Creepy Carrots! facts for kids
Front cover, designed by Peter Brown
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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. In 2013, a 10-minute animated film based on the book was made by Weston Woods Studios and narrated by James Naughton.
This book was followed by two more books, Creepy Pair of Underwear! and Creepy Crayon!.
Contents
Plot
Jasper Rabbit loved carrots, especially the carrots that grew in Crackenhopper 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", until he started to imagine that they were following him. He first noticed something strange after his Little League game when he stopped at Crackenhopper Field. 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 Crackenhopper 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. He currently resides in Chicago, Illinois with his wife and two children. Reynolds has 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. It was published in 2005 by Little, Brown, who brought out his second and third books featuring Chowder, an oversize, slobbery pet dog who "never managed to fit in with other neighborhood dogs".
Characters
- Jasper Rabbit
- Jasper Rabbit's Mom
- Jasper Rabbit's Dad
- The Creepy Carrots
Awards
- Randolph Caldecott Medal – 2013 Honor
- Young Hoosier Book Award (Picture Book) – 2015
- ALA Notable Video, 2014
- Odyssey Award
