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K-3
"We're going on a goon hunt. / We're gonna catch a green one. / What a spooky night! / We're not scared." You know the going-on-a-bear-hunt structure (and if you don't, see also We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt, reviewed at right). Here, the target is a grinning green monster, and the mixed-media illustrations show the costumed speakers traversing a cemetery and a haunted house and meeting other Halloween-appropriate creatures, as they grow "just a little scared," then more scared, and ultimately race back home. Well-suited for storytimes, this companion to Goodnight Goon and The Runaway Mummy lets readers look the season in its green or translucent face and laugh.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
September, 2020