Synopsis
Eighteen poems celebrate the holiday of pumpkins, black cats, witches, and ghosts.
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Grade 3-5-- This latest addition to a popular holiday series is sure to be a hit, combining a dozen-and-a-half short, shivery modern poems with some of the most deliciously ghastly illustrations children will ever see. Harry Behn establishes the spooky mood--"Tonight is the night/When dead leaves fly. . .", and Livingston takes courageous readers past the "jagged-tooth faces" of jack-o'-lanterns, trick-or-treating apes, ghosts and astronauts, a "Tink, plonk, konkle;/Midnight/Wind-chime" skeleton, up to a magic house with "chocolate doorknobs,/And windowpanes striped with mint" and even into a wicked witch's kitchen--"You're in the mood for freaky food?/ You feel your taste buds itchin'. . .?" Two-thirds of the poems appear here for the first time. Disembodied mouths, mad, disfigured faces, and leering pumpkin heads loom from the misty background in Gammell's weedy, black-and-white illustrations. Even such innocuous activities as "Bobbing for (blub blub) for apples" take on a sinister air--if readers make the mistake of looking too closely at the "apples." Challenge hardened young horror-movie fans with this one. --John Peters, New York Public Library
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Unknown. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Gammell, Stephen (illustrator). Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0823407624I3N10
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Halloween Poems
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Unknown. Condition: Very Good. No Jacket. Gammell, Stephen (illustrator). May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0823407624I4N00
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Condition: good. Gammell, Stephen (illustrator). Former library book with the usual stamps, stickers and labels. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials. Seller Inventory # BVV.0823407624.G