Beware, Take Care - Hardcover

Moore, Lilian

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805069178 ISBN 13: 9780805069174

Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR), 2006

Synopsis

A fun fright-fest for any time of the year There's always something lurking in the spooky-but-fun urban world of these poems. Maybe it's a lost dragon (a wizard's loving pet--please return if found!) or a twelve-toed creature, or perhaps it's a monster celebrating his birthday. Whatever is there, it's sure to delight readers at any time of the year.

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About the Author

Lilian Moore (1909-2004) was the beloved author of many books for children, including See My Lovely Poison Ivy, from which many of the poems in this collection were taken. 
Howard Fine is the illustrator of, among other books, Piggie Pie! and Zak's Lunch, by Margie Palatini.  He is a dentist and lives in White Plains, New York, with his family.

From School Library Journal

PreSchool-Grade 2–The ghosts, monsters, and dragons are amusing and not the least bit scary in this congenial picture-book gathering of short verses from Moore's Spooky Rhymes and Riddles (Scholastic, 1973) and See My Lovely Poison Ivy (S & S, 1975). A Dragon whose size was quite whopping/Breathed fire all day without stopping./No child seemed to mind/For he really was kind/And kept all the popcorn a-popping. Double-page gouache scenes provide visual interpretations of the offerings and sometimes add a touch of innuendo. While Fine's use of charcoal gives the pictures a bit of a dark cast, the children and creatures depicted are all pretty much everyday, homely folks enjoying themselves. A few of the poems are suggestive, leaving more to the imagination. No one knows what hatched out of an egg that grew and grew, big as a hat,/Big as a house, and bigger than that (although the image of a large eye, surrounded by green scales, peering in through a window might provide a clue). Children can also wonder about the origins of the print of A twelve-toed foot/Two yards wide left in the snow. Illustrated with humor and warmth, these poems are simple enough for independent readers and silly enough to evoke chuckles and giggles during read-aloud sharing.–Margaret Bush, Simmons College, Boston
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About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0805069178
• ISBN 13: 9780805069174
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Fine Howard