Horror Books

Out of the 3 Fear Park books, this one was definitly the best one. It was a very good book. It always kept you guessing. It was awesome!

" The Last Scream" will have anyone screaming! This book is the best R.L. Stine has ever created. I LOVED THIS BOOK!!!!!!!

I recomend this book to anybody that wants some serious suspense. A very surprising ending.

I LOVE THIS BOOK! I LOVED THE FIRST TO PARTS TO IT TOO! I WAS HOPING ROBIN WOULD KILL HER! HE WAS THE COOLEST CHARACTER! tHREW THE WHOLE BOOK I WAS CHANTING: KILL HER! I DIDN'T LIKE THAT GIRL. (I DON'T EVEN REMEMEBER HER NAME. THIS WAS THE BEST BOOK I'VE EVER READ! I ONLY READ FEAR STREET AND LOUIS S.'S BOOKS. I HATE GOOSEBUMPS. BUT THAT'S BESIDE THE POINT. ANY FEAR STRRET BOOK CONNECTING WITH THE FEAR FAMILY AND THIER HISTORY IS AUTOMATICLY GOOD. Oops! Anyways, this is such a good book! I'd read it again if I could find were I put it! I still wish Robin killed that one girl!

This is the last book of the series. I really enjoyed this series. It is about an amusement park (Fear Park). The series is more on the gory side rather than the cozy side; that's why one star is missing. But I did have fun reading this series, even though there are better R.L. Stine books that I have read.

I can truly say that I am anticipating the next edition to this wonderful series. It has had me on the edge the whole time during reading and wanting the next more and more!!!!!

THIS IS A WONDERFUL BOOK. VERY WELL WRITTEN. KEEPS YOU ON EDGE.

Wow !! Great Book .This is A must Read Book . I Can't wait to Sink my Teeth into The next One !!!!

Picked up this book this past weekend and could not put it down. Storyline and characters bring you into their world and won't let go. I cannot wait until the next installment of the series.

A must-have for any Fantasy or Vampire Novel-lover! I was intriqued by the creative storyline and it's modern edge. Read this book!

Mike Carey, Lucifer: Inferno (Vertigo, 2003)

The battle between Lucifer and Amanadiel is finally here, but, of course, nothing is what it seems. Lucifer's power is still tied up in the feathers held by Susanoo-no-Mikoto. Makizeen and the Lilim are off hunting for Susanoo, but there are more than enough enemies-- and allies-- in Hell to make Lucifer wonder if their power will be necessary. Wheels within wheels within wheels, as usual, and Carey pulls it off with aplomb. ****

With the four part story arc titled Inferno, ends one of the most ambitious and extraordinary dark fantasy sagas of modern fantasy.
Comprising of about thirty two numbers that began on the first trade The Devil in the Gateway, Carey's epic of power and ambition ranks among the best theological/urban/dark fantasies ever written.
Carey is a master of continuity, allusion, indirectness and oblique multilayered narrative, metaphor and arcane religious symbolism.
Like the majority of comic book writers, Carey's visual imagination(sometimes disturbingly surreal) and plotting are strong, unlike them his attention for style, characterization, tone and atmosphere is remarkable.He is a literate who chose the comic book medium to express his vison about power, arrogance and ambition.
It's the many levels of significance that puts Lucifer apart of other comics books.
I wouldn`t do the book justice if I didn`t mention the excellent artwork and coloring of the artistic team.Regular artists Peter Gross (story arcs) and Dean Ormston (single issues)did an excellent job; the equally excellent artist Chris Weston left the book early.
Gross` drawings on the first issues seems to me rather crude and sketchy but in later issues gets much better.Ormston's disturbingly creepy gothic drawings gives the perfect mood for the single issues, I love his work.The colour pallete is rich; sometimes dark and moddy, sometimes bright and colourful.
For the true conoissieurs Lucifer is an indipensable comic book.

Inferno marks the conclusion of a major story arc: whatever happened to those blasted wings of Lucifer? Last seen in the possession of Susano-O-No-Mikoto, they left the battlefields as the Basanos committed suicide, apparently into the mists of time (or whatever passes for cryptic walking- off- into- the- sunset in Lucifer's world anyway.)

Lucifer duels with Amenadiel - that duel promised in Lucifer #2, Children And Monsters (p.196), but sends his deputy to deal with the wings. Along the way, she meets... someone from her past. A Lilum like herself, which would technically make the union incest, but hey, this is 'Lucifer', after all, and there are no taboos.

