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Available
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Publication
Hamish Hamilton Ltd (2002), Edition: 25th Anniversary edition, Hardcover, 48 pages
Description
Life in Bogeydom is full of snot, smells, slime, scum and other unspeakable things, and Bogeymen live under the ground revelling in allthe nastiness imaginable. Briggs has created a whole new world in this sophisticated cartoon-strip picture book for older children which will entice the most reluctant of readers into books.
User reviews
LibraryThing member Kmr10
This book is about a Bogeyman whos name is Fungus. Fungus and his family go around scaring kids or simply grossing them out by the green sticky slime, and simply saying BOO. I choose this book because it was differnt from all the other kinds of books that are graphic novels. it isn't really a book
A teacher may use this book in the classroom to introduce graphic novels because its an easy read and will most likely keep the kids attention. As a classroom activity each student could draw a frme or two of thier own that they would add to the book. This activity could also be counted as a art activity as well as their reading one!
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I would read to a child unless they know that the Bogeyman really doesnt exsist. The images and drawings in this book are some od the most innteresting ones I have seen in a book. Each frame is soo detailed you could look at it ten different times and pick something new out each time. A teacher may use this book in the classroom to introduce graphic novels because its an easy read and will most likely keep the kids attention. As a classroom activity each student could draw a frme or two of thier own that they would add to the book. This activity could also be counted as a art activity as well as their reading one!
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LibraryThing member debnance
Fungus and his bogeyman friends are the cause of all the gross and upsetting things in the world, though those of us who live Up Top know little of their lives. This book sets out to remedy that. So here’s a little sample of this comic:
Fungus inspects his trousers which have been marinading
Here’s another as Fungus performs his daily ablutions:
“Ah! Nice cold filthy water! Good head of scum on it this morning.”
You get the idea. Boils...dung...muck...every sort of disgusting thing is in this book.
A 1001 Children’s Book You Must Read.
Fungus inspects his trousers which have been marinading
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overnight. “Mmmm! These really stink!”Here’s another as Fungus performs his daily ablutions:
“Ah! Nice cold filthy water! Good head of scum on it this morning.”
You get the idea. Boils...dung...muck...every sort of disgusting thing is in this book.
A 1001 Children’s Book You Must Read.
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LibraryThing member Lukerik
A book that no child should be without. A book to pore over and find new details in. Briggs does a great job of bringing home to you how alien the bogeymen are. Reading it as an adult I got more of the humour, like the censored umbilical cord. The story follows Fungus as he goes about his night
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while quietly having an existential crisis. There's an interesting commentary on the British class system. Show Less
LibraryThing member adzebill
Utterly sublime. Accurately described on Backlisted as "the children's Anatomy of Melancholy". At one level wallowing in awful grossness of the sort that kids adore, at another an account of a midlife crisis. What a remarkable work and one that I can't really imagine a publisher signing off on
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LibraryThing member raschneid
A quirky must-read from the creator of The Snowman. And that is all I will say.
Language
Original publication date
1977
1979 (p/bk)
Physical description
48 p.; 11.9 inches
ISBN
0241142024 / 9780241142028
Local notes
An anniversary edition of the classic.
Everyday life in Bogeydom is examined as Fungus the Bogeyman describes the skills of scaring people in the nighttime and living underground amidst slime and grime in the daytime.
Everyday life in Bogeydom is examined as Fungus the Bogeyman describes the skills of scaring people in the nighttime and living underground amidst slime and grime in the daytime.