History Literature / SimonsBook

The story starts off with a young boy staying up late drawing pictures of a boy named Simon being chased by a large and scary monster. But then, the boy falls asleep before he can complete the drawing. Within a few minutes, a pair of pens and an ink bottle come to life and meet up with Simon in the drawing. Unfortunately, Simon, the pens and the ink bottle ended up being chased by the large monster throughout the book, and the whole story comes to a surprising conclusion.

* GrotesqueGallery: The two pens and the ink bottle that suddenly come to life and the monster (who looks like a large warthog) that chases Simon and his friends throughout the book.

* {{Adorkable}}: Simon and his companions, the ink bottle and the pens.

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''Simon's Book'' is a picture book written and illustrated by Creator/HenrikDrescher in 1983. It won the New York Times Best Illustrated Book award and was featured on the popular PBS show ''Series/ReadingRainbow''.

A young boy is up late drawing a picture of a boy named Simon being chased by a large monster. But then, the boy artist falls asleep before he can complete the drawing. Within a few minutes, a pair of pens and an ink bottle come to life and meet up with Simon in the drawing. Unfortunately, Simon, the pens and the ink bottle get chased by the large monster throughout the book, and the whole story comes to a surprising conclusion.

* {{Adorkable}}: Simon and his companions the ink bottle and the pens.

* DarkIsNotEvil: The monster chasing Simon, the pens and the ink bottle is pretty scary, [[spoiler:but it turns out to be friendly at the end]].
* GentleGiant: At first, the monster at the beginning of the book was frightening as it chased Simon and his friends throughout the book, [[spoiler: however, when the monster turns out to be friendly, it becomes a friend to Simon and the pens and the ink bottle.]].
* GrotesqueGallery: The two pens and the ink bottle that suddenly come to life and the monster (who looks like a large warthog) that chases them throughout the book.
* MindScrew: [[spoiler:So, the pens and the ink bottle suddenly come to life in the middle of the night and they save Simon from the monster and the ending implied that they finished the story that the young boy was writing?]] WHAT?

* OhCrap: The expression that Simon and the pens and ink bottle all showed when the monster showed up.
* SurrealHorror: A drawing of a monster coming to life in the middle of the night and then chase a young boy and his friends is not something that anyone would want to see happen.

* GentleGiant: [[spoiler:The Monster turns out to be this at the end of the book]].

* SurrealHorror: A drawing of a monster coming to life in the middle of the night is not something that anyone would want to see happen.

* MindScrew: Let's see: [[spoiler:So, the pens and the ink bottle suddenly come to life in the middle of the night and they save Simon from the monster and the ending implied that they finished the story that the young boy was writing?]] WHAT?

* AdultFear: The idea about a young boy being chased by a large monster (or at least a force that can be too much for a child to handle) can be pretty scary for parents.
* DarkisNotEvil: The monster chasing Simon, the pens and the ink bottle is pretty scary, [[spoiler:but it turns out to be friendly at the end]].

* MindScrew: Let’s see: [[spoiler:So, the pens and the ink bottle suddenly come to life in the middle of the night and they save Simon from the monster and the ending implied that they finished the story that the young boy was writing?]] WHAT?

''Simon's Book'' was a picture book that was made in 1983 and was written and illustrated by {{Henrik Drescher}}. This was also one of the few picture books by Henrik Drescher to be featured on the popular PBS show ''Series/ReadingRainbow'', and it won the New York Times Best Illustrated Book award.

This book is about a young boy who was up late drawing a picture of a boy named Simon being chased by a large monster. But then, the boy artist falls asleep before he can complete the drawing. Within a few minutes, a pair of pens and an ink bottle come to life and meet up with Simon in the drawing. Unfortunately, Simon, the pens and the ink bottle get chased by the large monster throughout the book, and the whole story comes to a surprising conclusion!

'''Simon’s Book''' was a picture book that was made in 1983 and was written and illustrated by {{Henrik Drescher}}. This was also one of the few picture books by Henrik Drescher to be featured on the popular PBS show ''Series/ReadingRainbow'', and it won the New York Times Best Illustrated Book award.

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'''Simon’s Book''' was a picture book that was made in 1983 and was written and illustrated by {{Henrik Drescher}}. This was also one of the few picture books by Henrik Drescher to be featured on the popular PBS show, {{Reading Rainbow}} and it won the New York Times Best Illustrated Book.

This book is about a young boy who was up late drawing a picture of a boy named Simon being chased by a large monster. But then, the boy ends up falling asleep with the drawing being incomplete and in a few minutes, a pair of pens and an ink bottle came to life and met up with Simon in the drawing. Unfortunately, Simon, the pens and the ink bottle ended up being chased by the large monster throughout the book and the whole story comes to a surprising conclusion!

!! ''Simon's Book'' provides examples of:

* DarkisNotEvil: The monster chasing Simon, the pens and the ink bottle is pretty scary, [[spoiler: but it turns out to be friendly at the end]].
* GentleGiant: [[spoiler: The Monster turns out to be this at the end of the book]].
* GrotesqueGallery: The two pens and the ink bottle that suddenly come to life and the monster (who looks like a large warthog monster) that chases them throughout the book.
* MindScrew: Let’s see: [[spoiler: So, the pens and the ink bottle suddenly come to life in the middle of the night and they save Simon from the monster and the ending implied that they finished the story that the young boy was writing?]] WHAT?
* MoodWhiplash: The book at first started off as being extremely intense, especially when the monster started chasing Simon and his friends [[spoiler: but when the monster reveals himself to be friendly, the mood of the story turns sweet and heartwarming]].
* SurrealHorror: The fact that a drawing of a monster coming to life in the middle of the night is not something that anyone would want to see happen.

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