A review by calistareads
The Bones of Fred McFee, by Eve Bunting
5.0
I happened across this in Open Library and decided to read it as the cover looks Halloweeny. Wow! This is an amazing story with out-of-sight artwork! I love the creepy crawly vibe of the art. This is a poem and man, Eve Bunting made this so spine-tingling.
It's a story in rhyme for beginning readers and nothing is overtly scary, but it uses the imagination in such a way, with artwork ground in nature that we see every day that this is pretty chilling. I would say to know your kids and know if they can handle this.
The story is about 2 kids who hang a plastic skeleton in a sycamore tree for the month of Halloween. The wind makes the plastic, though real looking, bones dance and the dog and yard animals, even the kids are scared of it. One day, they come outside and the skeleton is missing and they don't know who cut it down.
This is a fantastic story and one of the best Halloween picture books I've read. This reminds me a littl e of Poe and Lovecraft. I'd love to own this story. It's a wonder.
Happy Thanksgiving.
It's a story in rhyme for beginning readers and nothing is overtly scary, but it uses the imagination in such a way, with artwork ground in nature that we see every day that this is pretty chilling. I would say to know your kids and know if they can handle this.
The story is about 2 kids who hang a plastic skeleton in a sycamore tree for the month of Halloween. The wind makes the plastic, though real looking, bones dance and the dog and yard animals, even the kids are scared of it. One day, they come outside and the skeleton is missing and they don't know who cut it down.
This is a fantastic story and one of the best Halloween picture books I've read. This reminds me a littl e of Poe and Lovecraft. I'd love to own this story. It's a wonder.
Happy Thanksgiving.