Frangoline and the Midnight Dream
by Clemency Pearce, illustrated by Rebecca Elliott. 2011. 32 pgs. New York, NY:
Scholastic, Inc. 9780545314268. Format reviewed: Hardcover.
Annotation: Frangoline is perfect during the day, but at
night she dons her black cape and brazenly tears around the darkness in search
of increasingly scary adventures.
Reaction: As a reader, we see where the plot is going-
Frangoline disregard’s the Moon’s reoccurring warnings and she finds herself in
increasingly scary situations, until finally the dead rise from their graves
and she knows she’s in over her head. Frangoline’s
illustrations uses dark ink and bold strokes, reminiscent of macabre cartoons
of Charles Addams, which only reinforce the sense of twisted boldness of the
title character.
Primary
early literacy skill enhanced: Vocabulary.
Uses words including bright, donned, gazed, dread, twisted, scowling, swiftly,
stamped, fierce, prowl, yelping, pranced, wailing, steeple, petrified, wicked,
minx, drift. Also uses rhyme, following AABB pattern.
Recommended ages: Ages 4 and up.
Tags/Themes: Paranormal, Night time
adventures, Ghost Stories, Strong Female Character.
Author
site/additional titles: Click here.
Illustrator site/additional titles: http://www.rebeccaelliott.com/
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