Creepy Pair of Underwear!

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Creepy Pair of Underwear! is a 2017 children's picture book written by Aaron Reynolds and illustrated by Peter Brown. It is a part of the Creepy Tales series of books, which also include Creepy Carrots! and Creepy Crayon! .

Contents

The main character, Jasper Rabbit, is interested in a new pair of underwear with Frankenstein patterns but finds it unnerves him and tries to get rid of it.

The book uses pencil work and digital coloring, [1] and uses black and white imagery. [2] Kirkus Reviews stated that the work emphasizes the main character's facial expressions by having background and drawing details sparse. [3] Elissa Gerschowitz, the editor of The Horn Book , described the artwork as "noirish". [1]

Reception

It was on The New York Times Best Seller list. [3]

It was a finalist for the Cybils Award. [4]

Gerschowitz stated that the drawings "heighten both the silliness and the spookiness". [1]

John Peters of Booklist gave the book a starred review and stated that it has "the ideal balance between frightening and hilarious". [5]

Maria B. Salvadore, who had previously worked for the District of Columbia Public Library, wrote that the storyline is "equally humorous and appropriately but safely spooky." [6]

Deborah Stevenson of the Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books stated that the work is "balancing nicely between humorous and haunting". [7]

Publishers Weekly gave the book a starred review, stating that "Brown’s noir-style b&w illustrations make the most of the premise". [2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Gerschowitz, Elissa (2017-10-30). "Creepy Pair of Underwear!". The Horn Book Magazine . Vol. 93, no. 5. p. 75.
  2. 1 2 "Creepy Pair of Underwear!". Publishers Weekly . Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  3. 1 2 "CREEPY PAIR OF UNDERWEAR!". Kirkus Reviews . Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  4. ↑ "2017 Cybils Finalists". Children's and Young Adult Book Lover's Literary Awards. Archived from the original on 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-03-25.
  5. ↑ Peters, John. "Creepy Pair of Underwear!". Booklist . Retrieved 2025-04-29.
  6. ↑ Salvadore, Maria B. (2017). "Reynolds, Aaron. Creepy Pair of Underwear". School Library Journal . 63 (8): 76.
  7. ↑ Stevenson, Deborah (2017). "Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds (review)" . Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books . 70 (11): 513. doi:10.1353/bcc.2017.0563 – via Project MUSE. - Also at ProQuest

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