Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales Hardcover – September 1, 2001

Silly, funny and rhymes! I love the story of the "big hairy toe" and the classic stories are made new with van laan's rhymes. The illustrations are hilarious too!

Five-year old daughter loves to be scared. But afterward she cries and carries on so much that I refuse to read her anything from the genre. This book is perfect for this age. I don't find it scary at all- the worst Dr. Wango Tango does is pull the cat's tail; the worst the lifeless body does is go for a walk. But for my five-year old, these are tinglingly exciting. The kind of book that makes her jump on the bed with excitement, but still sleep well at night.

I love scary books (ie: Poe, Hitchcock, Twilight Zone) and wanted to share that wonderful feeling of safely being scared with my grandkids (boys ages 2 & 5 yrs, and a girl age 5 yrs). At the library I found Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales. What a wonderful book to introduce the genre to them! I lost count of how many times we read the book before we had to return it to the library. They were still talking about it months later..especially ...drum roll...scary voice...The Haaaaairy Toooooe. My grandkids were so excited when I bought the book. We have read it over and over and over and over. Our 5 year old granddaughter now reads it to us with great expression and lots of fun scary voices (grandpa & I get very scared, of course:)) I would highly reccommend this book. I wish I could give it more than 5 stars. I wish it had been around when I was teaching first grade. My students would have loved it!