The duel fought and won (sort of, on a technicality), Lucifer ends the book by taking on a loan from Loki, setting the stage for Lucifer #6: Mansions of the Silence.

As usual, there's a kooky laugh-at-it story within this collection as well: look out in particular for the bizarre-bittersweet "Bearing Gifts", with Dean Ormston's distinctive art.

This is the end of the first big story arc that has been foreshadowed in the divination of the Tarot deck in part one. And, please note, this part one is not 'Sandman presents: Lucifer' but 'Lucifer: Devil in the gateway'. (That's why the first review by millernw was not helpful, although I fully support his message.)

Well, almost all that has been foreshadowed. Except the divination of the 'innocence' card where Lucifer has been told that he'll have to repay the favour of Elaine Belloc. The last two-parter 'Come to judgement' that nicely ties up loose ends such as the fate of Cestis starts Lucifer's quest to do exactly that.

In the main story arc I particularly liked the re-telling of the old Venus-Vulcanus-Mars story. (The ugly engineer and his pretty wife ...) I know that the originals are Greek gods, not Roman gods, but few readers would know 'Hephaistos' would they?

Also very impressive how the whole story is told by the Duke of Gly. His comments show that Carey has not lost one bit of his ability to surprise the reader with a sentence that you may think about for a long time afterwards. (As you may do about the last words of the inspector at the very end of this book.)

Man, I just stumbled onto this series after getting turned on to the Sandman library, Lucifer is a science fiction fan's dream come true-

Incredible plots, great art, it's the best thing I've seen since, well, Sandman.

I sure hope this series runs for a long time, I'm amazed at the creativity that has gone into this title!

Thomas B. Costain is one of the most readable of historians because he firstly draws on an awareness, gained in his years as a novelist, of the necessity on the part of a writer to above all reach out to his reader. An even greater praise might be this: Costain is also one of the most intelligent historians I've ever had the good fortune to read.

This is Costain's second volume in his well-rounded four-book history of England during the rule of its most storied dynasty, the Plantagenets. Here, in just under four-hundred pages, Costain concentrates on the events of the thirteenth-century reign of Henry III, who came to the throne in 1216, and who passed away forty-six years later in the autumn of 1272. Beginning his story during the regency of the great and good William Marshal, "right hand man" of four monarchs, and ending it shortly after Prince Edward's crushing of the baronial revolt led by Simon de Montfort, Costain makes the interesting case that the thirteenth-century was perhaps the grandest and most glorious if not in the whole of English history, then undeniably that in the era of the Plantagenets.

This was the first volume I've read so far in the quartet, but it won't be the last.

Costain gives his usual rousing treatment to a period not widely treated.

Costain's entire four-volume history of the Plantagenets, "The Pageant of England," is the reason I became a historian and history teacher. I had liked history before, but I'd never before read history that read like a novel. He brought these figures to life in a way that lit a fire that still burns brightly. In short, an excellent history, which I re-read every few years--especially The Magnificent Century!

I have read this book so many times I have worn out my copy, in paperback. I would and do recommend the book to anyone anyone who wants to start learning the history of England and the Middle Ages. The Late Mr Costain brought the people to life, which was a rare gift, he also being a novelist knew how to tell a tale, both are great for generating an interest in history. He leaves a great foundation for a student to build a knowledge of history on.

I first read these books 20 years ago, and the opportunity to purchase them in a new edition is the thrill of the year for me. Costain makes the period come alive, with all its heroes, villains, and bystanders. While many of Costain's opinions and conclusions are somewhat dated by more recent research, there is no more delightful reading experience amongst modern histories of the middle ages.

May Bird and Somber Kitty's adventures continue in this worthy successor to May Bird and the Ever After. The story is genuinely suspenseful and continues to display as much depth and originality as the first. Be advised that some younger readers may find the content too disturbing.

A strength of the story is the depiction of May. May is an ordinary child who finds herself in very extraordinary circumstances. Although May is suitably scared as she tries to find a way to escape the Ever After, she also demonstrates amazing courage and heart as she is faced with increasing touch choices.

I think it can be empowering for young readers to see a character in a story who shares their insecurities and self-doubts but ultimately finds inner strength that isn't born of magic or superhuman abilities.

As another character notes, May is small but she is also so much more.

