The Dark (Munsch for Kids)
by Robert Munsch
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Jule Ann pounds on the bottom of a cookie jar, and a small dark lump bounces out. The Dark quickly gobbles up every shadow in sight, growing bigger with each one. Munsch's plucky heroine resolves the perplexing problem with brilliant, spirited logic.Tags
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Looking for cookies one day, young Jule Ann instead discovers a small piece of Dark, which tumbles out of the cookie jar and begins consuming all the shadows nearby. Growing ever larger, the Dark eventually settles down on top of the house, obscuring everything around it. Fortunately, Jule Ann knows how to conquer it: luring it with another shadows, and trapping it once again in the cookie jar...
Originally published in 1979, and then revised in 1997, this picture-book from Canadian author/artist team Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko was apparently written for a young child who was afraid of the dark. The surreal humor to be found in the story here, and the ingenuity displayed by the young heroine, in tricking the ever-increasing show more Dark, both work to assuage the young reader/listener's fear, while the amusing artwork captures the offbeat sense of humor. Recommended to Munsch/Martchenko fans, and to anyone looking for picture-books that address the darkness, and the fear of it that we sometimes feel. show less
Originally published in 1979, and then revised in 1997, this picture-book from Canadian author/artist team Robert Munsch and Michael Martchenko was apparently written for a young child who was afraid of the dark. The surreal humor to be found in the story here, and the ingenuity displayed by the young heroine, in tricking the ever-increasing show more Dark, both work to assuage the young reader/listener's fear, while the amusing artwork captures the offbeat sense of humor. Recommended to Munsch/Martchenko fans, and to anyone looking for picture-books that address the darkness, and the fear of it that we sometimes feel. show less
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Robert Munsch was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on June 11, 1945. He received an undergraduate degree in history and a master's degree in anthropology. While studying to be a Jesuit priest, he worked part-time at an orphanage. He decided he liked working with children and left the Jesuits after 7 years to work in a daycare center. He studied show more for a year at the Elliot Pearson School of Child Studies at Tufts University. He ended up at a lab preschool at the University of Guelph in Guelph, Ontario and eventually became a Canadian citizen. While working at a daycare center and telling stories to children, he realized that storytelling was what he loved to do and eventually he started writing the stories down. His first published title was Mud Puddle. He has written over 50 books including Love You Forever, Mortimer, Angela's Airplane, Andrew's Loose Tooth, Stephanie's Ponytail, Moira's Birthday, and Put Me in a Book. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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