Comments on: >One scary mutha http://www.hbook.com/2009/01/blogs/read-roger/one-scary-mutha/ Publications about books for children and young adults Tue, 14 May 2013 17:58:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: victoria thorne http://www.hbook.com/2009/01/blogs/read-roger/one-scary-mutha/#comment-7304 victoria thorne Fri, 16 Jan 2009 08:52:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3225#comment-7304 >Read this last night. Couldn't stop thinking of glass eyes all day today. Thank goodness did not follow link. Perhaps in a.m., if I am feeling far more brave in the morrow. Worried about wooden tail. Maybe I'll wait...<br/><br/>Hat tip to Jane Yolen on wonderful Neil story. Also stuck in brain all day. Loved the squeeee. >Read this last night. Couldn’t stop thinking of glass eyes all day today. Thank goodness did not follow link. Perhaps in a.m., if I am feeling far more brave in the morrow. Worried about wooden tail. Maybe I’ll wait…

Hat tip to Jane Yolen on wonderful Neil story. Also stuck in brain all day. Loved the squeeee.

]]> By: Alison http://www.hbook.com/2009/01/blogs/read-roger/one-scary-mutha/#comment-7302 Alison Wed, 14 Jan 2009 18:00:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3225#comment-7302 >I read "The New Mother" in a college course on children's fantasy, and then followed up with Coraline later in the semester. I remember a lot of discussion about those glass eyes, the creepy factor, and childhood fears of dolls coming to life. >I read “The New Mother” in a college course on children’s fantasy, and then followed up with Coraline later in the semester. I remember a lot of discussion about those glass eyes, the creepy factor, and childhood fears of dolls coming to life.

]]> By: Monica Edinger http://www.hbook.com/2009/01/blogs/read-roger/one-scary-mutha/#comment-7301 Monica Edinger Wed, 14 Jan 2009 17:31:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3225#comment-7301 >New and Other Mothers Rule! Roger, I really think your newish photo needs a couple of button eyes. Go to coraline.com and then to the Other Mother's Workshop and you can have your pick! >New and Other Mothers Rule! Roger, I really think your newish photo needs a couple of button eyes. Go to coraline.com and then to the Other Mother’s Workshop and you can have your pick!

]]> By: Becky http://www.hbook.com/2009/01/blogs/read-roger/one-scary-mutha/#comment-7300 Becky Wed, 14 Jan 2009 06:31:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3225#comment-7300 >Yikes is all I have to say... >Yikes is all I have to say…

]]> By: janeyolen http://www.hbook.com/2009/01/blogs/read-roger/one-scary-mutha/#comment-7299 janeyolen Wed, 14 Jan 2009 03:37:00 +0000 http://nyad1/wp-thb/?p=3225#comment-7299 >Yes, truly the scariest short story I know. When I first read Neil Gaiman's proposal for Coraline (and wanted to buy it but the higher ups at Harcourt didn't get it!)I asked him if he knew that story and he did a fanboy squeeee. It was one of his chief progenitors for the book. >Yes, truly the scariest short story I know. When I first read Neil Gaiman’s proposal for Coraline (and wanted to buy it but the higher ups at Harcourt didn’t get it!)I asked him if he knew that story and he did a fanboy squeeee. It was one of his chief progenitors for the book.

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