Home » Arts & Design

[The Tailypo: A Ghost Story]

39 Comments

0 Like

Like 0

Pin It

Ranked #27,523 in Arts & Design, #738,616 overall

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?

--This lens is still under construction

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:

Amazon Spotlight

The Tailypo: A Ghost Story (Clarion books)

by: Joanna C. Galdone

Amazon Price: $4.01 (as of 05/27/2012)
List Price: $7.95
Used Price: $1.20

Release Date: 12/31/1969

Usually ships in 1-2 business days

YOUR TURN

Write a review, add a comment, or debate someone who disagrees with you.

What did you think?

Love it! Great read.

Brittany says:

I LOVED this book when I was younger!! Maybe I was a sadistic child, but when I read, I was quite esctatic with the horror story. Even at 18 and in college, I still quite happily sing along, "Tailypo, tailypo, now i've got my tailypo~" *shivers with delight* YAY!

Phil owns u says:

Love itt!!!! :) im 46 livin with my parents and this scares the muffins out of me! and ladies, I'm available;)

MasterArtist says:

i love the book i read and draw stories of it myself!

Terri says:

This was one of my favourite books when I was little. The only problem was that it scared my mom so much she could barely stand to read it to me.

Tiff says:

I first read this about six years ago. I'm 18 now, and this story still terrifies me. In fact, the other night, me and my sister heard strange noises outside. It reminded me of this story, and although I like to tease my sister (20) about this story because it scares her so much, I knew if I mentioned it, neither of us would be able to sleep that night. It's probably because "Tailypo" is such a childish word, yet it's given such a dark intent. An excellent book to traumatize a young child with... so you may want to hold off on it.

Sorry, not my cup of tea.

Pete says:

really phil? 46 and lives with parents?muffins? lol get a life

MR hater troll says:

anyone above or below this line sucks
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
and 13 year olds who curse are just kids wanting attention