Do Not Go in There
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Do Not Go in There! is an encouraging picture book from debut author Ariel Horn and illustrator Izzy Burton that highlights the power of imagination while touching on themes of anxiety, curiosity, and bravery.
Monsters Morton and Bogart are best friends. But they don't always see eye to eye.
So when they encounter a closed door, anxious Bogart wants to keep it closed, because there must be something really bad on the other side. But Morton thinks it'll be something amazing! Which is it?
Through bright, expressive illustrations, readers learn that, while not knowing can be frightening, being brave can lead to new discoveries. And even though your imagination can make it easy to worry, it can also make life better, less scary, and more fun.
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A shiny red door sits in an otherwise blank landscape. To open it, or not? Bogart, a big fluffy purple and pink critter, says absolutely not: "There is probably a scary wolf with beady eyes who eats bunnies for supper in there!" But Morton, a visual cross between a baby giraffe, a rabbit, and a stegosaurus, can barely contain its curiosity. "I bet there are fireworks and party balloons behind the door! And robots who are in a robot band!" The friends trade ever more elaborate scenarios one catastrophic, the other Elysian but eventually Morton bats eager, calflike eyes and, as the book closes, the glass half full wins out. Digital pictures by Burton (The Wonder Tree) have a limited dimensionality, but their candy-colored silliness is well choreographed, showing that while the two friends may have opposing temperaments ("Not wolves: PUPPIES! Snuggly, soft, cuddly puppies"), they can definitely share a vivid imagination. Horn makes a fine picture book debut, with text that practically begs to be read aloud: "There are WOLVES! Do you hear me? THERE ARE WOLVES!!!" Ages 3 6.
