Scary, Scary Halloween

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Summary: Learning that Halloween is not just scary, it is great fun
Review: "Little ones, stay safe inside! It's best to stay at home and hide On hallowed Halloween." This certainly must sound like good advice to young kids, because on Halloween there are skeletons and ghosts, vampires and werewolves, and all sorts of other creatures out and about. The pictures by Jan Brett strike a nice balance between obviously being costumes but still looking wonderfully frightful. Eve Bunting's story is told in simple rhyme and offers a delightfully little surprise at the end regarding the frightful green eyes under the front porch of the house. "Scary, Scary Halloween" shows how much fun it can be to dress up and go out scaring people, so young kids should get a sense of the excitement and not been so worried about going out into a night filled with scary costumes. Then you will have less than two months to get them ready to go sit on Santa's lap.

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Summary: Learning that Halloween is not just scary, it is great fun
Review: "Little ones, stay safe inside! It's best to stay at home and hide On hallowed Halloween." This certainly must sound like good advice to young kids, because on Halloween there are skeletons and ghosts, vampires and werewolves, and all sorts of other creatures out and about. The pictures by Jan Brett strike a nice balance between obviously being costumes but still looking wonderfully frightful. Eve Bunting's story is told in simple rhyme and offers a delightfully little surprise at the end regarding the frightful green eyes under the front porch of the house. "Scary, Scary Halloween" shows how much fun it can be to dress up and go out scaring people, so young kids should get a sense of the excitement and not been so worried about going out into a night filled with scary costumes. Then you will have less than two months to get them ready to go sit on Santa's lap.

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Summary: Intiguing illustrations make students beg for more.
Review: As a teacher, Eve Bunting and Jan Brett are my favorites. The illustrations bring the story to life and it is just scary enough for the very young. In this day and time however; when I read the book to my kindergarten children I usually paraphrase "in praise of Halloween" and "on hallowed Halloween" just because I don't want to upset parents.

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Summary: wonderfully scary, but not too much
Review: I just discovered this book and took it home to my two year old and he loved it.
The writing style is simple and straight forward, and has just the right amount of spookiness- it was neither too scary, nor too mundane. The illustrations are clear and attractive, and fun for a small child. My son enjoyed pointing out the different monsters as we flipped the pages.
As soon as I was finished reading it my son asked me to read it again, and for a children's book, I cannot think of higher praise.


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Summary: Fun, Fun Halloween
Review: I love this little book about Halloween night! It has the usual bright, colorful work that we have come to expect from the talented Jan Brett. Eve Bunting's fun-filled rhymes have just the right amount of spookiness for little ones. The Halloween images are fresh and creative and include the autumn ambiance of the orange Chinese lantern flowers on the cover. You will see a marvelous, flowing ghost, a jaunty dancing devil, a hunched and sauntering werewolf and so much more. Be sure to notice the mummy costume...what kind of kid is in there under those winding cloths? This will be a Halloween treat for any little goblin that you love.

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Summary: Fun, Fun Halloween
Review: I love this little book about Halloween night! It has the usual bright, colorful work that we have come to expect from the talented Jan Brett. Eve Bunting's fun-filled rhymes have just the right amount of spookiness for little ones. The Halloween images are fresh and creative and include the autumn ambiance of the orange Chinese lantern flowers on the cover. You will see a marvelous, flowing ghost, a jaunty dancing devil, a hunched and sauntering werewolf and so much more. Be sure to notice the mummy costume...what kind of kid is in there under those winding cloths? This will be a Halloween treat for any little goblin that you love.

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Summary: My almost 3 year old memorized in a couple of days!
Review: My son is just turning 3 and borrowed this book from the library to get him excited about Halloween ...did it ever! We didn't know how much he was taking it in until one night when we were very tired and reading it to him...we stopped to yawn and he filled in the rest of the story in a very scary scary halloween whispered voice! So much fun - we are buying it! GREAT pictures and colors that go right along with a GREAT story! I will probably buy this for all my niece and nephews for next Halloween!

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Summary: My almost 3 year old memorized in a couple of days!
Review: My son is just turning 3 and borrowed this book from the library to get him excited about Halloween ...did it ever! We didn't know how much he was taking it in until one night when we were very tired and reading it to him...we stopped to yawn and he filled in the rest of the story in a very scary scary halloween whispered voice! So much fun - we are buying it! GREAT pictures and colors that go right along with a GREAT story! I will probably buy this for all my niece and nephews for next Halloween!

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Summary: I still know the book by heart...14 years later!
Review: we bought this book when my son was about 3 years old. he immediately memorized every word, every sound we made when we read it together, and every picture. he used to lay in bed "reading" it to everyone (with voice inflections, too!). i still know the book by heart, and it brings back wonderful memories every time i see it. i buy it for every child i know each halloween. enjoy!