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10 best books like Tim Burton's Corpse Bride: An Invitation to the Wedding (Mark Salisbury): Imagine: How Creativity Works, Lady Cottington's Pressed Fairy Book, Amphigorey, The Secret Art of Dr. Seuss, The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life, Cautionary Tales for Children, Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature, The World of Edward Gorey, The Twelve Terrors of Christmas, All He Saw Was The Girl

Imagine: How Creativity Works
AuthorJonah Lehrer
ISBN0547386079
Did you know that the most creative companies have centralized bathrooms? That brainstorming meetings are a terrible idea? That the color blue can help you double your creative output?

From the New York Times best-selling author of How We Decide comes a sparkling and revelatory look at the...
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...
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...
The Creative Habit: Learn It and Use It for Life
AuthorTwyla Tharp
ISBN0743235274
Creativity is not a gift from the gods, says Twyla Tharp, bestowed by some divine and mystical spark. It is the product of preparation and effort, and it's within reach of everyone who wants to achieve it. All it takes is the willingness to make creativity a habit, an integral part of your life: In order...
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...
Andy Goldsworthy: A Collaboration with Nature
AuthorAndy Goldsworthy
ISBN0810933519
My kids are ooohh-ing and aaahh--ing behind me right now looking at the amazing art photographs in this book. We want to try to do some of this art. Amazing and beautiful stuff!

NOTE: If you can get your hands on a DVD called Andy Goldsworthy: Rivers and Tides, get it and watch it. It is Andy Goldsworthy...
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...
The Twelve Terrors of Christmas
AuthorJohn Updike
ISBN0764937103
Aaaaaa! So much to fear!

From the tree -


At night, you can hear it rustling and slurping water out of the bucket.

To the big man himself -


If he's such a big shot, why is he drawing unemployment for eleven months of the year?

Not to mention those sinister...
All He Saw Was The Girl
AuthorPeter Leonard
ISBN1611880424
Rome:
McCabe and Chip, two American exchange students, are about to become embroiled with a violent street gang, a beautiful Italian girl, and a flawed kidnapping plan.

Detroit:
Sharon Vanelli’s affair with Joey Palermo, a Mafia enforcer, is about to be discovered by her husband,...
Will You Die for Me?
AuthorCharles "Tex" Watson
ISBN0800783611
"Will you die for me?" asked Charlie Manson. Once all-American hometown boy, Charles "Tex" Watson answered "Yes" and thus became hopelessly caught in the dizzying downward spiral into the Manson family and into the brutal role of Helter-Skelter executioner. Finally, on the verge of insanity, Tex...
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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