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Burleigh, Robert

The Great Zombie Pumpkin Parade!

40 pp. | Little/Ottaviano | August, 2023 | Trade ISBN 9780316331975 $18.99
(2) K-3 Illustrated by Wendell Minor. In propulsive rhyming verse and spooky watercolor and gouache illustrations ("mixed with digital"), readers are introduced to the participants in a parade of zombies with jack-o'-lanterns for heads--Slime-Faced Sumpkin, Ghoul-Eyed Gumpkin, Crush-Headed Cumpkin, etc.--who march through the countryside on Halloween night. They return to the pumpkin graveyard at dawn, but "watch out, my friend, / beware, be wise! / This isn't the end-- / the zombies will rise." Burleigh and Minor's latest collaboration (Breaking Waves and Wilbur Wright Meets Lady Liberty, both rev. 5/21) is perfect for young readers who enjoy a bit of "shiver and quiver" in their picture books.
Reviewer: Martha V. Parravano | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2023

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