This is not an ordinary book: it's a BookCrossing book! BookCrossing books are world travelers - they like to have adventures and make new friends...and with your help, they can even write home to say what they've been doing! (You may remain anonymous if you wish.)

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Taken from the little library outside da Shop with thanks.

Assorted creepy stories, written & illustrated by Emily Carroll.

(If I used the label I think I did for this book, it's by LitaPumpkin; there's a link here.

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Themes for the third quarter re-do of the 2021 Never Judge a Book by Its Cover Challenge

• Week 29: matching title & cover art (woods)

Tuesday, September 28, 2021: mailed out for round 4 of the colorful surprise sweeps.

USPS tracking # 9505 5104 3302 1271 8654 10
ETA 10/2

Released for the 2021 NJABBIC challenge (week 39: 3rd quarter re-do) and awaywithfairies' You're Such an Animal challenge (for ‘ō‘ō, an extinct Hawaiian bird).

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Thank you so much for the books and goodies! I love the label in this one; I'll have to see if the designer shared it online.

As I opened this book and started flicking through, I realized that I have read the artist's work before, although only shorter pieces. (For example, I had seen the closing story online, I think through the author's blog?) It was nice to explore in more depth. The fairy-tale, alternate-history styling works well to explore some dark aspects of humanity. Some of these stories have clear inspiration from specific folktales, others were less recognizable to me.

There were a few stumbling transitions in the art, which rarely follows a "traditional" comic layout. However, given the number of pages, that is impressive. There will always be times where the artist and the reader's eyes travel differently in this style.

Left on one of the outdoor tables, under an umbrella since we are supposed to get rain tonight. I assume staff will remove it if it is still there at closing, but better to be safe!