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LITERATURE

Merriam, Eve

Spooky ABC

32 pp. | Simon | September, 2002 | Trade ISBN 0-689-85356-4 $$16.95
1987, MacMillan

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Lane Smith. This "director's cut" of Merriam and Smith's acclaimed Halloween ABC spruces up the original design, enhancing the color and magnifying the art, while leaving Merriam's shivery poems intact. A new afterword gives an interesting behind-the-scenes account of both versions' creation and shows readers illustrations Smith changed in the first book--e.g., "V for Vampire" became "V for Viper"--to fit Merriam's poems.

Reviewer: Christine M. Heppermann | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 1987