Brown’s noirish digitally colored and composited pencil illustrations - black, white, gray, and Day-Glo green - heighten both the silliness and the spookiness that are on display in equal measure.įrom the September/October 2017 issue of The Horn Book Magazine. A grown rabbit couldn’t be terrified of his underpants”) captures Jasper’s age-appropriate not-quite-a-big-kid dilemma. ‘You’re so jittery lately.’ ‘Nothing!’ he yelped. Humorous text (“‘What’s the matter with you?’ his mom asked. No matter what Jasper does to dispose of the offending undies - throw them in the trash, mail them to China, cut them into bits - they always make their way back. While underwear-shopping with his mom, young bunny Jasper Rabbit spies a pair of green glow-in-the-dark undies with a Frankenstein’s-monster face and thinks they’re “glorious.” But once he’s alone in bed in the dark, and they’re glowing their “ghoulish, greenish glow,” Jasper’s fears take flight. “Young horror fans will immediately in love with the terrifying undies.This companion book to the author-illustrator team’s Creepy Carrots humorously spookifies another not-usually-scary item. VERDICT An enjoyable and comfortably spine-tingling picture book for a Halloween or any day storytime.”- School Library Journal “First introduced in Creepy Carrots, Jasper’s antics are equally humorous and appropriately but safely spooky. “This strikes the ideal balance between frightening and hilarious, and like the underwear itself, readers are guaranteed to keep coming back for this storytime platinum!”- Booklist, starred review Brown’s noir-style b&w illustrations make the most of the premise, and the innate absurdity of being afraid of one’s undergarments will be a surefire winner with many kids.”- Publishers Weekly, starred review
“Once again, Reynolds and Brown are in perfect comedic synch as they channel the surprises and creeping dread of a thriller. “Balances a really spooky premise with the hilarity that accompanies any mention of underwear… Perfect for those looking for a scary Halloween tale that won’t leave them with more fears than they started with.”- Kirkus Reviews, starred review But after trying everything to get rid of them, they keep coming back! Jasper’s not scared obviously, he’s just done with creepy underwear. 28M views 3 years ago creepypairofunderwear kidsbooksreadaloud kidsbooks Jasper Rabbit needed new underwear. If Jasper didn’t know any better he’d say his undies were a little, well, creepy. But when the lights go out, suddenly his new big rabbit underwear glows in the dark. From the celebrated team behind Creepy Carrots, Aaron Reynolds and Caldecott Honor winner Peter Brown, comes a hilarious (and just a little creepy) story of a brave rabbit and a very weird pair of underwear. He’s not afraid of the dark, and he’s definitely not afraid of something as silly as underwear.
Jasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore.
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