Book Reviews of Halloween books
Marysvale by Jared Southwick Summary: “John Casey was ten years old when his mother was murdered…and ten when his father hid the truth from him. Without that knowledge, he has no idea of the enemies that lie in wait. Now grown up, John lives a solitary life, in a world enslaved by ignorance and superstition, …
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs Blurb: “A mysterious island. An abandoned orphanage. A strange collection of peculiar photographs. It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific …
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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley Summary: “‘I saw the pale student of unhallowed arts kneeling beside the thing he had put together. I saw the hideous phantasm of a man stretched out, and then, on the working of some powerful engine, show signs of life and stir with an uneasy, half-vital motion.’ A summer evening’s ghost …
It’s Halloween by Jack Prelutsky There are lots of children’s picture books for Halloween, but this one is fun because it’s a little longer and even has chapters! It’s great for the second/third graders who want to read something a little more than a picture book. It’s written in lyrical form, which is so fun, …
The Dark by Lemony Snickey I didn’t know Lemony Snicket wrote picture books until I picked this one up at the library. It’s a cute story about Laszlo, who is afraid of the dark. He knows that sometimes the dark hides in the closet or behind the shower curtain, but it is always hiding in …
The Halloween Play by Felicia Bond This is a cute little story. Roger’s school class is putting on a Halloween play. They practiced, sent out invites, and were ready to perform. Roger had an important part in this play and he was a little nervous. He had to wait a long time, and then it …
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman Summary: “It takes a graveyard to raise a child. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, being raised by ghosts, with a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There …
T. Rex Trick-or-Treats by Lois G. Grambling My boys were crazy about dinosaurs when they were little. We have tubs of dinosaurs. They don’t get played with very often any more, and it’s crazy, but I miss it. This book is cute, but I think I love it more because of the sentimental value. It …
Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler “What’s the best way to help a skeleton get over his bone-rattling teeth-chattering belly-laughing hiccups?” This book is so fun. We have had it for a few years, and every Halloween this is the one the kids want me to read the most. We read it over and over. The …
