We're Off to Find the Witch's House

Four young trick-or-treaters head off to the witch's house in this entertaining Halloween romp of a picture-book, meeting a number of frightening figures along the way. From an owl to a ghost, Dracula to Frankenstein, there are many creepy creatures to be found out and about on this night, and everyone seems to be headed in the same direction...

Published in 2005, We're Off to Find the Witch's House appears to be kindergarten teacher Richard Krieb's only book. It features a deliciously spooky story, one which is told both through Krieb's rhythmically rhyming text and veteran illustrator R.W. Alley's cute illustrations. Young readers and listeners will enjoy being 'in the know,' as so many of the creatures encountered by the children are show more obviously fellow trick-or-treaters, and will likewise appreciate the happy ending, in which everyone is welcomed to the 'witch's' party. Recommended to picture-book readers looking for Halloween stories for the preschool set. show less

17 Months - Picked this one up while grocery shopping and what a score! We LOVE LOVE LOVE this book. Great illustrations and the story is fun and rhymes. Highly recommend this one!

A group of children set out to rhythmicly, rhymingly find the witch's house.

There's a lot of good descriptive words here, so it's great for preschoolers, builds vocabulary and all that. What I really like, though, is the meter - it's really bouncy in all the right spots.

On Halloween night the children want to go to the witch's house. They pass lots of scary monsters. They finally arrive at the witch's house.