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32 pp.
| Pelican |
August, 2007 |
TradeISBN 978-1-58980-485-2$15.95
(4)
K-3
Illustrated by
Adrian Tans.
Borrowing from Clement C. Moore's classic poem, Bannatyne offers readers a glimpse of the work witches put into preparing for Halloween. A coven of witches calls up skeletons, carves pumpkins, and drapes spiderwebs. The text features some clever turns-of-phrase and some tired clichés. The illustrations are similarly mixed in visual interest: some are appropriately spooky while others are too tentative.