Black and Bittern Was Night - Couverture rigide

Heidbreder, Robert

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1554533023 ISBN 13 : 9781554533022

Editeur : Kids Can Press, 2013

Synopsis

Black and Bittern Was Night Halloween has arrived, but so have spooky skul-a-mug-mugs who frighten the grown-ups into calling off trick-or-treating. It's up to the kids to take back the night! Told in nonsense verse, this scare-fest will have you yak-yawling with fun! Full description

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

It's a band of animated skeletons versus daring children in this rhyming Halloween picture book tale, told in delightful nonsense language. Here the children are ?tyke-tots? and the adults ?tall-bigs,? while the skeletons are called ?SKUL-A-MUG-MUGS.? As the story begins, the SKUL-A-MUG-MUGS descend on a small, quiet town on Halloween night.

?They ring-ruckled round,
enclupping the town,
with quake-quiver-up
and scree-scrackle down.?

The SKUL-A-MUG-MUGS have a plan to keep the children from trick-or-treating.

?We'll brain-frizz tall-bigs.
Halloween they'll deep nix.
They'll shup-clup inside
nasty Noras and Nicks!?

But the children decide to take matters into their own hands.

?Thrickle! and thrackle!
Thinder-a-thray!
SKUL-A-MUG-MUGS,
we'll splook you away!?

What ensues is a fun, spirited fight to the finish, as naturally the children outwit and out-frighten the old SKUL-A-MUG-MUGS so the trick-or-treating can commence once again! In this one-of-a-kind book, award-winning author and children's poet Robert Heidbreder has imagined an empowering story about a chaotic world where the adults are terrified and the children take over to save the day --- and the candy, of course. The silly and spooky madness is delightfully illustrated with irresistible artwork by award-winning John Martz. This is sure to be a hands-down favorite as a read-aloud --- for all ages --- during the Halloween season or anytime fun wordplay is called for. It makes a fabulous language arts introduction to rhyming poetry that will surely inspire children to create their own made-up words and stories. Separately, it can also work for social studies discussions about cultural celebrations such as Halloween that focus on images and tales of the dead.

Revue de presse

Author and illustrator match wits in this cheeky and sophisticated readaloud that imagines the ultimate in Halloween skullduggery.―Publishers Weekly - Starred Review

This verse is a delight to readers, an aural and visual exercise for fluency and comprehension with a catchy rhythm occasionally reminiscent of ?The Night Before Christmas.?―School Library Journal

This Dylan Thomas-Dr. Seuss-Lewis Carroll love child has the power to enrapture ...―Kirkus Reviews

Both reader and listener will be, at turns, mystified, perplexed, and stumped, but with the help of the appealing (and, thankfully, more traditional!) cartoonish illustrations, they should be captivated enough to make it to the satisfying end. Don't be one of the ?splooked-out tall-bigs?---try it out.―Booklist

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Kids Can Press
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1554533023
• ISBN 13: 9781554533022
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 32
• Illustrateur: Martz John