The Shivers in the Fridge is an imaginative story by author Fran Manushkin, and illustrated by Paul O. Zelinsky. This story is about a little family that lives in a cold dark place surrounded by Cheesy Square, Jolly Whip, Egg Valley, Orange Hills, Ketchup Mountain, and Buttery Cliff. Every once in a while a blinding light appears and a horrible monster hand comes in to snatch something out. One by one, as each family member bravely sets off to find a warmer place, they are taken by the monster and don't return. When little Sonny is the last of his family left in the cold dark place he decides to be brave and face the monster and save his family. Soon, Sonny too is taken out by the monster, on purple boulders (grapes). To his surprise the monster smiles, announces to his mother that he has found the last magnet, and places him on the fridge where he is reunited with his mama, papa, grandpa, and grandma. Finally the shivering family was in a bright, warm place where they would live together from then on.
This story is adorable and creative. The illustrator has created an imaginative refrigerator city where the little magnet family lives until they are discovered one by one.
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