The Boo Crew Needs YOU!

by Vicky Fang, Saoirse Lou (Illustrator)

Overview

Trouble's come to Monster Town, and emergencies abound!

There's no time to wait around... get the Boo Crew!

Get ready for a spooky interactive story experience with Luna, Bones, and Fang—a ghost, skeleton, and vampire team who need YOUR help fixing all the messes and frights of a Halloween night gone wrong! Whether it's tapping the page to mend a broken pumpkin or turning the book to set a toppling haunted house back upright, the action prompts let kids join in on the fun and save the day.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781728264561
Publisher:	Sourcebooks
Publication date:	08/01/2023
Pages:	40
Sales rank:	482,882
Product dimensions:	9.20(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.50(d)
Lexile:	AD400L (what's this?)
Age Range:	3 - 8 Years

About the Author

Vicky Fang is an author and illustrator as well as a product designer who has worked at Google and Intel Labs. She lives with her husband and sons in Mountain View, California.

Saoirse Lou is a freelance illustrator in England, where she lives in the seaside town of Poole with her family.

Editorial Reviews

07/31/2023

There’s something strange in the neighborhood on Halloween, and readers know who they’re gonna call in Fang’s high-energy, rhyming interactive romp. Touching an illustrated button that reads “Quick, PRESS HERE,” the audience helps to summon the Boo Crew—ghost Luna, skeleton Bones, and vampire Fang—which solicits assistance to put things right. In each scene, readers are urged to join the crew in addressing chaos ahead of the Monster Ball. When a witch’s new broomstick has a glitch, vampire Fang offers “Hey, try PUSHING on the switch,” and points to a large orange rocker switch in the image. And when the trio discovers the dance’s venue is literally turned on its side, readers are invited to “SHAKE the book and TURN us straight!” Lou fills full moonlit scenes with green, orange, and purple-tinged cartoons of smiling mummies, werewolves, and witches of various skin tones leading up to the festive bash, where readers can celebrate their own job well done. Ages 3–8. (Aug.)

Publishers Weekly

"Adorable illustrations draw the eye, keeping this spooky story not the least bit scary, and the interactivity keeps children engaged throughout." — Youth Services Book Review

"This fun story will have young readers participating in a Halloween adventure that isn’t scary." — School Library Journal

"[A] high-energy, rhyming interactive romp." — Publishers Weekly

"Appealing and interactive, kid-friendly spooky fun." — Kirkus Reviews

From the Publisher

2023-05-10
Readers are invited to help the Boo Crew save the Monster Ball on Halloween.

Luna, Bones, and Fang—respectively, a wispy, gray-tinged ghost; a skeleton in a top hat and scarf; and a brown-skinned vampire—are the Boo Crew, working to fix disasters, from a witch’s malfunctioning broom to some smashed pumpkins, in time for the Monster Ball. Each page asks readers to assist: There are switches to push, candles to blow out, and claps of encouragement to give. After readers lend a hand, helping all the spooky creatures and getting materials fixed and ready, the Monster Ball goes on as planned. The rhyming text and interactive requests make this a worthy lapsit read-aloud. The Boo Crew are darling and kid-friendly, as are all of the illustrations. There are lots of charming details—the witch’s ride is a high-tech gadget labeled the Vroom Broom 5000; Frankenstein's monster is the proprietor of a boutique called Frank’s Frocks. The big-eyed, sweet-faced creatures are adorable, not scary; a teeny-tiny frog tucked into an eye socket makes even a skull look cute. Like Hervé Tullet’s Press Here (2010), this one encourages readers to turn the book, press buttons, and applaud. These inclusions are popular for a reason: Kids love them. This title will be no exception. (This book was reviewed digitally.)

Appealing and interactive, kid-friendly spooky fun. (Picture book. 3-5)

Kirkus Reviews