For those familiar with Jasper Rabbit and his own adventures - Creepy Carrots! Creepy Pair of Underwear! Creepy Crayon! - it will come as no surprise that as Jasper grew up, he collected creepy stories that happened to others, too. In this troubling tale Charlie Marmot has to have his tonsils out, but he decides he wants to keep them in a jar to take for show and tell when he returns to school. That doesn't seem too unusual, but after a restless night and odd sounds while he tries to sleep, the day of surgery the doctor tells him the tonsils have disappeared! Very odd, but at least he won't have to undergo the operation. Seems like a happy ending all around, right? Nope. It seems that the tonsils have their own ideas of how the story should go and just who should be put on display for show and tell. Dunh-dunh-dunh!
This first chapter book tale continues the creepy tradition begun with Jasper's own mishaps in both storytelling style and illustrations. As young readers begin to outgrow picture books, they can move into these short chapter books and still feel the comfort of familiarity. Consider them a middle grade Twilight Zone and enter if you dare.
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