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32 pp.
| Charlesbridge |
July, 2009 |
TradeISBN 978-1-58089-246-9$15.95
(3)
K-3
This rollicking Halloween tale counts from one to ten and back as a ghost's ghoulish guests first come together, then flee from a herd of trick-or-treaters. Rhyming stanzas build steadily then shrink to single lines, adding to the guests' speedy departure. Humor abounds (vampires bobbing--quite successfully--for apples) in the watercolor, colored-pencil, and ink illustrations, which play with dark and light.