Its that crazy fun time when all the children ask you “What are you going to be for Halloween?” no matter your age. Young children love to be scared or make monsters silly so they wont be scared. Monsters and Halloween are popular topics with preschool aged children. “Trick-Or-Treat: A Happy Haunter’s Halloween” is a perfect book to capture the interest of your own little monsters.
Title: Trick-or-Treat: A Happy Haunter’s Halloween
Author: Debbie Leppanen
Illustrator: Tad Carpenter
Publisher: Beach Lane Books
Publication Date: August 2013
ISBN: 978-1442433984
Age Range: 4-8
Leppanen creates a tale through poetry of monsters ready to party on halloween. The rhyming words and the bold, dark, and silly illustrations create a spook-taculare story. Leppanen helps young readers learn about rhyming words through her simply poetry and vivid imagery.
“The wind is howling,
the leaves are blowing.
A sliver of moon
is barely showing.”
There are so many activities and ways to go about utilizing this delightful poetry book. It would make a perfect read aloud that shares a form of poetry, as a part of a poetry study. Another idea would be to use this book in a collection of poetry books sharing poetry in other cultures. Finally this book could be used as a part of a study on the theme of halloween or it would be just a fun holiday read aloud.
“Who Said Boo” is a book of poetry that follows children on their adventures of putting on costumes, visiting houses, and bobbing for apples. These twelve delightful poems about halloween would make a wonderful read-a-like for “Trick-or-Treat.”
“Make Yourself a Monster” is a book of crafts to create at home or at school, encouraging children to use their imagination and their hands to create their own “scary” monsters.
Mecklenburg public library created a list of poetry books that reflect diversity:
This book would make such a fun October Read Aloud! I love your other ideas as well, and seeing the page with the skeletons makes me think it might also be useful to teach students about the Day of the Dead.
ReplyDeleteI agree that this would make a great Read Aloud for the season. It's fun and easy to read, and I think this book would be very engaging for youth. Your ideas for how to utilize it were great. I also think that this book could help spark writing prompts.
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