Halloween Night on Shivermore Street

by Pam Pollack, Meg Belviso, Randy DuBurke (Illustrator)

Overview

There's a Halloween party on Shivermore Street, and everyone—from dancing mummies to musical witches—is coming. There'll be whipped-cream-covered ants, pumpkin carving, apple bobbing, and a special surprise when the masks come off at the end of the night. This is a party you don't want to miss!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781452124728
Publisher:	Chronicle Books LLC
Publication date:	10/19/2012
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	32
File size:	7 MB
Age Range:	6 - 9 Years

About the Author

Pam Pollack is a children's book editor as well as author. Her other writing collaborations with Meg Belviso include three Malcom in the Middle original novels. She lives in New York.
Meg Belviso is a children's book editor as well as author. Her other writing collaborations with Pam Pollack include three Malcom in the Middle original novels. She lives in New York.
Randy DuBurke is the creator of The Moon Ring and the recipient of the John Steptoe/Corretta Scott King New Illustrator Award. He lives in Switzerland and New York.

Editorial Reviews

This hokey harvest romp, which boasts the season's corniest title, tolls the hours from six to 13 o'clock. Three costumed children carve pumpkins and bob for apples with other revelers, but when they cry, "Everyone in your place?/ Now take off your face!," they realize their cheerful playmates are real witches and vampires. Pollack and Belviso (the Dexter's Lab books) set the scenes to bouncy limericks, and DuBurke's (The Moon Ring) firelit acrylics lend a ghoulish glow to the theatrical holiday; his human characters pale next to his creepy creatures' portraits. As in previous years' Brooms Are for Flying and The Witch Casts a Spell both of which are more surprising the punch line relies on the unmasking. Ages 4-8. (Oct.) Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

Publishers Weekly

PreS-Gr 2-Three children arrive at a masquerade ball at six o'clock for an evening of creepy fun. Activities are described in rhyme by the hour and include typical holiday fare such as pumpkin carving, bobbing for apples, and playing hide-and-seek. However, when the clock strikes 13 and it's time to unmask, the kids realize that the monstrous characters with whom they have been making merry are not in costume at all. Quite naturally, they scurry out into the night as fast as their legs will carry them. This lighthearted romp is highlighted by illustrations that set an appropriately spooky mood. Richly colored scenes show vampires hovering over jack-o'-lanterns on a bright orange spread, goofy looking werewolves bobbing for apples, and mummies doing the limbo. While not an essential purchase, the incorporation of telling time into the story makes this entry in a crowded field a little different.-Rosalyn Pierini, San Luis Obispo City-County Library, CA Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

School Library Journal

Three intrepid trick-or-treaters attend a party at the last house on Shivermore Street, where every hour, masked partygoers take part in a different ghoulishly fun activity. At seven they eat grisly treats. At eight the witches play musical chairs. At nine the vampires carve scary pumpkins, etc. At midnight they limbo with mummies until the clock strikes 13 and unmasking reveals everyone but our threesome are monsters underneath too! Pollack and Belviso have created a spooky, rhyming counting book that will make a fine addition to holiday collections. DuBurke's saturated, full-bleed acrylic-and-ink illustrations are dynamic, engaging, and full of creepy (but not too creepy) detail. A Halloween tale with verve and a good sense of humor. (Picture book. 3-7)

Kirkus Reviews

"This lighthearted romp is highlighted by illustrations that set an appropriately spooky mood....the incorporation of telling time into the story makes this entry in a crowded field a little different." -School Library Journal

"Pollack and Belviso have created a spooky, rhyming counting book that will make a fine addition to holiday collections .A Halloween tale with verve and a good sense of humor" -Kirkus Reviews

"Pollack and Belviso set the scenes to bouncy limericks, and DuBurke's firelit acrylics lend a ghoulish glow to the theatrical holiday." -Publishers Weekly

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