Reviews for Haunted Party

The average rating for Haunted Party based on 2 reviews is 4.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2012-10-15 00:00:00 Kiersten Marcos This is a wonderful counting book which is also a great Halloween read-aloud. Mr. Ghost is hosting a party, and in small groups the guests arrive: two spooky skeletons, three gruesome goblins...all the way up to nine morbid mummies. The are all eating, flying, and "kicking up their heels" at this very active party. That is, until someone very scary rings the doorbell: ten cute, smiley faced trick or treaters. The nine terrified mummies leave first...followed by the eight fleeing witches...until Mr Ghost is left alone sitting on his porch. The illustrations are soft and lovely, the kids help count and the text contains some pretty rich vocabulary with words like "morbid" and "cuisine" and "extraordinary." That it was "sweet and sunny" children that terrified the guests brought a laugh from all the parents/caregivers in my audience - which was a nice bonus.

Review # 2 was written on 2011-10-11 00:00:00 Angela Bebo 3.5 STARS This is a cute counting book about a ghost who has a party and invites over all sorts of Halloweeny creatures to celebrate; witches, vampires, mummies, etc. Some of the illustrations are really cute and clever (I loved how one of the ghouls looks like he's making the pose from "The Scream" painting, haha!) I'm not sure I especially liked the ending--it wasn't quite what I was expecting but it was kind of cute in its way, though very sensitive young trick-or-treaters might not like it.