Halloween Good Night

by Doug Cushman, Doug Cushman (Illustrator)

Overview

On Halloween night, creatures around the world tuck their little ones into bed. How do skeletons say goodnight? What about werewolves, mummies, or vampire bats? In this silly Halloween romp from author-illustrator Doug Cushman, young children can take a trip through spooky castles and haunted graveyards to find out!

If you were a ghost haunting a castle and moat,

Rattling thick chains, making underpants float,

When you stopped all your moaning and screeching in fright,

How would you tell your phantom papa good night?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781466808201
Publisher:	Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date:	07/20/2010
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	61 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	4 - 7 Years

About the Author

Doug Cushman has illustrated over one hundred books including the New York Times bestseller What Dads Can't Do, his own Dirk Bones, Inspector Hopper, and the Aunt Eater mystery series. He lives in Paris, France.

Editorial Reviews

Monsters, ghouls, and other creatures say goodnight to their parents in this Halloween-themed bedtime story. A skeleton child offers a "Clickity-clackity-clack-clack!" while a witch giggles "Hee! Hee! Hee!" Given Cushman's cartoony illustrations, readers might be surprised by how poetic his verse is: "If you were a skeleton in a graveyard of stones,/ Clacking and rattling all your dry, bleached-out bones,/ Yawning a yawn in the ivory moonlight,/ How would you tell your bony daddy good night?" On the final spread, the monster's goodnights join those in various world languages--a fun if somewhat incongruous detail. Ages 4–7. (July)

Publishers Weekly

The delightful illustrations make these seasonal monsters not-so-scary for very young readers. This book will fly off your holiday shelves.” —School Library Journal

“Given Cushman's cartoony illustrations, readers might be surprised by how poetic his verse is.” —Publishers Weekly

“Some details excel: The mummy mommy and baby speak hieroglyphs; the creature from the Black Lagoon is resurrected as an infant swaddled in seaweed; the opening spread, of a child reading under the blankets, is filled with items that visually foreshadow monsters to come.” —Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

PreS—Eight different Halloween creatures are shown in individual scenes as their parents put them to bed. A rhymed verse introduces each little monster, then word bubbles say good night in various ways. Werewolves "yowwll," creatures of the Black Lagoon "glug," mummies speak in hieroglyphs, and ghosts "boo." They all say different things but the end result is the same. It's the illustrations that take this title beyond a simple bedtime book. The watercolor and ink drawings are colorful and clever. Each scene has an appropriate background for young sleepers. Some sleep in the woods, under water, in midair, or in space capsules. The delightful illustrations make these seasonal monsters not-so-scary for very young readers. This book will fly off your holiday shelves.—Ieva Bates, Ann Arbor District Library, MI

School Library Journal