Critics call Jon Klassen special because he doesn’t shy away from the dark stuff of life in his picture books for children. Photo: Jon Klassen
When American children’s book author and illustrator Jon Klassen visits schools to read his new book, We Found A Hat (Walker Books), he also likes to read “The Green Ribbon” from a collection of scary children’s stories by Alvin Schwartz titled In A Dark, Dark Room And Other Scary Stories (HarperCollins, 1984).
The story is about a girl named Jenny who won’t reveal to her husband why she wears a green ribbon around her neck until she is on her deathbed. She unties the ribbon and... .
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