[.ca] Fungus The Bogeyman (ISBN 0140542353)

One of my favorite books EVER.:
When I was about four or five, a bookmobile drove near our house way back in the boonies. Every single time (and I do mean EVERY time), I would check out this book. About ten years ago, the bookmobile stopped coming around, and I haven't seen this book since. Today, when browsing around, I saw this and instantly knew that I had to have it once more. I've been looking for a very long time, and it has been found. A WONDERFUL book.

One of my favorite books EVER.:
When I was about four or five, a bookmobile drove near our house way back in the boonies. Every single time (and I do mean EVERY time), I would check out this book. About ten years ago, the bookmobile stopped coming around, and I haven't seen this book since. Today, when browsing around, I saw this and instantly knew that I had to have it once more. I've been looking for a very long time, and it has been found. A WONDERFUL book.

Fungus the Bogeyman:
I bought this book for my kids (now in their 30's) but, because I REALLY liked it, kept it when they grew up and left home. I keep putting it in a safe place, then not being able to find it again. I think Fungus would approve of my system. This way it sneaks up on me and I take the time to glaur the muffs and read it again. What I can't understand is why it hasn't been placed back in print. It is timeless. Colossal colophons forever!!

Fungus rules:
Fungus the Bogeyman is one of the funniest, richest, not to say murkiest, children's books I know. The detail of Bogey life is brilliantly conceived and illustrated (the contents of a Bogey bathroom shelf alone are worth the price of the book), and the guiding story of Fungus' own vague existential doubts about Bogey life are a delicious parody of some much more heavy-handed English fiction. Raymond Briggs is a master (see also his two books for adults "While the Wind Blows", about nuclear war, and "Ethel and Ernest" about his parents lives).

Full of fiendishly good fun!:
I was given my original copy of this book when I was about 11, by an uncle with a "unusual" sense of humor. I loved it! Lots of illustrations and text jammed in an unusual comic book style layout made this quite the fun book for me to read. You get to follow Fungus, a bogeyman, on his daily duties as a Bogeyman and experience the complex Bogeyman world. Peek into his bathroom and see hygiene products like "pepsomuck" and "eau de colon". Some of his daily duties include waking sleeping babies, making things go bump in the night, and scaring vicars in cemeteries. You also get to learn Bogey history, anatomy, and more. It's quite complex and fun and provided me with hours of entertainment as a child. I recently got hit by a wave of nostalgia, and purchased it here at Amazon as I couldn't find my old copy. My 13 year old daughter who is a Harry Potter fan (which also has complex characters) has promptly taken posession of this new copy and has trotted off with it. I fear I wont get it back. Fellow Fungus fiends will also want to check out "Father Christmas" by Raymond Briggs, available here on Amazon, which chronicles Santa's day to day life in a most hilarious way!