When their practiced tactics fail to work on the final house, however, the three classmates must examine the problem from another angle to succeed. Using a series of skills perfected in class, Groana, Moana (not to be confused with the Disney character), and Shrieky work together to achieve their goal. Madam Gray assigns three houses for the ghosts to haunt, each one more challenging than the last. K-Gr 2–Halloween is fast approaching, and three young ghosts have one more test to pass before they will be declared ready for the day. This is a story about high expectations dashed by disaster that everyone can relate to. As more friends dressed as Crankenstein show up and they have a party, Crankenstein realizes that the day isn’t so bad after all. It is someone dressed up as-him! As he finally laughs, he transforms into a human boy. Just as he seems most defeated, the doorbell rings. He gets a toothache, his brother laughs at his costume, it rains (and his costume isn’t waterproof), he gets lost in a corn maze, his pumpkin carving goes awry, someone else has the same costume as him (but better, of course), and, worst of all, he ends up trick-or-treating at the house that hands out toothbrushes! Poor Crankenstein. PreS-Gr 3–It’s Halloween, Crankenstein’s favorite day of the year! But everything goes wrong. Trick or Treat, Crankenstein by Samantha Berger. She doesn’t find a scary Jumbie, but she does discover an interesting cast of mythical creatures from Caribbean folklore. Naya’s mom tells her that Jumbies are only in stories, but Naya goes searching for one anyway. But Naya says that she’s not scared of the Jumbies, creatures from Caribbean stories similar to fairies and trolls that come out at night. K-Gr 2–It’s getting dark, so Naya’s mother calls her to come to bed. Whether young readers are looking for something for a sweet treat or a book to give them chills, these 17 titles will put them in a spooky state of mind come October 31st. Once the Falll season is officially underway, Halloween is not far behind.
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