Title: The Dark
Author: Lemony Snicket
Artist: Jon Klassen
Genre: Fear / Courage / Bedtime
Author: Lemony Snicket
Artist: Jon Klassen
Genre: Fear / Courage / Bedtime
Year Published: 2013
Year Read: 2014
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Source: Library
Content Rating: Ages 4+ (Some Scary Scenes)
Now, I will admit that I have not read any of Lemony Snicket’s works before (not even
his famous “A Series of Unfortunate
Events” series), so consider Lemony
Snicket’s children’s book “The
Dark,” along with illustrations by Jon
Klassen to be my first book that I had read from Lemony Snicket and I must say that I really enjoyed this book!
In this book, a young boy named Laszlo was afraid of the
dark, even though the dark was not afraid of him. One night, Laszlo’s night light goes out and
the dark suddenly sneaks into his room and asks him to come downstairs to the
basement so it could show Laszlo something.
What will the Dark show Laszlo and is it a good thing or a bad thing?
Read this book to find out!
Now, as I have mentioned before, I had never read a book by Lemony Snicket, even though I have
heard of his famous “A Series of
Unfortunate Events” books and I assumed that when I saw the title of this
children’s book “The Dark,” I
thought that this was going to be a horror filled tale that involved a young
boy confronting the Dark. However, while
this book can be pretty scary for small children who are afraid of the dark,
this book is actually quite cute once I got through it! I loved the way that Lemony Snicket made the Dark into some kind of living
personification of Laszlo’s fears as it entices Laszlo to come down the
basement to get something, even though Laszlo has never been down to the
basement when it gets dark. This makes
the Dark a pretty frightening presence in the story as we do not know what it
wants to show Laszlo or if its intentions are good or bad and it really makes
the dark stand out as a huge force in this book. Jon
Klassen’s artwork is both cute and frightening as Laszlo is drawn as a cute
little boy who is usually shown in blue pajamas, but most of the pictures are
pitch black, especially when the dark comes to visit Laszlo in his bedroom.
Overall, “The Dark”
is a cute and inspiring book by Lemony
Snicket that will help small children cope with the dark! I would recommend this book to children ages
four and up since the images of the dark filling up the pages might scare some
small children.
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