Just Say Boo! [Hardcover]

Susan Hood (Author), Jed Henry (Illustrator)

Book Description

Release date: July 24, 2012 | Age Range: 4 - 8 years

If three dinosaurs roar when you open your door, what do you say?
"Boo!" of course! In this charmingly spooky story by Susan Hood, little trick-or-treaters learn just what to say in every Halloween situation. From rattling bones to ghostly footsteps, Susan captures all the best scares of the season--and teaches just the right way to dispel fears in favor of fun. Jed Henry's lustrous watercolors add the perfect crisp chill to this fall-weather story. For if a skeleton groans as she rattles her bones, what do you say? BOO!

Editorial Reviews

From School Library Journal

PreS-Gr 1-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. The story begins wordlessly on the endpapers, where the children leave the house with their father. "If the ghosts in the trees wibble-wobble your knees, what do you say?" A quick turn of the page instructs readers to shout, "BOO!" The revelers encounter spooky shadows, whiny wind, flickering grins in a jack-o'-lantern, and groaning skeletons along their travels. When they reach a house, they say "TRICK OR TREAT!" instead, and then "Thank you!" The story continues homeward bound where their mother and a younger sibling are waiting. When the children shout out "BOO" at their door, the baby is startled, and the story ends with the older siblings teaching the toddler to "just say BOO!" The art is done in muted watercolors dipped in a fall palette of oranges, browns, and rusty reds. Touches of humor abound, keeping the story light and nonthreatening. The simple text will make this an interactive choice for fall sharing. Useful for libraries that are always in need of new Halloween titles.-Lisa Gangemi Kropp, Half Hollow Hills Community Library, Dix Hills, NYα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

Review

Just Say Boo!

Susan Hood, illus. by Jed Henry. Harper, $12.99 (32p) ISBN 978-0-06-201029-2

"There's a comforting warmth underlying Hood's rhymes, and Henry's copper and silver palette gives the story a note of timelessness." Ages 3-8. -- STARRED REVIEW, Publishers Weekly

Reviewed on: 07/30/2012

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Product Details

• Age Range: 4 - 8 years
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins; First Edition edition (July 24, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0062010298
• ISBN-13: 978-0062010292
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 9.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #910,988 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars A Halloween Classic August 12, 2012

By Joan Riordan

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

Just Say Boo by Susan Hood is sure to be a Halloween classic. It captures all the fun, excitement and the bit of nervousness that children feel on Halloween. The lyrical language and rhythm will draw the children in. And what child (or adult) will be able to pass up the chance to join in on a rolicking refrain of "BOO!". This is a book that I will read again and again to my family and my students.

5.0 out of 5 stars Just Say Boo November 14, 2012

By Susan M

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

This book is great. I bought several copies to give to the children in my life. They all loved it, and I had to read it over and over again, which was a pleasure!

5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone likes to say Boo! November 7, 2012

By N. A. Nelson

Format:Hardcover

Not only is this a fun read-aloud, but it also gets the younger set reading and participating as well. It's win/win fun for both parent/child and teacher/student. I heard the author read this at a library and the kids were so excited to be able to yell out "Boo" when they knew it was their turn. To keep their attention, there is at least one instance where the word isn't Boo, but rhymes with Boo.

I bought copies for both my children's elementary school teachers and I know they'll get pulled out and read year after year.