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thereadingcountess's review against another edition
5.0
This is one of my favorite books from my own boys' reading lives, and now a classroom favorite of mine now as an educator. I believe I can quote the book (if not whole, then certainly partially). I love how the illustrations compliment the text and the interchange between the brother and sister. "It makes you look stupid." Such a fun read aloud-super voice. Super cute ending. Wouldn't you hide?
Highly recommended
Highly recommended
lulucares's review against another edition
5.0
Great read! Very weird! Good illustrations.
Thank you Bill and Martin and Ted.
Thank you Bill and Martin and Ted.
juushika's review against another edition
2.0
You know those vintage advertisements featuring photorealistic illustrations of cherubic, uncannily over-expressive kids in full color? Like that, only darker watercolors, and at the heart of the narrative is an eerie tree watching the kids with its branch-framed moon, its nighttime critters, its drifting leaves. It could be an interesting tonal contrast if it felt intentional, but it doesn't, really--this leans hard into a nostalgia I just don't share or care about, and it overshadows the promising spooky elements.
bathsheba_everdeemed's review against another edition
5.0
This is marvelously spooky book for young readers. When I first learned to read, this book is what got me hooked on reading. I remember it being so strongly imprinted in my mind, that I would be thinking of the "ghost-eye" tree as I played in my backyard. I even remember speculating as to what made it have a ghost-eye, and whether it was haunted, and by what spirit. Very fond memories of childhood.
For adults, it does a beautiful job of reminding us of that innocent time where we were scared of monsters under the bed, as opposed to all the "true" horrors we read about in the daily news.
For adults, it does a beautiful job of reminding us of that innocent time where we were scared of monsters under the bed, as opposed to all the "true" horrors we read about in the daily news.
audreychamaine's review against another edition
5.0
A young boy and his sister are sent to the other side of town to fetch milk. Halfway there, however, is the dreaded ghost-eye tree. Both kids try to act tough and not show that they’re scared, that is until the ghost-eye tree reaches out for them.
The illustrations are done in dark watercolors and give the book an ethereal, timeless feeling. The text is exceptionally well written, full of rhyme, repetition and rhythm.
The illustrations are done in dark watercolors and give the book an ethereal, timeless feeling. The text is exceptionally well written, full of rhyme, repetition and rhythm.
reader44ever's review
3.0
I liked this story okay. I wasn't too enamored of the children's mother: making them go for milk after dark isn't sound parenting. But I liked the kids, and how they encouraged one another to conquer their fears. I especially liked that the sister teased her brother about his dumb hat but then, when he lost it, turned supportive and ran off to retrieve his beautiful hat, only to return to him with his dumb hat. :) This sibling relationship struck me as being very realistic and was reminiscent of my relationship with my own younger brother when we were children.
bdietrich's review against another edition
2.0
Read for 5420 class
I am on the fence concerning whether or not this book overcomes the gap in changes to daily life that have occurred over the past one hundred years. Yes, the theme of being scared (especially by nature in the dark) is universal, but so much prior knowledge is needed to understand a good chunk of the story that I think it would be difficult for children today to fully understand and grasp the content.
I am on the fence concerning whether or not this book overcomes the gap in changes to daily life that have occurred over the past one hundred years. Yes, the theme of being scared (especially by nature in the dark) is universal, but so much prior knowledge is needed to understand a good chunk of the story that I think it would be difficult for children today to fully understand and grasp the content.