Did You Say Ghosts? by Richard Michelson

This story starts out with someone being scared of ghosts but the narrator says not to be afraid of ghosts because the werewolves will get them. Then the person is scared of werewolves so the narrator says not to worry because giants will get them. The story continues in this manner until they are back at ghosts. This would make for a great Halloween book.

For my child study, I read the kids No Zombies Allowed because it talked about a lot of different Halloween creatures. I then had them pick a creature and write a letter to them asking questions. For example, one of the students wrote to a ghost and asked if they really go through people. I then wrote them back later pretending to be the Halloween creature that they wrote to. They thought this was so cool. This book would work the exact same way because of all the creatures that are mentioned.

I also like this book because of the poetic language. The rhyming makes it have a nice flow. This book is illustrated by Leonard Baskin and I must say that the pictures are quite scary but they are good illustrations. Because the pictures are scary I would recommend this book for kids ages 6 and up.