Borrowed Black

by Ellen Bryan Obed

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0824984013
• ISBN13: 9780824984014
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Ideals Publications
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7

Customer Reviews

Beautiful Rhythm

This book reads with a wonderful rhythm, almost hypnotic. It is an interesting story, that will capture a wide age-range of child. Mildly spooky, my three year old can tolerate it, older children will enjoy it. I love it.

borrowed black

Having endured (and loved) 3 children growing up and spending endless hours reading mindless stories ....this story stands out as the one that I never tired of reading ......Scary but safe ......fantastic dreamy imagery by Jan Mogensen ... a special book for my (final)daughter ... ....a belief reinforced by her 78 yr old grandfather who read same book and was mightily impressed too ....there are too many boring kids books ...this is not one of them ...my highest congratulations to the author and illustrator .... a step ahead of the rest ......

Borowed Black- An Ageless Classic

I remember having read this book in elementary school and it was instantly my new favorite book. I adored the morbid imagery and enjoyed the rhyme of the text. Because i have been parted with this book for so long, (I'm a sophomore in highschool now),I hardly remember anything specific about it and thought no one else on earth had even heard of it, I truly want a copy of it. Which is why i have come to this online bookstore. It is such a sentimental piece of my childhood and a real instigator to my peers and teachers as to make them wonder how such a young child could be so obssesed with such macabre imagery even though it is a children's book. Yes, this is definately a favorite of mine. Even though I now read english literature and things of a mature nature, owning this book would certainly help me achieve closure on an unfinished section of my personal reflection. I highly recommend this book for all ages. A beautiful and horrifying piece of work.

Eerie and Intriguing!

This is one of the best children's books I have ever read. However, I think adults will enjoy the book more than children. It's an eerie and intriguing tale told in verse, with bleak illustrations to match! This is a good verse to read outloud by the fire. Hopefully the book will be printed again.