Creepy Carrots! facts for kids
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| Author | Aaron Reynolds |
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| Illustrator | Peter Brown |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers |
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Publication date
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Aug. 21 2012 |
| Pages | 40 |
| ISBN | 1442402970 |
| OCLC | 858737867 |
| LC Class | PZ7.R33213 Cre 2012 |
Creepy Carrots! is a 40-page children 's picture book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown. It was published on August 21, 2012 by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers.
Contents
Plot
Jasper Rabbit loved carrots. Especially the carrots that grew in Crackenhooper Field. They were "Fat, Crisp. And Free for the taking" Jasper enjoyed these carrots "on the way to school, on his way to Little League practice and on his way home at night". Jasper just loved his carrots and "couldn't get enough, until they started following him". He first noticed something strange after his Little League game when he stopped at Crackenhopper Field. He started getting paranoid when he thought he saw three jack-o-lantern-jawed carrots behind him in the bathroom mirror. When he turned around, it was just a washcloth, shampoo bottle, and a rubber duck. Then while he was brushing his teeth he saw the creepy carrots. Jasper yelled for his parents when a carrot shadow lurked up on his bathroom walls. "By the end of the week Jasper was seeing creepy carrots creeping EVERYWHERE." Jasper then came up with a plan to make sure the carrots couldn't escape. He built a fence and a moat around Crackenhooper Field. Jasper was very pleased with himself "no creepy carrots would get out of that patch again." As the sun set the carrots "cheered. Their plan had worked, Jasper Rabbit would never get into that carrot patch ever again".
Writer
Aaron Reynolds was born on June 4, 1970, and moved often as he grew up. He has lived in Texas, Colorado, Florida, Okinawa and New Jersey; however he currently resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and two children. Reynolds graduated with a degree in Theatre from Illinois Wesleyan University.
Illustrator
Peter Brown was born in 1979, raised in New Jersey, and trained at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. His first published book was Flight of the Dodo, which he both wrote and illustrated.
Paul Rodeen reviews the picture book Creepy Carrots!: "Reynolds makes liberal use of ellipses for suspense, conjuring the "soft ... sinister ... tunktunktunk of carrots creeping". Brown illustrates in noirish grayscale with squash-orange highlights and dramatic lighting, framing each panel in shiny black for a claustrophobic film-still effect that cements the story's horror movie feel."
Awards
- Randolph Caldecott Medal - 2013 Honor
