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I'm Not Afraid of This Haunted House

Laurie B. Friedman, , illus. by Teresa Murfin. . Lerner/Carolrhoda, $15.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-1-57505-751-4

I'm Simon Lester Henry Strauss,/ and I'm not afraid of this haunted house!" boasts this tale's tour guide as other boys and girls shiver and flail. "My friends all scream, 'Come on! Let's run!'/ But I march inside. This looks like fun!" Friedman (A Style All Her Own ) composes nonstop couplets about the house's creatures and features, including a spider-eating goblin and "rows of coffins"; her swaggering hero finally reveals an Achilles heel ("I'm not afraid of this... eeeek... a mouse! "). Murfin (Hide and Seek Turkey ) takes a cue from Lane Smith in her paintings of wide-faced characters, who dodge cobwebs and giggling ghouls. Her light-hearted visual approach mitigates the potentially goose-pimply details. Ages 5-8. (Aug.)

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Reviewed on: 08/01/2005

Genre: Children's

Hardcover - 32 pages - 978-1-0398-0056-4

Open Ebook - 32 pages - 978-1-0398-0174-5

Open Ebook - 32 pages - 978-1-0398-0234-6

Open Ebook - 32 pages - 978-1-0398-6024-7

Other - 978-1-0398-6025-4

Paperback - 32 pages - 978-1-0398-0115-8

Portable Document Format (PDF) - 32 pages - 978-0-8225-6300-6