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Sample Pages
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"An anteater, a pig and an opossum: not my favorite animals. Alistar, Melvin and Harvey: not my favorite
names. Still, to paraphrase a Tom Chapin song, they're so weird and ugly, they're cute. Harvey (the
opossum) stumbles into the other two while out on his nightly constitutional. Al and Mel, day creatures
both, are on their first nocturnal adventure and not being especially brave about it. And that's Harvey's
problem. Even after befriending them, he gets his jollies by spooking them. Only funny to you, rat-tail.
I was expecting the marsupial who cried wolf here, and was almost rooting for Harvey to become a
predator's midnight snack. You know some sort of lesson is coming, but it's not that one. Instead, the
tables are turned, and there's a jot of scientific realism when Harvey, well, plays possum. Desmet's
another college student making her first mark with Red Cygnet Press, and her detailed watercolors
capture those dark, spooky woods in somber shades. She can render each whisker on a furry snout, or
the shredded fabric on Harvey's sofa, and yet the whole thing has a delightful absurdity to it."
Rating: *\*\ (Very Good)
- BookBuds, December 6, 2006
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"Written and wonderfully illustrated by Sara Desmet, Scared Silly is a picturebook adventure about
three animal friends in a dark and scary forest. They meet and play regularly, but one day the opossum
decided to play a prank and scare his buddies! When he repeatedly startles them even though they ask
him to stop playing tricks, they stop coming to visit. Is this the end of their beautiful friendship? Scared
Silly is mildly text-heavy for a picturebook, and good for parents to read aloud, or for young readers
who are almost ready to start reading chapter books. The wild and ever-so-slightly chaotic illustrative
style is perfect for setting the spooky mode of this tale about learning to respect and be good to one's
best friends. Highly recommended."
- Children’s Bookwatch, Feb. 2007
Author/Illustrator Links: www.geocities.com/saradesmet
amazon.com reviews and more sample interior pages!
Google book preview!
"An anteater, a pig and an opossum: not my favorite animals. Alistar, Melvin and Harvey: not my favorite
names. Still, to paraphrase a Tom Chapin song, they're so weird and ugly, they're cute. Harvey (the
opossum) stumbles into the other two while out on his nightly constitutional. Al and Mel, day creatures
both, are on their first nocturnal adventure and not being especially brave about it. And that's Harvey's
problem. Even after befriending them, he gets his jollies by spooking them. Only funny to you, rat-tail.
I was expecting the marsupial who cried wolf here, and was almost rooting for Harvey to become a
predator's midnight snack. You know some sort of lesson is coming, but it's not that one. Instead, the
tables are turned, and there's a jot of scientific realism when Harvey, well, plays possum. Desmet's
another college student making her first mark with Red Cygnet Press, and her detailed watercolors
capture those dark, spooky woods in somber shades. She can render each whisker on a furry snout, or
the shredded fabric on Harvey's sofa, and yet the whole thing has a delightful absurdity to it."
Rating: *\*\ (Very Good)
- BookBuds, December 6, 2006
Link to the review...
"Written and wonderfully illustrated by Sara Desmet, Scared Silly is a picturebook adventure about
three animal friends in a dark and scary forest. They meet and play regularly, but one day the opossum
decided to play a prank and scare his buddies! When he repeatedly startles them even though they ask
him to stop playing tricks, they stop coming to visit. Is this the end of their beautiful friendship? Scared
Silly is mildly text-heavy for a picturebook, and good for parents to read aloud, or for young readers
who are almost ready to start reading chapter books. The wild and ever-so-slightly chaotic illustrative
style is perfect for setting the spooky mode of this tale about learning to respect and be good to one's
best friends. Highly recommended."
- Children’s Bookwatch, Feb. 2007
Author/Illustrator Links: www.geocities.com/saradesmet