E - Eerie Little Bedtime Stories - Madame M (132 pages)

This creepy little book of poems is a wonderful book for children ages 6 and up. I met the author in 2002 and at a book fair and she signed this and another book for my then 2-year-old daughter. "Alexandra, Get Creepy Baby - Love Madame M".  I thought that was a wonderful note and her books are just as good. My daughter has read them over and over since she was 6. She has a good sense of what makes a good book - so I picked up this slight tome and gobbled it up. 


Madame M covers topics such as art and spiders and mummies (oh my)! Engaging and fun - this is a great read for young and old. 


Here is an example of what you will find in this book:

Scary Larry

Scary Larry's a scarecrow

The best there ever was

No one else can hang around

Watching corn grow as he does

He's done it for many, many years

Just guarding his precious crop

From the big, black, dirty crows

Like a traffic cop

One time he even won 

The Best Scarecrow Grand Prize

So the crows, being jealous

Pecked out both his eyes

But that did not discourage him

Or even make him blue

He replaced them with two shiny buttons

And now he's good as new

This was one of my favorite poems in the book. If you have young children (especially boys) seek out this book - it is just creepy and gross enough to hold a young boy's interest and just fun enough for a young girl!