Groggle’s Monster Halloween

K-Gr 2–The two furry monsters from Groggle’s Monster Valentine return in this colorful, eye-popping ode to Halloween. Blue, bespectacled Groggle and pink, one-eyed Snarlina delight as their trick-or-treat pumpkin pails fill up with deliciously creepy goodies such as crispy bones, lizard tails, and spider pops. Snarlina saves her treats, but monstrously-hungry Groggle devours everything on the spot, even his pail. The lively rhyming text is punctuated by the sounds of the little monster overindulging: “Squish! Squash! Slurrp! Burrp! Oops!” The words stretch out across a vibrant spread. The illustrations are packed with fun details, including a mummy wrapped in a spa towel with cucumbers in place of eyes and a tattooed werewolf wearing a flowered oven mitt. Covering mostly familiar Halloween territory, the story branches out to include sweet messages about friendship. When Snarlina’s mermaid crown breaks, Groggle fixes it; and when Groggle is left at evening’s end with nothing left to eat, Snarlina shares her goodies because, “That’s just what good friends do.”