Age: Picture Book (3 years and up)
Genre: Fiction, Halloween
The whirl of the witch,
With whimsical flight,
Is mailing out invites
Of spooky delights.
Linda
Franklin’s picture book, “Into the Pumpkin,” invites the reader to a Halloween
he or she has never seen before. The reader will see ghosts, witches,
jack-o-lanterns, black cats, and other typical Halloween characters as they
gather together for a party. The author uses rhyme to describe each ghoul and
ghost and provides spooky illustrations. The pictures may, in fact, be too
spooky for some young readers. I can imagine a very different book, one that would
be less scary for younger readers, if it had more cartoonish illustrations. I’m
not sure why the author chose to use the style of artwork that she did as it is
quite creepy, with bony, reaching fingers and a mist hanging over most of the
pictures. However, the book reads well and children may enjoy the rhyming
style.
Bibliographic
Information:
Franklin,
Linda. Into the Pumpkin. Atlgen, PA: Schiffer Publishing, 2012.
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