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Your Skeleton Is Showing: Rhymes of Blunder from Six Feet Under
32 pp.
| Hyperion |
July, 2013 |
TradeISBN 978-1-4231-3846-4$16.99
(3)
K-3
Illustrated by
Crab Scrambly.
A child helps a lost ghost dog in a graveyard "ventur[e] through the gloom / to try to find his master's tomb." As the twosome passes headstones, readers learn about each grave-dweller's demise. Black-and-white gothic-style illustrations, enhanced by pops of color and buoyed by characters' cartoonish features, complement the dead-on pacing, tone, and content of these ghoulish yet funny rhyming poems.
Reviewer: Cynthia K. Ritter
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2013