Happy Halloween, Little Engine!: A Tabbed Board Book

by Matt Mitter, Jannie Ho (Illustrator)

Overview

Celebrate Halloween with The Little Engine That Could in this charming original tabbed board book featuring everyone's favorite train and a delightful rhyming holiday story.

The Little Engine is in celebrating Halloween and can't wait to trick-or-treat with all of her friends! With bright, fun illustrations, easy-to-flip tabs, and bouncy, rhyming text, this board book is the perfect way to introduce young readers to everyone's favorite little train and get into the Halloween spirit!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780593519233
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/16/2022
Series:	The Little Engine That Could
Pages:	16
Product dimensions:	7.06(w) x 7.00(h) x 0.49(d)
Lexile:	AD710L (what's this?)
Age Range:	1 - 3 Years

About the Author

Watty Piper was a pen name of Arnold Munk, an owner of the publishing firm Platt & Munk. Arnold Munk used the name Watty Piper as both an author of children's books and as the editor of many of the books that Platt & Munk published.

Matt Mitter was born on a Wednesday afternoon in Oklahoma City and later squandered his youth in and around the Ozarks. Over the past twenty years, he has written the text (mostly verse) for dozens of children's books that have been admired by readers of all ages for their delightful pictures. Currently, Matt resides in San Francisco, where he and his wife are indentured to two Scottish Folds.

Editorial Reviews

05/27/2022

PreS-K—The Little Engine has invited all her friends to celebrate Halloween. "'All aboard! Find a seat, and we'll go trick-or-treat!'/ Who'd refuse such a sweet invitation?" The friends admire everyone's costumes as they trick-or-treat their way back to the station for a Halloween celebration: the teddy bears are ghosts, the giraffes are mummies, and Little Engine even gets in on the costume action as a pirate. The illustrations are colorful, cheerful, and age appropriate. Easy-to-flip tabs make it easier for young children to explore this book on their own. The rhyme scheme is where this book falters. Clunky rhymes such as "to the station" and "sweet invitation" make for an unsatisfying read-aloud. VERDICT An adequate addition for libraries that need to boost their holiday board books collection. —Shana Shea

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