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10 best books like The Twelve Terrors of Christmas (John Updike): Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, The Gashlycrumb Tinies, Amphigorey, The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, Amphigorey Too, Gnomes, Cautionary Tales for Children, Une Semaine de Bonté, Elephant House; or, the Home of Edward Gorey, The World of Edward Gorey

Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book
AuthorTerry Jones
ISBN1857933362
Based on the series of turn-of-the-century photos of the supposed “Cottingley Fairies”, Lady Cottington’s Pressed Fairy Book is definitely not a children’s book, but rather a morbid fantasy told through journal entries about a horrid imp of a girl who makes a hobby of crushing fairies in...
The Gashlycrumb Tinies
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0747541604
The Gashlycrumb Tinies: or, After the Outing is an abecedarian book written by Edward Gorey that was first published in 1963. Gorey tells the tale of 26 children (each representing a letter of the alphabet) and their untimely deaths in rhyming dactylic couplets, accompanied by the author's distinctive...
Amphigorey
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0399504338
The title of this deliciously creepy collection of Gorey's work stems from the word amphigory, meaning a nonsense verse or composition. As always, Gorey's painstakingly cross-hatched pen and ink drawings are perfectly suited to his oddball verse and prose. The first book of 15, "The Unstrung Harp,"...
The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss
AuthorDr. Seuss
ISBN0679434488
These fabulous, whimsical paintings, created for his own pleasure and never shown to the public, show Geisel (a.k.a. Dr. Seuss) in a whole new light. Depicting outlandish creatures in otherworldly settings, the paintings use a dazzling rainbow of hues not seen in the primary-color palette of his...
Amphigorey Too
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0399504206
contains The Beastly Baby, The Nursery Frieze, The Pious Infant, The Evil Garden, The Inanimate Tragedy, The Gilded Bat, The Iron Tonic, The Osbick Bird, The Chinese Obelisks (bis), The Deranged Cousins, The Eleventh Episode, [The Untitled Book], The Lavender Leotard, The Disrespectful Summons,...
Gnomes
AuthorRien Poortvliet
ISBN0810909650
Abrams launched Gnomes into the hearts of Americans in 1977 and quickly racked up astrognomic sales in bookstores across the country, ultimately achieving a 62-week run on the New York Times best-seller list. Come join in the 20th-anniversary fun as gnomania strikes again!Did you know that gnome...
Cautionary Tales for Children
AuthorHilaire Belloc
ISBN0151007152
For readers of any age, a witty and strikingly irreverent collection of moral guidance Most notable among prolific English satirist Hilaire Belloc's writings are the sharp and clever admonishments he composed for children. Collected here and illustrated to wonderful haunting effect by Edward...
Une Semaine de Bonté
AuthorMax Ernst
ISBN0486232522
“One of the clandestine classics of our century.” —The New York Times

This is the legendary collage masterpieces of Max Ernst (b. 1891), one of the leading figures of the surrealistic movement and among the most original artists of the 20th century. From old catalog and pulp novel illustrations,...
Elephant House; or, the Home of Edward Gorey
AuthorKevin McDermott
ISBN0764924958
A look into the artist Edward Gorey's house. Photographs of books shelves, cats, collections of bits and bobs. I love looking at peoples homes, their book shelves and their collections of bits and bobs that other people would think of as rubbish but looking into these pictures had a very gloomy feel....
The World of Edward Gorey
AuthorClifford Ross
ISBN0810990830
Though I've been attracted to Gorey's art for some time now, I couldn't have told you before I read this book why I was. According to the interview here, Gorey adores Dickens (especially his lesser-read works) and, according to interpretation offered in the essay, in his art he both celebrates and parodies...
Gris Grimly's Wicked Nursery Rhymes I
AuthorGris Grimly
ISBN0972938877
Grade level: 2nd-4th

Summary: Nursery Rhymes that are a little twisted with kid friendly spooky and gross illustrations.

Review: This book is one I would only really recommend for the more mature students in a class. It does have somethings that I guess might be considered scary for...
Creepy Susie and 13 Other Tragic Tales for Troubled Children
AuthorAngus Oblong
ISBN0345433009
Creepy Susie. Mary Had a Little Chainsaw. Milo's Disorder. Rosie's Crazy Mother. The Siamese Quadruplets. Emily Amputee.

Your mother never told you these stories.

She didn't want to scare you.

But Angus Oblong is not your mother.

If Edgar Allan Poe and David Lynch...
The Epiplectic Bicycle
AuthorEdward Gorey
ISBN0747541655
I do love Edward Gorey and this is a great little oddity. It appears no one dies during this story, but do they really not die? The end leaves us wondering what happened to the kids and what is going on?? This is about 2 kids and a bicycle having adventures. It did make me laugh. There are not that many frames,...
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