Where's My Mummy?: (A Halloween-Themed Bedtime Story Picture Book - For Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Kids Ages 2-5)

by Carolyn Crimi, John Manders (Illustrator)

Overview

This gently spooky read-aloud treat is also a satisfying bedtime book — sure to delight the youngest reader on many a deep, dark night.

Little Baby Mummy wants just one more game of hide-and-shriek with Big Mama Mummy before bedtime. The night is deep and dark, full of friendly creatures that click their clacky teeth and whoosh past on flippy-floppy wings. But who will comfort Little Baby Mummy if a small, scritchy-scratchy someone gives him a scare? Big Mama Mummy, of course! Fresh, comical illustrations complement this everso- slightly suspenseful story with a satisfying ending.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780763643379
Publisher:	Candlewick Press
Publication date:	07/28/2009
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	6.60(w) x 8.10(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	4 - 8 Years

About the Author

Carolyn Crimi is the author of numerous books for young readers, including Henry and the Buccaneer Bunnies, also illustrated by John Manders, and Boris and Bella, illustrated by Gris Grimly. She lives in Evanston, Illinois.

John Manders has illustrated several books for children, including Henry and the Bucaneer Bunnies by Carolyn Crimi, The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend, and Minnie's Diner: A Multiplying Menu by Dayle Ann Dodds. He lives in Pittsburgh.

Editorial Reviews

"Just one more game of Hide and Shriek?" begs Little Baby Mummy of his Big Mama Mummy. She relents, Baby hides-but then he gets bored, and goes to look for his mother. One by one, enriched by sound effects, he finds Bones, Glob and Drac in the midst of their bedtime ablutions, who all warn him against the scary creatures of "deep, dark night." Then-"Help, Mama Mummy! I'm scared!"-his mother finds him just in time to rescue him from a mouse and put him to bed. Manders's appealingly round mummy child and the text's rhythmic "clank clink clanks" will find happy audiences. (Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews