Tommy Goes Trick-Or-Treating (Bird Brain Books 4)
Written by Emlyn Chand
Illustrated by Noelle Giffin
Story revolves around two animal friends, a woodpecker named Tommy and his raccoon friend, Michael. Both enjoy watching humans for amusement. One day Tommy notices something strange; all the children are dressing in weird costumes and knocking on neighbors’ doors asking for candy. Michael tells Woody that this is the custom on Halloween.
Woody is jealous; he wants some of his own candy. So he enlists Michael to go trick or treating with him. At first they are unsuccessful, until they figure out that they need their own costumes and must say the magic words, “Trick or Treat.” Once they get the hang of it, the two animal friends go off the deep end and abuse the custom. Read the book and find out what happens to them and what lessons they learn.
Illustrations cleverly done in Halloween colors are interspersed throughout and will hold the interest of younger readers. The book is an excellent choice for an early chapter book. Don’t be fooled by the length; half the pages are not part of the actual story but rather author background and summaries of other books in their series. Teachers might use the book as a read aloud for Halloween and parents might want to discuss its lessons before their children go trick or treating. I would recommend it especially for ages six through nine. This book is also available in Spanish. If you enjoyed this post, please subscribe by clicking on the word Follow or by hitting the orange RSS Feed button in the upper right hand corner of this page.
5 responses to “HALLOWEEN WITH A TWIST”
LovableLobo
October 21st, 2014 at 21:56
Sounds like a cute book for Halloween. Fun review, Barbara!
bamauthor
October 22nd, 2014 at 14:18
Light-hearted one for sure!
rosemondcates
October 26th, 2014 at 16:19
This looks cute…I have never heard of it! I love discovering new books! Thank you!
Rosemond
http://www.bighairandbooks.blogspot.com
mommynificent
October 30th, 2014 at 08:29
Very cool that this book is also available in Spanish! Thanks for sharing this book. I always appreciate your contributions to Booknificent Thursday at Mommynificent.com!
Tina
bamauthor
October 30th, 2014 at 13:14
Right, we need more bilingual books to encourage early interest in reading.