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Creepy Customers
This is so boring! Steve is earning his pocket money by working in his dad's chemist shop. He wants to be outside skateboarding and tree climbing. Finally, a few customers start to trickle in. A lady with a large nose and a big black hat asks for some wart cream, a man with a long cape and big teeth asks for some plasters and a lot of toothpaste, and a very, very hairy man buys some nail clippers and an extra strong comb. Oh I get it, there must be a fancy dress party nearby, thinks Steve. But then a headless man on a horse comes into the shop for some extra strong throat lozenges. Steve asks the man how he does the trick. He's about to get the biggest shock of his life...
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48 pages, Paperback
First published September 15, 2005
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September 11, 2020
Steve thinks spending his holiday helping his father run his pharmacy and shop is a boring idea in this early reader from the UK, and then a series of creepy customers come by and show him what excitement is. From a witch to a vampire, a werewolf to a headless horseman, he discover that his dad is right in saying that you never know who will come in the door, when you're running a store...
Although there are basic chapter divisions here, Creepy Customers is a little two simplistic to be described as a proper chapter-book, which I have always understood to be a very simple novel, usually (but not always) under one hundred pages. I initially sought it out because of the witchy cover art - witchy picture-books and early readers are a pet project of mine - but found the other creepy customers appealing as well, and enjoyed the book as a whole. A simple but engaging story from author Samantha Hay is paired with deliciously spooky artwork from illustrator Sarah Warburton. Recommended to early-readers who enjoy spooky tales.
Although there are basic chapter divisions here, Creepy Customers is a little two simplistic to be described as a proper chapter-book, which I have always understood to be a very simple novel, usually (but not always) under one hundred pages. I initially sought it out because of the witchy cover art - witchy picture-books and early readers are a pet project of mine - but found the other creepy customers appealing as well, and enjoyed the book as a whole. A simple but engaging story from author Samantha Hay is paired with deliciously spooky artwork from illustrator Sarah Warburton. Recommended to early-readers who enjoy spooky tales.
October 17, 2016
A young boy is curious about the unusual clientele patronizing his dad's drugstore.
Slightly amusing, but there's no real climax.
Slightly amusing, but there's no real climax.
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