An article in Publishers Weekly asks the question, "Is Halloween the New Christmas?"
Well, of course it is. Halloween is so much fun. I've always loved it, even when I lived in Scotland long ago and actually had to perform a trick (a memorized Burns poem was sufficient) to get a treat.
The article (author?) mentions many great books, but my two favorite Halloween titles are missing. I love Kay Winters' The Teeny Tiny Ghost (ill. Lynn Musinger) for its cute, frightened baby ghost. And I adore Bill Martin Jr. and Steven Kellogg's A Beasty Story: "In a dark, dark wood there is a dark, dark house. In the dark brown house there is a dark, dark stair." We used to know this one by heart.
Halloween is soon! What will you and/or the kids be for Halloween? We're still undecided.
