Creepy Pair of Underwear!
Creepy Pair of Underwear! is a 2017 children's picture book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown. It is a part of the Creepy Tales series of books, which also include Creepy Carrots! and Creepy Crayon!.
The main character, Jasper Rabbit, is interested in a new pair of underwear with Frankenstein patterns but finds it unnerves him and tries to get rid of it.
The book uses pencil work and digital coloring,[1] and uses black and white imagery.[2] Kirkus Reviews stated that the work emphasizes the main character's facial expressions by having background and drawing details sparse.[3] Elissa Gerschowitz, the editor of The Horn Book, described the artwork as "noirish".[1]
Reception
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It was on The New York Times Best Seller list.[3]
It was a finalist for the Cybils Award.[4]
Gerschowitz stated that the drawings "heighten both the silliness and the spookiness".[1]
John Peters of Booklist gave the book a starred review and stated that it has "the ideal balance between frightening and hilarious".[5]
Maria B. Salvadore, who had previously worked for the District of Columbia Public Library, wrote that the storyline is "equally humorous and appropriately but safely spooky."[6]
Deborah Stevenson of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books stated that the work is "balancing nicely between humorous and haunting".[7]
Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, stating that "Brown’s noir-style b&w illustrations make the most of the premise".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Gerschowitz, Elissa (2017-10-30). "Creepy Pair of Underwear!". The Horn Book Magazine. Vol. 93, no. 5. p. 75.
- ^ a b "Creepy Pair of Underwear!". Publishers Weekly. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ a b "CREEPY PAIR OF UNDERWEAR!". Kirkus Reviews. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ "2017 Cybils Finalists". Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
- ^ Peters, John. "Creepy Pair of Underwear!". Booklist. Retrieved 2025-04-29.
- ^ Salvadore, Maria B. (2017). "Reynolds, Aaron. Creepy Pair of Underwear". School Library Journal. 63 (8): 76.
- ^ Stevenson, Deborah (2017). "Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds (review)". Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books. 70 (11): 513. doi:10.1353/bcc.2017.0563 – via Project MUSE. - Also at ProQuest
Further reading
[edit]- Gerschowitz, Elissa (2018). "Creepy Pair of Underwear!". The Horn book guide to children's and young adult books. 29 (1): 58.
External links
[edit]- Creepy Pair of Underwear! - Simon and Schuster
- Creepy Pair of Underwear! - Peter Brown Studio
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