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32 pp.
| Boyds |
September, 2010 |
TradeISBN 978-1-59078-758-8$16.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Dominic Catalano.
Old Armadillo waits cautiously inside his home while trick-or-treaters Roadrunner, Peccary, Coyote, etc., gather outside. Suspense builds as the narration, alternating between the inside and outside action, reveals that Old Armadillo has a scary surprise for his friends. The Southwest setting is captured within the muted pastels and the (wordy) text, sprinkled with Spanish vocabulary. Glos.