What Am I? Halloween

PreS-Gr 2—This book is a series of 11 easy riddles with the answers, each an iconic symbol of the holiday, partially hidden behind a sturdy flap: "I can float through the air/and I like to shout, BOO!/What am I? What could I be?" Readers are likely to guess the answer before the flap is lifted as a portion of the illustration is shown on the riddle page. Once the flap is opened, the complete picture is revealed. "I am a spooky ghost/on Halloween./That's me!" The large, vivid cartoons lend themselves to group sharing. No new ground is covered here, but the book design is pleasing and attractive. Pages are of heavy stock so they should be able to tolerate plenty of handling. This book will be useful with youngsters who are not familiar with American Halloween traditions as well as very young children. A fun, not-too-scary addition.—Wendy Woodfill, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, MN