During my first year of teaching 4th grade, I had incidentally bought this book at a "Scholastic Book Fair" at our school. Having read the "teaser" on the back of the book, I began reading this book as a daily "read-a-loud" to my students. We absolutely loved it and they couldn't wait to read each new chapter. My students, both boys and girls related to the colorful characters. My girls especially loved the slow but sure transformation the shy May Bird underwent as she unwittingly explores the "Ever After."
A few of my students transferred to another school during this school year, and I made sure to send them off with their very own (signed by all) copy of May Bird, books one and two.
Word spread around about this book in our small school and soon siblings and friends in other classes were asking about this book. This year my new class of 4th grade students are already familiar with the story and are begging me to start reading it as a daily read-a-loud.
This is truly a well written and creative story that children will enjoy and remember for a long time!

May Bird Among the Stars just might be the best book in the trilogy! With Beatrice finding her mother,Somber Kitty dancing,fighting Evil Bo Cleevil,and going through a portal in the Bogey's closet,there was never a dull moment!! I give this book 2 thumbs up!

I am extremely satisfied with my purchase of this book . My daughter loves this series and its quick arrival has been a wonderful experience!

May Bird-Among the Stars


May Bird- Among the Stars, by Jodi Lynn Anderson, is a fun fantasy fiction. It is also a sequel to the first book, May Bird and the Ever After.
May Bird- Among the Stars is about May Bird, and her journey through the world of ghosts. She is traveling with her friends, Pumpkin, a house ghost, Beatrice, who is looking for her mother, Captain Fabbio, who is looking for his lost crew, and Somber Kitty, May's hairless cat from home. As you might know from the first book, May and Kitty aren't dead, and soon find that they are not alone. There's a secret colony of "un-dead" underground.
I loved this book, because it's filled with adventure. If you liked the first book, you'll love this. Will May save everyone? Will Beatrice be reunited with her mother? Will May and Kitty get back home? Find out here!

I just finished the book last night and was very pleased with it. It's about certain kids that are gifted in having nightmares! Yes, that's right... nightmares! There imagination is so great that they can actually create a portal and bring the nightmares here to earth! Charlie is one of these kids. He's been an outcast since he can remember because all the kids think he's a freak. His parents have been overly protective of him because of this and don't want him to leave the house. Then pops in the Nightmare Academy. A place where Charlie just might fit in. At the academy, Charlie's gift (and the other children's gift) is used to help protect Earth from all of the creatures of the Netherworld. Is this a place where Charlie can fit in? Will he be able to use his powers to help? How much trouble can he get into? You'll have to read it to find out.
I found this book a very easy read. It kept it's pace and was never boring. I highly recommend this book and can't wait for the next one to come out!

Nightmare Academy, Book One: Into the Nether by Dean Lorey is a good read. The flowing style kept me reading for many hours trying to find out what happens next in the story. It has a very interesting and creative story imaginable. Mr. Lorey created a frightening world where you can find many unique and hideous creatures. This book is for young adults but I as an adult found it to be enjoyable to read. If you like Harry Potter, then you would probably like this book too. Read it and find out how good it is. I recommend this book to everyone. Cant wait for book 2 to come out.

Nightmare Acadmy is a very fun read out loud book. My sons, ages 8 and 9 were very entertained with the over the top antics of some of the characters; they were quite taken by the orginality of the book. The very menacing figure of Barrakas and the tense confrontation scenes added some real spice to the narrative. They both were asking about the sequel as soon as we were done, as high a recommendation as they can give, and they would stay up after lights were out making up their own Nether creatures. I would caution for children much younger than the recommended ages as the scene where the hags steal memories is very creepy.

My problem is the language. This book is recommended for 9-12 year olds. There is frequent use of saltier language than I like for this age range. Hell and God are used as epithets, which would make me testy enough, but Mr. Lorey also used the word p***. Was it really necessary in a children's book? Does everyone have to push the envelope of the lowest common denominator? Some one should take the high road, for pity's sake! Parents do a read ahead. I was able to edit most of it as I read but I may never have known if I didn't read it aloud.

I got this book for my sons ages 9 and 12 as they had just finished "Skullduggery Pleasant" and couldn't find anything else they really liked. One after the other (oldest first)they sat down and finished "Nightmare Academy" in one sitting. Video games were left to the side as they were too interested to see what happened at the end of the book. What more could you want?

A very absorbing tale and the start of a thrilling new series. Great characters and even cooler creatures. Plus a page-turning plot that I found tremendously satisfying. It really transported me to an exciting place -- which is what all good fiction is supposed to do. Can't wait for the NEXT book in the series. Lorey is a YA author to watch!

