Halloween Hoots and Howls - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0805058052 ISBN 13: 9780805058055

Publisher: Henry Holt and Company, 1999

Synopsis

There's going to be a party.
You're invited one and all.
We'll be waiting there to greet you
At the Ghost and Goblin Ball.

A Frankenstein who shops at the grocery store. A ghost who's afraid of ghosts. A witch with a turbo broomstick. These are just a few of the quirky ghouls and goblins children will meet in this playful picture book brimming with holiday cheer.

Joan Horton's silly, spooky poems and JoAnn Adinolfi's whimsical illustrations capture the spirit and excitement trick-or-treaters expect on Halloween. So this year, give a giggle and a shiver for Halloween Hoots and Howls!

About this title

About the Author:

Joan Horton has written poems for several children's magazines. She makes her children's book debut with Halloween Hoots and Howls. The mother of four grown children, Ms. Horton lives in Glastonbury, Connecticut with her husband.

JoAnn Adinolfi wrote and illustrated Tina's Diner, and has illustrated many other books for children, including Johnny Germ Head by James Quigley. She lives in Oakland, California with her husband.

From School Library Journal:

Grade 2-4-A deliciously silly collection of Halloween poems, rhymes, and jokes. The cover sports the profile of an appropriately green witch with blue lips and sufficiently hairy warts. Her wide grin promises laughter within. In fact, some of the more clever rhymes appear just inside the front and back covers as tombstone epitaphs. For example, "Beneath this slab lies Lennie Lixer. He fell into a concrete mixer. Poor stiff," and "Danny Dimm was not too bright. He ate a stick of dynamite. Rest in Pieces." Longer poems include "Woe Is Me," which chronicles the indignant complaints of an unwilling pumpkin turned jack-o'-lantern, and "There's a Spider on the Ceiling," which describes a speedy and spooky accumulation of spiders in a child's room. The selections have a perfect mix of fright and humor and are most effective when read aloud. Strikingly stylized, angular illustrations are combined with a clever layout. The poem "When a Skeleton Gets Creaky," which recommends a "liniment and coffin syrup" for "aching bones," is set within an illustration of a medicine bottle, and "Bedtime," which warns of hungry "beasties," appears on the coverlet of a coffin-shaped bed with skeleton-head bedposts. Adinolfi's choice of color (shades of green, purple, and orange) also creates a jaunty playfulness. A festive addition to any collection serving young trick-or-treaters.
Alicia Eames, New York City Public Schools
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0805058052
• ISBN 13: 9780805058055
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Joan Horton, JoAnn Adinolfi