"Twas Halloween Night,
and all through the house
Every creature was stirring,
including the mouse;"
What an awesome Halloween book! This is one of those books that you’ll want to own so you can have it for Halloween year after year. Just a quick warning though, it is a little scary. There are goblins and witches and bugs galore. Zombies and graveyards and a creaking door. (Sorry you know I can't help rhyming sometimes!)
The author, Marjorie Dennis Murray, did an excellent job with this story. It is set up similar to ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas. It has great rhyming and best of all the words create pictures of their own to dance through your head.
The pictures are so lively and vivid that you’ll find you want to stare at the pictures and have it read to you instead of the other way around. The illustrator, Brandon Damon, did a magnificent job with capturing the Halloween spirit. There is a picture of trick-or-treaters dancing down a lane that I love! If you want you can view his website or his blog and you'll get to view his amazing illustraions. There is also an entry on his blog about this particular book that is fun to look at.
This book is perfect blend of Tricks and Treats for your Halloween!
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