understand that crazy, twisted things can happen in dreams. I think that it can also be a useful tool in helping children understand that strange and frightening things in dreams can be looked at in a lighter way. The illustrations are supurb, as Don Wood's work always is, and a wonderful blend of oil and CG.