Woo-hoo! It is finally the month of OCTOBER which means I can promote my favorite holiday, HALLOWEEN! I waited all week to post so that it wouldn't seem weird that I was recommending a Halloween book in September.
In all honesty this was not my favorite book for the first three nights I had to read it. In fact I actually told my kids that they had to pick a different book on the fourth night! Can you believe that?! I also was wondering to myself why it was that they loved this book SO much! I felt like by the end of the book I was developing a case of hiccups from saying "hic, hic, hic" so many times and I could not get enthused about it.
Then...something amazing happened! I had all the kids in pajamas, teeth brushed, no screaming involved and I felt like I could conquer the world. So when my youngest grabbed Skeleton Hiccups I agreed to read it. I found out that magical night of all nights that there is a bit of a song in this book if you say it right. I even got the kids joining in on the chorus for the "hic, hic, hic's"! Now it is my favorite book to read and we read it every night. Me reading the words and the kids yelling...yep, you guessed it..."HIC, HIC, HIC!"
I am not looking forward to having to take this one back to the library. Margery Cuyler is my hero now for writing such a fun book. She has several other books out as well. Check out her site to see her other books and pictures of her "haunted house". S.D. Schindler did a great job with the illustrations. I especially like this one...
So go grab Skeleton Hiccups and a glass of water (just in case)!
I have this book...I will have to try that!
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