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School Library Journal - 09/01/2001 K-Gr 2-Simple rhymed couplets evoke the anticipatory mood of Halloween night in which "Trick or treat-/pounding feet,/jack-o'-lanterns/line the street." Fleming's signature illustrations of paper pulp poured through stencils glow with deep night colors set off with bright orange pumpkins, yellow hair, and the huge harvest moon. Challenging vocabulary ("wretched witches/roam the street./Clacking bones,/muffled moans") will appeal to independent trick-or-treaters while younger hand-holders will respond to the slightly scary word choices (tattered, toothless, eerie, hissing, swooping). The repeated phrase of pounding feet conveys the excitement of running from house to house in the night as "Halloween/has found our street." This is a great read-aloud for storyhours and a semi-scary but ultimately friendly reminder of the childhood joys of being out and about, disguised but a little bit frightened by others' costumes, and getting candy on this special holiday.-Susan Hepler, Burgundy Farm Country Day School, Alexandria, VA Copyright 2001 Cahners Business Information. - Copyright 2001 Publishers Weekly, Library Journal and/or School Library Journal used with permission.

Bulletin for the Center... - 10/01/2001 Fleming, mistress of the concrete, here uses that concreteness to different effect, creating image-intensive Halloween verse (“piece of pie, pumpkin eye . . . / candlestick, burning wick”) that evokes the nocturnal world of trick-or-treaters. The connections may sometimes be a bit abstract for the youngest listeners, but the pared-down text has a spooky edge that makes it very inviting for youngsters with more boldness than attention span and that provides enough atmosphere to make a satisfyingly unsettling mood piece. Fleming’s homemade paper landscapes set off their midnight-blue—well, probably eight-o’-clock blue—backdrops with glowing orange and white accents as well as with the rainbow of colors represented in the trick-or-treaters’ costumes. Backlit black silhouettes and otherworldly looking revelers bring a genuine chill that is occasionally offset by homelier images of lighted windows and cheerfully garbed children. This will be just the shivery ticket for kids looking to move from Halloween giggles to genuine spookiness. - Copyright 2001 The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.

Booklist - 09/15/2001 *Starred Review* The fun of Halloween is the deliciousness of being scared. Not too scared, of course, but enough to make you--just for a moment--catch your breath. That’s exactly the feeling Fleming creates in this Halloween journey round the neighborhood: “Trick-or-treat-- / pounding feet” as “jack-o’-lanterns / line the street.” Her signature art technique (pouring colored cotton fiber through hand-cut stencils) makes for spectacularly atmospheric pictures. Colors bleed into one another causing lighted windows to flicker and shadows to disappear into inky blackness and then re-emerge in dancing silhouette. Gorgeous, sparkling candles fill a page with golden light; a giant jack-o’-lantern, set askew, eyes the costumed trick-or-treaters as they gingerly journey through the dark, scaring one another and themselves. The very simple text, in large, white display type, tells of monsters in the night. The pictures, with dark and distorted shapes, show kids being thrilled and having fun: “trick or treat-- / pounding feet, / Halloween / has found our street.” - Copyright 2001 Booklist.

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