By the Light of the Halloween Moon

by Caroline Stutson (Author) Kevin Hawkes (Illustrator)

By the Light of the Halloween Moon
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Reading Level: 2nd − 3rd Grade
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In this fun, cumulative tale, a little girl's toe taps a tune as her legs dangle from a footbridge that has all sorts of creatures hidden underneath.

There are cats and witches, bats and ghosts. With a rhythmic, bouncy text and imaginative illustrations, this Halloween story is sure to tickle your bones--your funny bones, that is!

"Hawkes's illustrations are of the least fearful and most amusing of ghastly creatures." -- Horn Book Guide (starred review) 

 

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Hawkes's splendidly imaginative ghoulies and ghosties will delight both young monster-fanciers and admirers of his glowing painterly style and handsome compositions--as will nifty touches like mussels in the pirate's luminous beard, a cartoony worm in the ghoul's top hat, and the sly contrast between the girl's purely innocent bare legs and the boisterous underworld that never quite touches them. A must.

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Caroline Stutson
Caroline Stutson was born in New York City. She earned her BA in theater from the University of Denver and her degree in early childhood education from Metropolitan State College in Denver. A former kindergarten and reading teacher, Ms. Stutson now lives in Littleton, Colorado, where she works as a puppeteer and storyteller at the Highlands Ranch Library.

Jon Klassen is a Canadian-born author-illustrator. He has written and illustrated the acclaimed Hat series, including I Want My Hat Back, This Is Not My Hat, and We Found a Hat. Highlights of his illustrated books are Cats' Night Out by Caroline Stutson, Sam & Dave Dig A Hole by Mac Barnett, The Dark by Lemony Snicket, and The Wolf, The Duck & The Mouse also by Mac Barnett. His books have won a Caldecott medal and two Caldecott honors and other international awards. He lives in Los Angeles, California, with his wife and son.
Classification
Fiction
ISBN-13
9780761462446
Lexile Measure
-
Guided Reading Level
L
Publisher
Two Lions
Publication date
October 09, 2012
Series
-
BISAC categories
JUV019000 - Juvenile Fiction | Humorous Stories
JUV057000 - Juvenile Fiction | Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)
JUV017030 - Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Halloween
Library of Congress categories
Stories in rhyme
Halloween
Child Study Children's Book Committee, 1995

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