Book Review: 'Creepy Carrots!' by Aaron Reynolds

✰✰✰✰✰ Jasper Rabbit LOVES carrots, especially the wild carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field. Those are the most delicious carrots ever, and they are FREE! Jasper helps himself ALL the time…on the way to school, after a big game, and even at night for a snack.

But one day when he’s picking carrots something odd happens. He hears something behind him. When he turns around, nothing is there. He doesn’t think anything of it, until it happens again…and again. What’s going on? Nobody believes him, but Jasper knows there are creepy carrots out there. He dreams up a plan to deal with the problem. Will he succeed in ridding himself of the creepy carrots forever? Check out this Caldecott Honor Book to find out.

The Bottom Line: It’s easy to see why this book is a winner with kids. Easy to read and infused with humor, this is an awesome book to read out loud to a class. Brown’s illustrations are spot on with tones of grays and black and minimal use of color in just the right places. Highly recommended for seasonal reading as it’s not too scary and has a fun twist ending. If you enjoy this one, check out the other picture books in the Creepy Tales! series, including the recently released Creepy Crayon!

Details: Creepy Carrots! (Creepy Tales!) words by Aaron Reynolds & pictures by Peter Brown. Picture book published by Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers in 2012. 40 P.  ISBN: 978-1-4424-0297-3