[The Tailypo: A Ghost Story]

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The Tailypo: A Ghost Story by Paul & Joanna C. Galdone

Tailypo! Tailypo! Where is my Tailypo? Tailypo! Tailypo! I'm coming for my Tailypo!

What child of the 1970's doesn't remember this spooky and terrifying tale of a ghost cat?

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MY REVIEW 

Written By Joanna C. Galdone and illustrated by Paul Galdone, these timeless award winning children's classics have been ebraced by millions of children around the world and revered as some of the greatest picture books ever written.

These beatifully illustrated picture books are written for ages 4 to 10 and are intended to be read aloud by an adult.

BANNED BOOK WARNING!: Though originally written for children ages 4 to 10, one of the Galdone books has gone down in history as one of the most terrifying children's books ever written, made famous by the onslaught of angry mothers who were quick to protest the scary nature of this book, and demand it be banned, claiming that their children were plagued with nightmares for months after being read this story. Mothers and School teachers today still give warnings that if your child is easily scared than avoid reading The Tailypo to younger easily frightened children.

Maybe I was a grim child, but I never found The Tailypo to be over the top scary and it remains today, as it was 30 years ago, one of my all time favorite books. If your children enjoy a good ghost story than find a copy of The Tailypo and enjoy reading this great creepy book together. Best read at midnight by flashlight during a thunderstorm to get the full effect of this story. *flashes evil grin*

To find out just how truly terrifying this book is, all one has to do is read the pages and pages of reviews written about the nightmares the adult reviewers had during their childhoods, caused as a direct result of having been read this book! Here are just the ones on Amazon's homepage for this book. Reviewers on Amazon.com for the Tailypo had this to say:

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The Tailypo: A Ghost Story (Clarion books)

Amazon Price: $7.95 (as of 12/24/2009)Buy Now
List Price: $7.95
Used Price: $3.54

Release Date: 12/31/1969

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Love it! Great read.

Kristina says:

I love the book! i remembered that my grade 3 teacher read it over and over but the first time i was scared!

Grace says:

its a great wonderful book i always read it to my kids when its halloween!

shan says:

i love this book! i remember reading it over & over again. i was terrified of it but i still couldnt put it down. i remember going camping when i was younger & flipping out cuz i thought i saw its ears @ the end of my bed! iv always loved to get scared & id always seek thrills even if i knew id get scared so i guess reading that book was a thrill as a 2nd grader. the eyes of the animal have never left my mind to this day. =)

Jessie says:

Oh my gosh....my grade 2 teacher read this to meh it was lieek so creepy but i lovee that stuff....yu gotta read it!

Ericka says:

I never thought that critter was scary. I always wanted to squeeze him like a kitty!!

Sorry, not my cup of tea.

Crystal says:

its fucking scary! it still creeps me out and im 14!!!! I say fuck it all!

Avin says:

I had this read to me when I was little, now I'm 21 and still can't go into the woods alone!

Emmy says:

i started crying when i saw a picture from this, and im 16. it just reminded me of how scared i was.

brian says:

its fucken scerry.

 
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