Postman Pat Takes a Message

A glow-in-the-dark rhyming book invites young readers to turn out the lights and meet a harvest of jack-o'-lanterns with jolly, silly, sad, and skinny faces.

PreSchool-K. A cat, mouse, and dog have a rollicking time as they chase one another around the pumpkin patch and then into the house to prepare for Halloween. Each double-page spread features two jack-o'-lanterns wearing opposite expressions such as "Jolly face/Sad face" and "Silly face/Mad face," with the corresponding caption printed in bold white letters on a bright green or purple background. When the trio have completed their nighttime antics, they settle down to carve their pumpkins. On the last page, cat and dog see Mouse's "Happy Halloween" message cheerfully glowing on his pumpkin. The boldly colored acrylic illustrations add richness to this simple concept book. Comical collages of the animals with animated, cartoonlike eyes cavort against a deep blue sky studded with stars and a full moon with changing silly faces. A great spark of magic for the Halloween season.?Debra Gold, Cuyahoga County Public Library, Parma Heights, OH
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