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32 pp.
| Atheneum |
September, 1998 |
TradeISBN 0-689-80356-7$$16.00
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Katya Krenina.
On a long ago Halloween, three children dress as ghosts and visit the house of Boo Scoggins. Illustrated with spooky artwork that emphasizes shades of black and gray, the children encounter bats, a phantom, and a freshly dug grave as they make their way up the hill to Boo's house. The poem's rhyme occasionally falters, and a typo in the explanation of the rhyme scheme on the last page will confuse readers.