The 13 Days of Halloween Review

PUB DATE: September 1, 2009

ABOUT THE BOOK

“On the first day of Halloween my good friend gave to me: a vulture in a dead tree.”

Children will love to sing along!

Everyone knows “The Twelve Days of Christmas,” but are you ready for The Thirteen Days of Halloween? In this delightfully offbeat story, a dashing ghoul tries to win his ghostly love’s heart with heaps of hilarious gifts ranging from broomsticks and bats to cauldrons and cats! Carol Greene’s lively verse is perfectly complemented by Tim Raglin’s enchantingly erie illustrations. Children of all ages will love to sing along. The result is a frightfully funny Halloween tale you’ll never forget.

MICHAEL’S THOUGHTS:

We received this book recently when Michael was home sick from school which made him really happy.

Michael loves reading books that spin of something that he knows about such as this one he loves singing The 12 Days of Christmas. The only down part of this was he was starting to sick The 12 Days of Christmas.

The 13 days of Halloween was a great book with not only made Michael sing along but it was a great counting book as well. The illustrations were clear and bright.

I loved the costumes of the girl ghoul and Michael loved the bone “poodle” dog.

The boy ghoul is trying to win the love of the girl ghoul by giving her presents for 12 days. He offers her such things as: a vulture in a dead tree, fat toads, cats, ghosts, and brooms and many other funny things.

On the 13th day the girl ghoul surprises him and tells him to come over for tea and has a surprise for him. A surprise even us readers don’t know what it was. Michael had alot of fun trying to figure out what it could have been.

This is a great book to read before Halloween.

Thank you to Sourcebooks/Jabberwocky for supplying us with a review copy.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

Carol Greene wrote her first poem when she was six years old (it was about a spider). To date she has published over a hundred books for children. Carol also likes to read, sing, and make teddy bears. She lives in Webster Groves, Missouri, with her cat Dulcie.

ABOUT THE ILLUSTRATOR:

Tim Raglinbrings his wacky imagination and wonderfully odd cast of characters to The Thirteen Days of Halloween. His previous books include Five Funny Fights, Pecos Bill, and The Birthday ABC. He received a silver medal from the New York Society of Illustrators for his book Uncle Mugsy & the Terrible Twins of Christmas. Mr. Raglin lives in his hometown of Independence, Kansas.

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