By the Light of the Halloween Moon

This story is a fun, repetitive, bouncy, rhythmic tale that is sure to make children laugh. I think it is a great way to help children conquer their fears of Halloween creatures by having the girl bite, swat, hit, and yell at the creatures, clearly demonstrating that their is nothing to be afraid of, even by the light of the Halloween moon.

This is a cumulative rhyming story that begins with a child's pair of bare feet dangling peacefully over the side of a bridge in the silvery moonlight of a Halloween night. One by one, various creatures of the night reach forward to grab one of the little, unsuspecting toes, but each attempt, in turn, is botched by the next creature. Black cats, bats, witches, ghouls and other spooky folk take a crack at the toe and the suspense keeps building in a delightfully fun and entertaining way. The Halloween creatures are all so funny that this story really cannot be considered at all scary but the level of suspense takes it out of the realm of the cute and deftly places it in the realm of the spine-tingly! It's high spirited Halloween fun for one and all. ( )

This cumulative Halloween poem is a treasure of rhythm, rhyme, and fun. Its luminous illustrations have a magic to match.