Just Say Boo!

Susan Hood

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If three dinosaurs roar when you open your door, what do you say?

"Boo!" of course! In this charmingly spooky story by Susan Hood, little trick-or-treaters learn just what to say in every Halloween situation. From rattling bones to ghostly footsteps, Susan captures all the best scares of the season--and teaches just the right way to dispel fears in favor of fun. Jed Henry's lustrous watercolors add the perfect crisp chill to this fall-weather story.

For if a skeleton groans as she rattles her bones, what do you say?

Book Details

Publisher: HarperCollins
Publish Date: Jul 24th, 2012
Pages: 32
Language: English
Edition: undefined - undefined
Dimensions: 9.27in - 9.40in - 0.48in - 0.78lb
EAN: 9780062010292
Recommended age: 04-08
Categories: • Holidays & Celebrations - Halloween• Imagination & Play• Activity Books - Coloring

About the Author

Henry, Jed: -

Jed Henry is an animator and artist. He has previously illustrated Pick a Pup by Marsha Wilson Chall and Can't Wait Till Christmas by Mike Huckabee. He lives in Provo, Utah, with his wife and daughter.

Hood, Susan: -

Susan Hood is the award-winning author of many books for young readers, including Alias Anna, Lifeboat 12, Ada's Violin, Brothers in Arms, The Last Straw: Kids vs. Plastics, Shaking Things Up, and Titan and the Wild Boars. She is the recipient of an E. B. White Read-Aloud Picture Book Honor, the Christopher Award, the Américas Award for Children's and Young Adult Literature, the Golden Kite Award, and the Bank Street Flora Stieglitz Straus Award, given annually for "a distinguished work of nonfiction." Visit her at susanhoodbooks.com.

Praise for this book

"As three children dressed as a witch, shark, and bat go trick-or-treating, they defuse potentially scary situations with one word: "If a yip and a yowl/ make you shiver and scowl, / what do you say?/ Boo!" Thus armed, the kids face "wind [that] whirls and whines," a jack-o'-lantern's grin, and skeleton and dinosaur costumes. There's a comforting warmth underlying Hood's rhymes, and Henry's copper and silver palette gives the story a note of timelessness." - Publishers Weekly (starred review)
"Three costumed youngsters prance throughout their neighborhood on Halloween in this rhyming story that teaches tiny trick-or-treaters to "just say BOO!" to scary situations. ... Touches of humor abound, keeping the story light and nonthreatening. The simple text will make this an interactive choice for fall sharing." - School Library Journal
"A series of patterned rhymes take a family from house to house for Halloween revelry. The simple but multilayered text echoes traditions of the holiday (trick-or-treating), teaches manners (saying thank you), and shows what to do with a scared, teary toddler: "Teach him to just say BOO!" Natural rhymes and use of alliteration ("If the wind whirls and whines and whips through the pines") and strong images ("wet, shriveled leaves") make this picture book a valuable introduction to poetic elements. Illustrated with an appropriate palette of fall colors, the book rises above much of the Halloween fare, inviting interaction from young listeners." - Booklist