Comments on: Pre-PiBo Day 7: Scare Peter Adam Salomon

By: Jenny Boyd

Jenny Boyd — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 03:06:29 +0000

My PiBoIdMo Idea #30 is a little on the darker side. (With the hall light on, of course.)

By: Lurking in the shadows « Catherine Johnson

Lurking in the shadows « Catherine Johnson — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:02:32 +0000

[...] short of awesome and in it, M mentions about working in the shadows. One of the early PiBoldMo posts on Tara’s blog was about writing a dark pb. Let’s lurk in the shadows to come up with [...]

By: laurimeyers

laurimeyers — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 00:19:48 +0000

Fear is always a good emotion to mine.

By: Brook Gideon

Brook Gideon — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 22:27:50 +0000

Peter,
Thanks for the wonderful advice. I tend to lean a little dark, then get a little worried that it’s too much for a pb. Glad to see others don’t think so!

By: B.J. Lee

B.J. Lee — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 20:19:01 +0000

Peter – I’ve been toying with a scary concept – it’s just a matter of how far to take it for this age group. I’m going to read some scary pbs and check out the presentation. Thanks for your post.

By: Laura Lowman Murray

Laura Lowman Murray — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 16:24:25 +0000

Love your post Peter! When I taught Kindergarten, one of my kids’ favorite picture books was “A Nightmare in my Closet”, where the monster is the one that turns out to be scared. Another one is “Go Away Big Scary Monster” – these kinds of books help kids deal with those universal “need to leave the light on” issues. Have you all seen the parody books of “Runaway Bunny” and “Goodnight Moon?” They are hilarious – “Runaway Mummy” and “Goodnight Goon.”

By: SevenAcreSky

SevenAcreSky — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:12:37 +0000

Dealing with fear is real for kids. For a while all my granddaughter (age 4) asked was ‘Tell me a scary story, Poppi…” and I balked for a while. Then I realized she was trying to deal with fear through the stories. So out came some scary–but with the main character of course as victor over not goblins but ‘fear itself.’ (Hey FDR said something like that…). Thanks, Peter for the post.

By: Julie Hedlund

Julie Hedlund — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 10:03:11 +0000

Great post! My son’s class just did a musical rendition of The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. Really creepy with the instrumental background. Kids LOVED it, and the sweet ending that lets them know all is well in the end.

By: Linda Silvestri

Linda Silvestri — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:43:59 +0000

Thanks for this great post Peter! I have a soft spot for the macabre, even as a kid, especially as a kid. So thanks for what feels like permission to explore that side for picture book ideas… bwaaa haaaa haa!

By: Anjali Amit

Anjali Amit — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 15:34:45 +0000

Great post. Ghosties and goblins marching forth now.