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Trick-or-Treat: A Happy Haunter's Halloween by Leppanen, Debbie [Hardcover]

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Product Identifiers

PublisherSimon & Schuster Children's Publishing

ISBN-101442433981

ISBN-139781442433984

eBay Product ID (ePID)124959629

Product Key Features

Book TitleTrick-Or-Treat : a Happy Haunter's Halloween

Number of Pages40 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2013

TopicFairy Tales & Folklore / General, Holidays & Celebrations / Halloween, Poetry / General, Stories in Verse (See Also Poetry)

IllustratorCarpenter, Tad, Yes

GenreJuvenile Fiction, Juvenile Nonfiction

AuthorDebbie Leppanen

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.3 in

Item Weight16.3 Oz

Item Length11 in

Item Width9 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceJuvenile Audience

LCCN2012-004906

ReviewsLeppanen's collection of 15 poems-some clever, some funny, some creepy...should get kids in a Halloween frame of mind.... [Carpenter's] cartoon characters comically display the slight frights they experience., This collection of fifteen original Halloween-themed poems offers a playful variety of rhyming verses that mix longer descriptive pieces in with limericks and lists; the resulting collection is both entertaining and chock-full of crowd appeal. Humor abounds...and the fear factor never reaches beyond playfully spooky, making it a great selection for the younger set..... Carpentere(tm)s high-contrast digital compositions are...amusingly imbued with a retro graphic feel; most spreads are day-glo bright, with a multicultural cast of human/monsterly figures shining out against a dark purple nighttime., These Halloween-y poems told from shifting perspectives-the scared trick-or-treating youngsters' and the creepy monsters'-are great for both the expert cadence (they sound smashing aloud) and also the balance of tone. Some are mildly chilling.... Others are humorous.... The digital illustrations embody this mix, too: children wide-eyed with fear are greeted by benign-looking creatures just having a good time. A fun-filled, jaunty Halloween treat., Leppanen and Carpentere(tm)s book is vividly colored and only sort-of-scary in a way that will seem familiar from TV cartoons and eoeMonsters Inc.e: grinning acid-green witches fly through purple skies; skeletons play Ping-Pong; and a mummy-mommy, wrapped in grave cloths, packs spider eggs for her mummy-sone(tm)s school lunche. eoeTrick-or-Treate is fun to read aloud but accessible and appropriate for the youngest readers in the family; spooky enough to whet their appetites for the eve, but not so frightening theye(tm)ll hide in the closet when the doorbell starts ringing., eoeLeppanene(tm)s collection of 15 poemse"some clever, some funny, some creepyeshould get kids in a Halloween frame of minde. [Carpentere(tm)s] cartoon characters comically display the slight frights they experience.e, These Halloween-y poems told from shifting perspectives--the scared trick-or-treating youngsters' and the creepy monsters'--are great for both the expert cadence (they sound smashing aloud) and also the balance of tone. Some are mildly chilling.... Others are humorous.... The digital illustrations embody this mix, too: children wide-eyed with fear are greeted by benign-looking creatures just having a good time. A fun-filled, jaunty Halloween treat., Fifteen short and often silly poems introduce Halloween monsters and spooks that ham it up.... A gently ghoulish collection of Halloween poems to provoke both giggles and chills., "These Halloween-y poems told from shifting perspectivese"the scared trick-or-treating youngsterse(tm) and the creepy monsterse(tm)e"are great for both the expert cadence (they sound smashing aloud) and also the balance of tone. Some are mildly chilling.... Others are humorous.... The digital illustrations embody this mix, too: children wide-eyed with fear are greeted by benign-looking creatures just having a good time. A fun-filled, jaunty Halloween treat.", "Leppanen and Carpenter's book is vividly colored and only sort-of-scary in a way that will seem familiar from TV cartoons and "Monsters Inc.": grinning acid-green witches fly through purple skies; skeletons play Ping-Pong; and a mummy-mommy, wrapped in grave cloths, packs spider eggs for her mummy-son's school lunch.... "Trick-or-Treat" is fun to read aloud but accessible and appropriate for the youngest readers in the family; spooky enough to whet their appetites for the eve, but not so frightening they'll hide in the closet when the doorbell starts ringing.", Leppanen's collection of 15 poems--some clever, some funny, some creepy...should get kids in a Halloween frame of mind.... [Carpenter's] cartoon characters comically display the slight frights they experience., "Leppanen can sling around Halloween iconography with the best of them.... Carpentere(tm)s angular digital art has a Molly Bange"style boldness and uses bright primary colors to contrast the various ghoulies against (mostly) dark and brooding backgrounds. The ominous undertones of some of the poems are lightened by the arte(tm)s humorous details. Got an event involving a huddle of nervously giggling kids and a flashlight beneath the readere(tm)s chin? Heree(tm)s your book.", Fifteen spooky poems, each with its own spread, celebrate Halloween as youngsters in costume share the night with a variety of ghosts, goblins, and unknown fiends. Bright neon colors contrast smartly with dark, brooding backgrounds.... This collection of funny-scary verses is sure to delight even the faint of heart., This collection of fifteen original Halloween-themed poems offers a playful variety of rhyming verses that mix longer descriptive pieces in with limericks and lists; the resulting collection is both entertaining and chock-full of crowd appeal. Humor abounds...and the fear factor never reaches beyond playfully spooky, making it a great selection for the younger set..... Carpenter's high-contrast digital compositions are...amusingly imbued with a retro graphic feel; most spreads are day-glo bright, with a multicultural cast of human/monsterly figures shining out against a dark purple nighttime., Leppanen can sling around Halloween iconography with the best of them.... Carpenter's angular digital art has a Molly Bang-style boldness and uses bright primary colors to contrast the various ghoulies against (mostly) dark and brooding backgrounds. The ominous undertones of some of the poems are lightened by the art's humorous details. Got an event involving a huddle of nervously giggling kids and a flashlight beneath the reader's chin? Here's your book.

Dewey Edition23

Grade FromKindergarten

Dewey Decimal811/.6

Grade ToThird Grade

SynopsisThis frighteningly funny collection of Halloween poems is perfect for sharing It's that time of year again... The wind is howling, the leaves are blowing. A sliver of moon is barely showing. And the happy haunters are ready for a monstrous good time In this collection of fifteen sweet, silly, and seriously fun rhyming poems, young readers will meet hungry ghouls, sneaky ghosts, and frisky skeletons, all who love partying in the moonlight. It's a Halloween spook-tacular like no other, This frighteningly funny collection of Halloween poems is perfect for sharing! It's that time of year again... The wind is howling, the leaves are blowing. A sliver of moon is barely showing. And the happy haunters are ready for a monstrous good time! In this collection of fifteen sweet, silly, and seriously fun rhyming poems, young readers will meet hungry ghouls, sneaky ghosts, and frisky skeletons, all who love partying in the moonlight. It's a Halloween spook-tacular like no other!

LC Classification NumberPS3612.E63H35 2013