Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
With suspense like Warning: Do Not Open This Book (Simon & Schuster, 2013) and the humor of We Are in a Book (Disney-Hyperion, 2010), this wary and unadventurous book uses the five senses to try and figure out what kind of story might be on its pages.
Does it hear spooky wails from a ghost story?
Can it see a mysterious something peeking around a corner?
Is that the spacy feeling of no gravity it senses?
Might that be the stinky smell of nature it detects?
Could it be tasting the saltiness of a story on the high seas?
The reader and book navigate the book's contents together and become friends as the book becomes braver. This multilayered book tackles the senses, literary genres, and book parts, with the relationship between book and reader tying everything together.
Synopsis
With suspense and humor, this wary and unadventurous book uses the five senses to try and figure out what kind of story might be on its pages.
Does it hear spooky wails from a ghost story?
Can it see a mysterious something peeking around a corner?
Is that the dizzy feeling of zero gravity it senses?
Might that be the stinky smell of animals in nature it detects?
Could it be tasting the saltiness of a story on the high seas?
The reader and book navigate the book's contents together, becoming friends as the book becomes braver with every page turn. This multilayered book incorporates the five senses, multiple literary genres, and various book parts, with the relationship between book and reader bringing everything together.