Trick or Treat?
by Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson
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A child has a wonderful time collecting treats from the wacky neighbors until Magic Merlin decides that a trick would be more fun.Tags
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I love the turnaround this book gives as you read it. You never think about why people say "trick or treat" during Halloween, but this book does a great job at explaining that. Kids will surely love this book as much as I love it. Plus, Bill Martin co-wrote it, and we all know about "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom."
A little boy goes trick-or-treating in his apartment building. He goes from floor to floor and door to door, asking, “Trick or Treat?” Each person answers, “Treat!” and hands out candy. However, when the little boy reaches the tenth floor, Merlin answers, “Trick!” Magic Merlin waves his wand and suddenly everything is WackBards! On the way back down to his apartment, the little boy’s treat bag is filled with backwards treats. When he gets home, his daddy knows just the trick to undo Merlin’s spell.
The Bottom Line: This Halloween-themed counting book is recommended for kids in grades PreK – 1. Meisel’s whimsical drawings will make kids laugh. Also, recommended for story time.
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The Bottom Line: This Halloween-themed counting book is recommended for kids in grades PreK – 1. Meisel’s whimsical drawings will make kids laugh. Also, recommended for story time.
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A great book for the Halloween season!
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Children's writer Bill Martin, Jr. was born and raised in Hiawatha, Kansas. Ironically, the future early childhood educator had difficulty reading until he taught himself, before graduating with a teaching certificate from Emporia State University. After graduation, he taught high school drama and journalism in Kansas. He served in the Army Air show more Force as a newspaper editor during World War II. He wrote his first book, The Little Squeegy Bug, for his brother, Bernard, an artist, to illustrate while recuperating from war wounds. It was published in 1945 and the brothers would go on to collaborate on 10 more books by 1955. He earned a master's degree and doctorate in early childhood education from Northwestern University and became principal of an elementary school in Evanston, Ill., where he developed innovative reading programs. In 1962 Martin moved to New York City to become editor of the school division of Holt, Rhinehart and Winston where he developed the literature-based reading programs Sounds of Language and The Instant Readers. Martin returned to full-time writing in 1972 and ended up writing over three hundred children's books during his career. His titles include; Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do You See?, Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do you Hear?, The Ghost-Eye Tree, Barn Dance, and Chicka, Chicka, Boom, Boom. He died on August 11, 2004 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Trick or Treat
Classifications
- Genres
- Picture Books, Children's Books
- DDC/MDS
- 394.2646 — Society, Government, and Culture Customs, etiquette & folklore General customs Special Occasions Holidays Holidays of September, October, November Halloween
- LCC
- PZ7 .M356773 .T — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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- Reviews
- 3
- Rating
- (3.71)
- Languages
- English, French
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 12
- ASINs
- 4
