In this Halloween version of a familiar cumulative rhyme, the inhabitants of a haunted house get increasingly agitated until a group of children sets things right.
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ISBN:0152018794
ISBN:0152000151 (hc)
Physical Description:print [32] p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
School Library Journal Reviews : SLJ Reviews 1995 September PreS-Gr 3-A Halloween version of the familiar cumulative rhyme. Things get a little out of hand at Count Dracula's house- ``This is the mummy from days of yore/that rose from the coffin under the floor/that fell on the monster whose bloodcurdling roar/startled the fearsome manicore...'' It is only when a group of trick-or-treaters comes on the scene that all is carefully put back to rights. The darkly muted oil pastel illustrations augment the ghoulishness of the tale, with a hidden clue leading readers from one double-page spread to the next. The creatures are suitably gruesome, but because of their friendly expressions should be nonthreatening. A definite hit for holiday story programs.-Beth Irish, Orange Public Library, CA
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