Spooks - Hardcover

Hawkins, Colin; Hawkins, Jacqui

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0382091345 ISBN 13: 9780382091346

Publisher: Silver Burdett Pr, 1985

Synopsis

Describes different types of ghosts and where to spot them and looks at the daily life of a ghost family called the O'Gools.

About this title

About the Author:

Colin Hawkins was educated at art school in the north of England and then worked as an illustrator/designer for the Daily Express before becoming an illustrator for magazines and advertising. He began to illustrate children's books in 1978 and from 1979 onwards he has created his own children's books with his wife, Jacqui.

From School Library Journal:

ea. vol: unpaged. Silver Burdett. Sept. 1985. PS $4.31. Gr 3-5 Three mundane conglomerations of jokes, cartoons, rhymes and anecdotes that are neither scary nor amusing. The brightly colored cartoons are adequate but often cluttered; the jokes are tired (``I'm dying for a bite,'' utters a vampire, for probably the millionth time). Witches is the best of the bunch; it sports a slightly subtler sense of humor than the other two. Overall, the mediocre ``facts,'' jokes and rhymes, many of which are stretched beyond their limits just to fill up space, make these books unnecessary purchases. Try Schwartz's In a Dark, Dark Room (Harper, 1984), Gantos' The Werewolf Family (Houghton, 1980; o.p.) or Ahlberg's Funnybones (Greenwillow, 1981) for a better quality of ghouls and giggles. Cathryn A. Camper, Minneapolis Public Library

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About this edition

• Publisher: Silver Burdett Pr
• Publication date: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0382091345
• ISBN 13: 9780382091346
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32