Description:
All seems to be going well one late October evening when a boy and his parents check into a motel for some Halloween fun. And yet, isn't the desk clerk, Frankie Stein, with his bloodshot eyes and green skin, just a trifle odd? And don't the other guests seem just a little creepier than they should be? It isn't until the trick-or-treating with apple-eating vampires, stinky bigfoot monsters, and an evil scientist is over, and the family is kicked out of the hotel for being too weird, that they discover a horrific mistake has been made. They're not at the Halloween Motel, as they first thought; they're at the infinitely spookier Holiday Motel! Young readers will howl with ghastly delight at the hilarious hijinks of the poor, unsuspecting family and the unnatural motel residents. Joe Rocco's wildly meandering illustrations lure us in just as the boy and his parents are drawn in on that fateful, frightful night. Chock full of silly rhymes, slime, gore, and exceedingly goofy creepy creatures, this Halloween book is a real treat. Author-illustrator team Sean Diviny and Joe Rocco conspired to create another wacky wonder of a picture book called Snow Inside the House. (Ages 4 to 8)--Emilie Coulter
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