I just now found the name of this book. When I was a child in the 70's I lived a few doors down from our town library. I checked out this book many times. I have searched for it for years but couldn't remember the name of the book or the stories...just what 2 of them were about. I am ordering this book immediately and highly recommend it. These were very intense stories for children and I loved it!!!

The stories in this lost treasure are genuinely scary (as in, "will keep you up and night and give you nightmares"). Not semi-scary with scary pictures (Alvin Schwartz's "Scary Stories," I'm talking to you). They are a bit longer than your typical "spooky stories for kids" fare, finely crafted in a technical sense, and fantastically written. (These are no attention-taxing Victorian novellas, however--more moody, condensed epics whose pacing manages to stay, remarkably, almost journalistically efficient.) The downright demented (and, no, I'm not exaggerating) "Wendigo's Child" frightened me most as a kid, but all of the pieces are honest-to-goodness classics. The illustrations, while not as, ah, "earthily" frightening as Stephen Gammell's (peerless illustrator of the "Scary Stories" series), very much have their own unique brand of 1970s-flavored, crazed, nightmare-inspiring creepiness. Most highly recommended.

Like other reviewers, I discovered this book in my grade school library in the late 70s. I remember noticing, aside from the surreal cover, that the size and binding were very similar to two other children's horror anothologies published around the same time... Baleful Beasts and Eerie Creatures and Tales of Terror (Ida Chittum). There was another Elwood anthology called Horror Tales, also the same size and binding.

The stories are creepy, the illustrations (black and white) are great. There is one story that depicts in pretty specific detail a character casting a spell to raise demons, which really excited my 3rd grade imagination. Of course I tried to perform the spell myself with the help of a friend. Don't worry---it didn't work, and the experience didn't scar me for life. However, if you are squeamish about such content, consider yourself warned.

Why don't they make books like these anymore?

I read this book when I was a child in the 70's--I checked it out of the Buckley Elementary School library over and over...I have been looking for it forever. I couldn't remember the name of the book, just the creepy, haunting stories about the Lamia, the Wendigo, and the Vrkolak and the story about the boy in the woods with the dogs(see how long it's been!). To this day I remember the scary illustrations and the chills I got from reading it and visualizing the stories in my mind! I am glad to finally have found it and intend to buy a copy right away. This is a haunting book and GREAT for kids (and adults) who like scary stuff.

I read this book also in 4th grade in Quail Hollow Elementary and it had lost it's cover, so it was just a Big Black Book. The stories inside were so chilling I have had nightmares to this day about frog men, wendigos boney feet scratching the floor and weird satanic rituals by people I knew. I am 32 now and finally have a title for my fears. Thanks Mr. Elwood for compiling this casket of terrors. I recommend it highly! I hope to find a copy again soon for my children.

This book never gets bleak due to the deadpan humor of the narrator, but perhaps because I recently got out of a breakup myself, I found the book rather haunting through much of it, hypnotizing with emotional and archetypal language that flows so easily through the futuristic slang.

While I agree with some other reviews I've read of this book and its touches of P.K. Dick and the Clockwork Orangey style of it, I personally noted that Shaun Von Dragen is more optimistic about humanity than those two authors despite superficial similarities.

There was even a touch of Lovecraft too, which made it that much more spooky to me because I don't know exactly how this book ended up in my collection.

Though not easy to pigeonhole, this book seems more like dark-fantasy than hard sci-fi, but it's a fascinating world however you categorize it.

The nostalgia seems to be for all things psychedelic, especially music between early Pink Floyd up through the Cars.

The language is funky fun and the pacing is fast enough.

The end left me desiring to know more, and yet I know I missed many clues and layers. I hope to get more the second time through.

This was a great book, good action and a lot of naughty stuff, plus also a lot of interesting hints into a magical world.. and some cool sci-fi stuff. Thank god for the dictionary in the back though. :) I will read it soon again! Yey!

I admit I first was taken in by the novel because the title of David Bowie song of the same name. I had hoped *and* feared the book would be some sort of Ziggy Stardust type story, but it's nothing like that at all. It's a world of its own. An odd sort of a love story more than anything I'd say.

