5 More Sleeps 'til Halloween

by Jimmy Fallon, Rich Deas (Illustrator)

Overview

Notes From Your Bookseller

Jimmy Fallon gives us the countdown book needed to build the hype for the spookiest, sweetest holiday around — Halloween!

Host of NBC's The Tonight Show and #1 New York Times-bestselling author Jimmy Fallon returns with this exciting countdown to Halloween picture book.


It’s 5 more sleeps ‘til Halloween!
That spooky time of year.
Where all of the ghosts are wide awake
As nighttime’s drawing near.

The excitement leading up to spooky season has been enjoyed by so many for so long. Filled with costumes, candy, and big scares! But why not make the last few days before Halloween even more exciting by counting how many sleeps until trick-or-treat night?

Paired with the eerie artwork of Rich Deas, fans will enjoy the humor of Jimmy Fallon as he prepares readers for the most spinetingling week of the year—5 More Sleeps ‘til Halloween.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781250372710
Publisher:	Feiwel & Friends
Publication date:	09/03/2024
Sold by:	Macmillan
Format:	eBook
Pages:	48
File size:	110 MB
Note:	This product may take a few minutes to download.
Age Range:	3 - 6 Years

About the Author

Emmy and Grammy Award winner Jimmy Fallon is the author of #1 New York Times-bestselling children’s books Your Baby’s First Word Will Be DADA, Everything is MAMA, This is BABY, NANA Loves You More, 5 More Sleeps ‘til Christmas and Con Pollo: A Bilingual Playtime Adventure. Fallon lives in New York with his wife Nancy, their two daughters, Winnie and Franny and their dog, Gary.

Editorial Reviews

2024-05-31
Talk show host Fallon and illustrator Deas follow up5 More Sleeps ’Til Christmas (2020) with a story of a youngster preparing for Halloween.

“It’s FIVE more sleeps ’til Halloween, / that spooky time of year / where all the ghosts are wide awake / as nighttime’s drawing near.” A calendar page with a large numeral 5 curls before a bright orange pumpkin. An orange-haired, light-skinned moppet wearing an enormous pair of blue glasses is hunkered down in bed with Gary the dog, whose vibrant blue coloring matches the bedspread. Occasionally accompanied by a sibling, the young narrator counts down day by day, describing seasonal activities: picking out a costume, navigating a corn maze, watching scary movies, taking part in a parade, going on a hayride, and trick-or-treating. The rhyming verses are sometimes a bit rocky but always fun. The text is periodically punctuated by the wordboo, which appears in large, cartoonlike lettering; that, along with the calendar countdown motif, adds a pleasant repetition. Though the child confides feelings of trepidation (“What if bats fly in my room? / I think I’ll close my window now”), descriptions of scary moments are always offset by brightly colored, exuberant artwork. Humor abounds: Gary looks both hilarious and sweet dressed in a ghost costume that matches the narrator’s. The final page neatly closes the circle as the child goes from anticipating the holiday to participating in it and back again.

Lighthearted and un-scary enough for bedtime.(Picture book. 3-6)

Kirkus Reviews