Halloween Forest - by Marion Dane Bauer (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>Cat bones, rat bones, and bat bones illustrate this spooky Halloween adventure, written in unmetered rhyming verse by Newbery Honoree Bauer. Full color.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>Cat bones, rat bones, and bat bones illustrate this spooky Halloween adventure, written by newbery-Honor-winning author MARION DANE BAUER.</b></b> <p/>If you take your trick-or-treat sack and venture into the dark woods on Halloween night, you'll find cat bones, rat bones, and bat bones--and all are looking at YOU! Take care! Beware! Despair! the bone creatures will cry. You can bet you've just met your worst nightmare! What will you do? Cry? Sigh? <p/>NO!<i> Because you're too tough / to worry about stuff / like the rattle / and prattle / of bones! </i> <p/>Told in unmetered rhymed verse, this Halloween adventure is a real treat.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>* Elegantly designed, this collaboration shows a great respect for children's sensibilities regarding the fine lines between fear, fun and bravery. This title should be at the top of the book pile come autumn.--<b><i>Kirkus Reviews, </i>Starred Review</b> <p/>Perfect for trick-or-treaters who can take some honest-to-gosh spooking, Bauer's simple story involves a boy who exits his safe neighborhood to seek treats in the woods. There he finds a forest made of bones--a breathtaking, intricate creation by Shelley, featuring trunks of fibulas and scapulas and branches of grasping fingers. . . . this is just the sort of thing that sears itself into young brains.--<i><b>Booklist</b></i> <p/>In this creepy Halloween tale, a trick-or-treater leaves the safety of town on All Hallow's Eve to find treats in a forest of bones. Bat, cat, and rat bones crawl among tree bones. The illustrations capture the spooky feel while not straying too far into the scary . . . --<b><i>School Library Journal</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br>MARION DANE BAUER has written a wide range of books for young people, including <i>On My Honor</i>, a<i> Newbery Honor book.</i> <p/>JOHN SHELLEY'S work is known internationally, especially in Japan, where he lived and worked for twenty-one years. He has illustrated more than twenty books, including<i> Crinkle, Crackle, Crack</i> and <i>Magic for Sale</i>.
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