Futuristic and 60's psychedelic at the same, it's something of a Blade Runner with occult undertones. Like I've read in some of the other reviews, the futuristic language is difficult a bit at first, but if you go with the flow I don't think anyone under age 40 would have a problem with it. Later on the language and use of characters really works to the books advantage:

The main character Isabelle is an AI and as the story progresses one begins to realize her presence is everywhere...even in between the lines of the story...(hard to explain this without spoilers so I'll have to leave it at that.) The quirkiness of the language allows this demonic presence to be felt while reading it. It's almost as if the text on the pages is the "Matrix" dripping letters screen, and when you understand it...the real image of the Matrix...the real vision of "Isabelle" is revealed. This was probably my favorite thing about the book.

The book is a bit of sensory overload, but it works in a book that is a reflection of our own society and all the sensual enticements available to us at every turn. The language for all it's bedazzling imagery is actually fairly lean, and while I'm more into the "flowery" type language usually, the tightness here helps define the main character's mental state and keeps the story flowing along.

I only hope there will be a sequel but I've read somewhere that this is a standalone book. Maybe the author will change his mind though. I'd love to write a lot more about the conclusion of the book, but it will definitely ruin the ending if I do.

First of all this is a difficult book at the beginning. The language is estranged at first due to the complete newness of the at times baffling slang and lingo, but the highly visceral and panoramic world of Moon Age Daydream soon turns out to be quite accessible when it comes to human emotions, and as much as I enjoyed the language by the end of the book (no longer even needing to look up the words in the Lexicon after about the halfway mark), I feel the strongest point is understanding the male psyche after a break up.

It seems like an intensely personal book. Once I realized that, I warmed up to the language which I at first thought cold and overly-cerebral. But in inverse proportion to the character Celesete's slow transformation from sweet high-school girl into _spoiler here_, the language seems to warm up and congeal and actually seemed perfectly natural by the end of the book.

And believe me, after the first 5 minutes of this book I thought I was going to give it the worst review ever, so I'll just give a heads up to be patient...but because this a book with a lot of edges, both stylistically and emotionally it won't be for everyone. There were some things that were quite beyond me but with whatever flaws I noticed it's a lot more original than anything I've seen in eight or nine years.

And in this story everything does. Douglas Clegg really did a magnificent job recalling what it was like to be a kid with an imagination.

He takes the story of boy who gets wrapped up in the magical world of his cousin, Sumter, while on summer vacation. Every kid has secrets, and the ones his cousin has are more than just a child's overblown imagination.

The character of Sumter also makes one think of what serial killers are like as children. I don't know if that's what Clegg had in mind when he wrote this, but it becomes obvious as the book progresses.

The writing has a breezy poetry to it, and the pages start flying once you get into this story. If you loved books like, Lansdale's The Bottoms, or McCammon's Boy's Life, you'll find yourself reading into the darkest hours of night with this one.

This was Clegg's third novel, and it reads like it was his tenth. You can see his writing ability thrive even this far back in his writing career.

Spooky, weird, surreal and intense storytelling, make this one no fan of Horror-or just good writing-should miss out on.

A story about two related families meeting together in the summer at a legendary Gull Island in the south. The protagonist is a child Beau, and tells of the stories kids play when they are young. And the stories are realistic and mean; killing rats, stealing, swearing, smoking and drinking a beer. These are all things many of us have done when we were kids, stealing a cigarette from your parents, et cetera, but they are not usually described in books. So this made for a believable story as the children get into trouble in their fort called Neverland, and spearheaded by the kid Sumter.

Not only are the kids believable, so is the setting. Douglas really comes up with a good believable background to Gull Island, and brings in a local character Julianne who is a Gullah. I have no idea if a Gullah is real or not but I believed it, and her background which is similar to a New Orleans' type of background. Supposedly they know voodoo.. Anyway, considering these strong setting and believable characters I thought it started off a little slow, but when the supernatural elements started kicking in, and especially the last 150 or so pages, I started turning the pages faster and faster as the book went along. Overall I've read better Clegg books, but this was still a real good book. Spooky..

Douglas Clegg is a master of fantasy and imagination. THIS plot is nothing simple; it turns out to be creative ,and unpredictable as hell, and I stand with applause for the hours he must have spent brainstorming this one.

Neverland is fun, twisted, gripping. I fell in love with the characters, I weeped with them, I feared for them. The setting with the old house, the creepy shack, the woods - all amazing, beautiful, unnerving. The pace is quick when it should be, slower when its appropriate, and overall ends with a stunning conclusion. Clegg writes with a hand that holds talent, knowing how to work its stuff.

