tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post2823127139955409337..comments2024-03-07T17:13:54.927-05:00Comments on A Fuse #8 Production: Podcast Edition: Review of the Day: The Shivers In the Fridgefusenumber8http://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-67534427738065486712010-06-06T20:32:54.767-04:002010-06-06T20:32:54.767-04:00I'm sorry to see so many people didn't lik...I'm sorry to see so many people didn't like this book. I know since it's been around a while it's pretty much pointless to comment on it. However, in defense of this very entertaining book, I read it to my first-graders every year, and they love it so much they want me to reread it. Also children view illustrations so differently than adults do that they let their imaginations fill in some of the things that adults may find lacking or unpleasant in the pictures. I also think that these young students like getting the verification at the end of the book that their guesses about what's been going on with the Shivers were correct.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-3658067284361100202006-11-28T13:22:00.000-05:002006-11-28T13:22:00.000-05:00Oh good. I couldn't really pinpoint what my own o...Oh good. I couldn't really pinpoint what my own objection to the story was. Honestly, I had more a problem with the pictures than the tale itself. At least we have "Toys Go Out" to fall back on this year.<br /><br />Good call on option (B), by the way. I was hoping someone would say that.fusenumber8https://www.blogger.com/profile/16216979020263363698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-89715126767123188502006-11-28T11:09:00.000-05:002006-11-28T11:09:00.000-05:00(B) is a trick option. There is no such thing as ...(B) is a trick option. There is no such thing as "thinking too much about a picture book."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15089389.post-82066022789173674772006-11-28T09:24:00.000-05:002006-11-28T09:24:00.000-05:00I have been very disturbed by my great dislike for...I have been very disturbed by my great dislike for this book and have avoided reviewing it on our blog, 'cause, well, it's <i>Zelinsky</i>, dude. But, the first problem is the faulty premise; the magnets, living on the front of the fridge as they usually do, would <i>know</i> who those people were and wouldn't be so confused and consider them monsters (or strangers or however it was put). Secondly, I didn't care for the art either; like you, I know Zelinsky, whose previous work I lurv dearly, put his usual meticulous care into it, but it just bores me. Usually, he wows me. I have tried and tried and just can't like this book. I think it's one of the weirdest books I've seen all year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com