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To ask if anyone remembers this creepy af kids book???

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NameChangeLifeChange · 01/10/2022 22:32

There was a childrens book that I have vivid memories of and I remember it really scaring me as a child. I can’t remember the details but a tall man/ghoul type thing sneaks out in the nighttime and there’s a picture of him/it licking/nibbling the bristles of a broom.
The image is burned into my head but I can’t find it anywhere. Siblings and my mum claim to have no memory of this.
Please! Anyone else?? Creepy man sneaking around a house..I feel like maybe a child wakes up and sees him??

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Obeythedancecommander · 04/10/2022 21:40

Does anyone remember Jumble Joan, The Flat Man, The Ankle Grabber and the 9 o'clock horses stories by Rose Impey?

I remember being really stressed out in my bed as I was looking at my clock and it got closer and closer to 9pm and I was terrified if I wasn't asleep in time the 9 o clock horses would take me away!

ddl1 · 04/10/2022 22:16

Forfrigz · 04/10/2022 20:07

Whilst we're all here and the OP has found their decidedly creepy book, does anyone remember one about a little girl and the contents of a school bag, I think it was at the beginning of the book and they are having brekast and the big sister is going to school and in the illustration it shows all the things inside her bag.
Been bugging me for years I've tried and tried to search for it!

If it's a fairly recent book (c. 2009), could it be Sharon Draper's 'Sassy: Little Sister is Not My Name'? The book is partly about all the things that Sassy carries to school in her bag; and it does IIRC begin with a chapter about the family breakfast.

Forfrigz · 05/10/2022 07:26

ddl1 · 04/10/2022 22:16

If it's a fairly recent book (c. 2009), could it be Sharon Draper's 'Sassy: Little Sister is Not My Name'? The book is partly about all the things that Sassy carries to school in her bag; and it does IIRC begin with a chapter about the family breakfast.

Although that looks like an excellent match, it was definitely an older book as I'm 30 and remember reading it when I was about 6. It was in a more traditional style of illustration. Thank you anyway!

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