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Checked out
Due May 6, 2024
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R Hay
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Publication
Kingfisher (2005), Paperback, 46 pages
Description
When Steve helps out at his dad's pharmacy, he encounters a variety of surprising customers.
Physical description
46 p.; 9.24 inches
User reviews
LibraryThing member AbigailAdams26
Steve thinks spending his holiday helping his father run his pharmacy and shop is a boring idea in this early reader from the UK, and then a series of creepy customers come by and show him what excitement is. From a witch to a vampire, a werewolf to a headless horseman, he discover that his dad is
Although there are basic chapter divisions here, Creepy Customers is a little two simplistic to be described as a proper chapter-book, which I have always understood to be a very simple novel, usually (but not always) under one hundred pages. I initially sought it out because of the witchy cover art - witchy picture-books and early readers are a pet project of mine - but found the other creepy customers appealing as well, and enjoyed the book as a whole. A simple but engaging story from author Samantha Hay is paired with deliciously spooky artwork from illustrator Sarah Warburton. Recommended to early-readers who enjoy spooky tales.
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right in saying that you never know who will come in the door, when you're running a store...Although there are basic chapter divisions here, Creepy Customers is a little two simplistic to be described as a proper chapter-book, which I have always understood to be a very simple novel, usually (but not always) under one hundred pages. I initially sought it out because of the witchy cover art - witchy picture-books and early readers are a pet project of mine - but found the other creepy customers appealing as well, and enjoyed the book as a whole. A simple but engaging story from author Samantha Hay is paired with deliciously spooky artwork from illustrator Sarah Warburton. Recommended to early-readers who enjoy spooky tales.
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Pages
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