Psssst! It's Me...the Bogeyman

by Barbara Park

Book Overview

It's the Bogeyman, and he's stew-spewin', gravel-chewin' mad. He's tired of all the nonsense people say about him. He doesn't say BOO -- that's a baby word. He doesn't want to get ya -- if he got ya,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0689816677
• ISBN13: 9780689816673
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Atheneum Books
• Length: 40 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.8" x 11.3"
• Age Range: 4 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 4

Customer Reviews

hysterical

We have gotten this book at lesst 10 times over the past year atour local library. I finally decided we had to own it.The story is hysterical and really eases "boogeyman" type fears inyoung children. We love to read it with our own "boogeyman" voice(A heavy new york accent!). This is a stroy both parentsand kids will love. Barbara Park is the author and she is also the author of the similarly hysterical Junie B. Jones series.Highly recommended!

We can't get rid of this book!

I am finally purchasing a copy of this book after my son brought it home from his school library for the fifth time in a row. He's 3 1/2 and I thought it might scare him but I think it actually comforts him. It makes the bogeyman seem funny and harmless and gives kids a magical defense strategy (dirty socks). My son particularly appreciates that the bogeyman runs away to the sister's room at the end.

Fun and helpful!

My daughter used to be so seriously afraid of everything that we took her to a child psychiatrist. I can't let her read this book at night--not because she is afraid of it, but because she gets too wound up to go to sleep--laughing, jumping, playing bogeyman with her brother! It provides younger children with the power to chase monsters away themselves. The writing, which amounts to a monologue, is hilarious and very true to the way kids speak. The pictures of the boy's reactions are devilishly delightful too!

Excellent!

This is one of the best children's books I have read. As a parent, I like books that entertain me also. My son loves this book; we discovered it at the library and he refuses to let me return it so we had to get one of our own. Very original. Also, I was concerned about it causing nightmares....it doesn't...it helps them get over fears of the bogeyman and the dark. I highly recommend.

Great book for all ages!

My 4 and 6 year old sons first found this book at the library. They loved it - especially my 4 year old. He has memorized several pages and will recite them on request. He always makes me call the library to ensure a copy is there so we can pick it up. It is his birthday and I am purchasing him his own copy. It is all he has asked for. I also find the humor of the bogeyman very entertaining. It is one of the funnest children's books we have read.