I’ve always been a huge book lover; from adventuring with the Famous Five to moving onto Judy Blume as a teenager, I’ve always had my nose buried amongst the pages of a book. So I’m thrilled that the kiddos seem to have inherited my passion for reading – Ben reads anything and everything, from The Faraway Tree and Oliver Jeffers books to his cBeebies comic and takeaway menus that come through the door.
I first discovered Lemony Snicket years ago, when I saw A Series of Unfortunate Events at the cinema, and utterly loved it. At the time I didn’t have children, so promptly went away and forgot it completely. Then quite by chance, I found The Dark at a book fair at Ben’s school – I was instantly taken by the charmingly simple illustrations and rather lovely plot. The book tells the story of a young boy called Laszlo, and how he overcomes his fear of the dark; it’s so beautifully written that it’s become a firm favourite of ours, and I think it’d be a great way to squash any night-time dark-related fears.
Linking up with Fritha and her ‘We Like to Read’ series today. Check out the other great books here!
We reviewed this one too, it's such a good book. everything about it from illustrations to the writing, just beautiful x
i've never actually read any lemony snicket! but i do love john klassens illustrations.
SOLD! I love this, and tomorrow i'm ordering from my local bookshop 🙂 Thank you!
we love this one too!
This looks great! I got carried away and need to know what happens next! x
I love Lemony Snicket! Did you ever read his adult books? (under another pen name which I can't remember now sorry!) they are so so dark x
Oh I love the look of this one and I too love Lemony Snicket but have not read enough of his stuff – this looks like a funny and beautiful book :)Laura x
I love love this book! Every time we go to a book store I paw over it, but still haven't quite managed to add it to our collection…that may have to change soon though!
This books looks wonderful. x
My five year old has started saying he's scared of the dark, despite having two nightlights! I'm not sure if he's genuinely scared or just procrastinating at bedtime, but I did look at this book in Waterstones. Does anybody have a child that it has helped conquer their fear?