Book Review: 'Scary, Scary Halloween' by Eve Bunting

 

✰✰✰✰✰ Two green eyes peer out into the darkness and watch carefully as a skeleton passes by. Soon there are witches, goblins, gremlins, a ghost, and even a vampire parading by as the narrator wonders if it's safe to go outside. It must be Halloween, but when will it ever be safe to go out? Check out this spooky tale to find out.

The Bottom Line: Bunting and Brett are a fabulous combination when it comes to picture books. With intriguing text and fantastic, full color illustrations with lots of spooky details, they'll keep you guessing who the narrator is until the very end. Enthusiastically recommended for spooky, seasonal reading for kids in grades 1 - 3.

Details: Scary, Scary Halloween written by Eve Bunting & illustrated by Jan Brett. Picture book published by Clarion Books in 1986. 40 p. ISBN: 0-89919-414-1