Read Neverland for a good time, an imaginative roll in the hay. You won't be dissapointed.

Other reviews before this one have summarized the plot better than I can, but in a nutshell, the book is about creepy children. Creepy, creepy children. Beau (a bit creepy) and his sisters (not so creepy) visit their grandmother (kind of creepy in her own right) on Gull Island every summer. Their cousin Sumter (way creepy) visits at the same time. Beau and Sumter form a friendship mostly based on their secret place, Neverland, where they perform rituals and play increasingly bizarre games, and where Sumter grows ... well ... creepier and creepier.
This novel was chilling and very good. I'll admit, I'm a sucker for creepy-children-coming-of-age-stories, and this one does not disappoint. Sumter is an absolute little freak, so if you also like creepy children stories, then Sumter is your boy. A very worthy addition to the creepy, out-of-control children sub-genre of horror stories.

I'm a sucker for coming of age stories, where the main character (usually a young boy) steps out of childhood to enter manhood through a series of traumatic events that will leave him changed forever. This is exactly what happens to Beau in Douglas Clegg's brilliantly imaginative Neverland, a book that will leave you breathless and in complete awe.

Beau, his parents, his infant brother and his twin sisters leave for their annual summer trip down to the family island, where they will stay with Beau's aunt and her family and his grandmother for the following month. When he arrives, his cousin Sumter is already waiting for him. Sumter is a strange boy who has discovered something magical and yet terrifying in the old shack behind the house. A crate with something - or someone - trapped inside. Something that calls itself Lucy.

Soon enough, Beau finds himself trapped in a nightmare he can't get himself out of. They nickname the shack Neverland, the place where imagination runs free, a place where pain and sadness does not exist. But Neverland grows to be an entity of its own, and it wants something more than mere company. It wants blood.

Douglas Clegg's imgination is amazing, and he puts it to full use in this book. The things we used to dream as children - both good dreams and nightmares - come alive in this book. You soon find yourself trapped in playground from hell, where there are very few rules.

Beau will have to face his own personal demons as he will be pushed to the very limits of sanity by Sumter and Neverland. The last 150 pages of the book are a real roller coster ride, where everything goes to hell, and where Clegg really shows how great and brilliant his imagination truly is.

Not only is Neverland a great horror novel, it is one you won't soon forget. Douglas Clegg is the master of suspense, no dout about it. So do yourself a favor and pick on of his book up. I promise, you won't be disappointed.

Although this book is aimed toward the younger readers, it is the original poem of the Nightmare Before Christmas, so no matter if you are a Burton fan or study literature, this is an essential item to add to that collectio

Hmm, where do I begin... I LOVE JACK SKELLINGTON first off, and this book is SOO COOL! And yes, you can probably tell I'm a teenage girl so far... but yeah, I read this book when I was really little (same with watching the movie) and at first it scared the crap outta me (hey, I was little). But when I got older, I started to realize that this thing kicked @$$. It made me laugh, made me smile, made me cry a little, everything! Best holiday book ever! It's not really a little kid book, but it's not too scary either. The scariest part about it are the drawings, just cuz they're so abnormal. Also... if you haven't seen the movie, make sure you do. But all in all, this is probably my favorite book. GOOD JOB TIM!

I bought a copy of this book a couple years back, only to find my young nephew (only 5 back then) reaching to look at it often when he visited. I've now decided to buy him his own copy of this book, while it's still in print, because I see this movie's "legend" continuing to grow as an annual Halloween classic. Such is the unique and wonderful world of Tim Burton; his style often does not catch on immediately, but it slowly finds its way beyond "cult" viewing and into the hearts and minds of mainstream audiences. This book features a generous offering of pre-production designs (including many of Burton's own drawings) and behind-the-scenes photos, which are fun to look at again and again. A beautifully illustrated book, and fun to own

A director named Burton with the first name of Tim
Wrote this tale of a skeleton, tall and slim.

Jack Skeleton is the name of this "hero"
He comes with a ghost dog known as Zero.

As the title implies two holidays meet
Do we say "Merry Christmas" or "trick or treat?"

Jack wants to spread Christmas and help Santa out
But he's a little misguided when he takes the toy route.

The kids are a bit surprised by Jack as S. Claus
Some of his Christmas traditions would make anyone pause.

Before you read this give the movie a look
The film helps the reader make sense of the book.

Illustrated with drawings instead of claymation
This book still creates quite a sensation!

I'd like to know more about Nightmare Before Christmas.