A Dark, Dark Tale, Ruth Brown
A Dark, Dark Tale, Ruth Brown
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A Dark, Dark Tale

Author: Ruth Brown

Narrator: Ian Thomson

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Weston Woods

Published: 09/01/1983


Synopsis

Once upon a time there was a dark, dark moor…Children will be swept away by this dark and fascinating adventure of a black cat who travels through all of the shadowy corners of the nearby woods and house.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Calista on September 29, 2018

This Dark Dark Tale is a study in setting a mood and a tone. This is a beginning reader for any youngster. There are few words. Each page takes you further in or forward to more and more details to focus on. It adds to the suspense. This is brilliant and so much fun. Really. I love the artwork of th......more

Goodreads review by midnightfaerie on August 30, 2013

Absolutely love this book. Not enough words to be a level 1 reader, but a cute, creepy, story that's just in time for the Halloween season coming up. I'm so looking forward to autumn! The pictures are dark and creepy and fun, and my 5 yr old got to learn some new words like "moor" and "passage". For......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on June 05, 2010

Well, I thought the dark cat was cute, until the very end at least. And, I liked this throughout, until maybe the end. The end was a surprise, and it was welcomed as it added a bit of zing to the story. But, it made the cat seem less adorable to me, and when I got to the end, I found myself thinking......more

Goodreads review by Lisa on November 23, 2015

I love this book! This book was my first favorite book as a child. I had issues with my eyesight that went misdiagnosed until the third grade. I was a third grader that could not read. I could not track the print on the page. I had to go to vision therapy to strengthen my eye muscles to track print.......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on October 13, 2018

The suspense slowly builds, in this dark, dark tale, as the simple, repetitive text, and intensely involving acrylic illustrations work together to draw the reader in. "Once upon a time there was a dark, dark moor," the tale begins, and each two-page spread that follows narrows the focus - there is......more