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Just Say Boo!

By Susan Hood

Illustrated in full color by Jed Henry

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Just Say Boo!
 

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• Include in Halloween round-up on thepageturn.com
 

By Susan Hood

Susan Hood is the former children’s content director of Nick Jr. magazine and has worked as a children’s book editor. She is the author of more than two hundred books for children. She lives with her family in Southport, CT. You can visit her online at www.susanhoodbooks.com.
 
 
 
 



Photo Credit: Photo by Hugh Smith


 

Illustrated in full color by Jed Henry

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 Pravo, UT, with his wife and daughter. You can visit him online at www.jedhenry.com.
 

 



 

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"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
"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)
"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