Synopses & Reviews
Know someone whos starting school? Getting a new job? Going to the in-laws for the first time? For anyone on the brink of something scary, this gift edition of a hilarious classic is the perfect antidote.Youre skating downhill, but you dont know how to stop. Youre having your hair cut, and you suddenly realize . . . theyre cutting it too short. Theres no question about it: some things are scary. And never have common bugaboos been exposed with more comic urgency than in this masterful mix of things horrible and humiliating, monstrous or merely unsettling. Now in a compact edition with a new cover - and a bookplate that lets gift-givers specify the occasion - Florence Parry Heides witty text and Jules Feiffers over-the-top illustrations will get even the most anxious recipients laughing, while reassuring them (no matter how old they are) that theyre not alone in their fears.
From the Hardcover edition.
Synopsis
"With perceptive examples and over-the-top images of physical comedy, Heide and Feiffer acknowledge, and perhaps demystify, some shared fears." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)
You're skating downhill, but you don't know how to stop. You're having your hair cut, and you suddenly realize . . . they're cutting it too short. There's no question about it: some things are scary. And never have common bugaboos been exposed with more comic urgency than in this masterful mix of things horrible and humiliating, monstrous or merely unsettling. Perfectly pitched to a kid's perspective, Florence Parry Heide's witty text and Jules Feiffer's over-the-top illustrations will get even the most anxious recipients laughing, while reassuring them (no matter how old they are) that they're not alone in their fears.
Synopsis
Know someone whos starting school? Getting a new job? Going to the in-laws for the first time? For anyone on the brink of something scary, this gift edition of a hilarious classic is the perfect antidote.Youre skating downhill, but you dont know how to stop. Youre having your hair cut, and you suddenly realize . . . theyre cutting it too short. Theres no question about it: some things are scary. And never have common bugaboos been exposed with more comic urgency than in this masterful mix of things horrible and humiliating, monstrous or merely unsettling. Now in a compact edition with a new cover - and a bookplate that lets gift-givers specify the occasion - Florence Parry Heides witty text and Jules Feiffers over-the-top illustrations will get even the most anxious recipients laughing, while reassuring them (no matter how old they are) that theyre not alone in their fears.
From the Hardcover edition.
About the Author
Florence Parry Heide is the award-winning author of more than fifty
childrens books, including the classic THE SHRINKING OF TREEHORN, illustrated by Edward Gorey, and THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR, co-authored by Sylvia Van Clief and reissued by Candlewick Press with new illustrations by Holly Meade. She says of SOME THINGS ARE SCARY, "What scared me as a child was that Id never learn how to be a real live grownup - and the fact is, I never did find out how it goes."
Jules Feiffer is a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, a renowned playwright and screenwriter, and the illustrator of the childrens classic THE PHANTOM TOLLBOOTH by Norton Juster. He has also written and illustrated several other acclaimed childrens books. He says, "When I was a child, everything was scary - especially parents!"
From the Hardcover edition.