Shake Dem Halloween Bones [Hardcover]

W. Nikola-Lisa (Author), Mike Reed (Illustrator)

Book Description

Age Level: 5 and up | Grade Level: K and up

It's Halloween night. The city is quiet. The city is still. But as the lights go down, the music comes up - and the guests start to arrive at the hip-hop Halloween ball! And oh, what a party it is. Told in hip-hop rhyming text, L'il Red Riding Hood, Goldilocks, Tom Thumb, and all of their fairy-tale friends come together for a rapping, stomping, shaking Halloween romp. Scoo-bee-doo-bee-doo-wah. Yeah!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Children will sing and dance and chant the refrain as they shake their bones with the hip-hop rhyming words and the swirling pictures." —Booklist Booklist, ALA

"The rhythm is infectious. . . . This should keep the storytime set jiggling to the last scoo-bee-doo-bee-doo-wah. Yeah!" —Horn Book Horn Book

About the Author

At the age of nineteen, Mike Reed won a piano competition and was chosen to play Beethoven's Piano Concerto No.1 with the Detroit Symphony Youth Orchestra. Currently a freelance illustrator, he lives in Minnesota.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 5 and up
  
• Hardcover: 32 pages
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Books for Children (September 29, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0395730953
• ISBN-13: 978-0395730959
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,435,763 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This one is a Upbeat Great Read, November 4, 2002

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Ellen "emw314" (Long Island) - See all my reviews
(VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: Shake Dem Halloween Bones (Paperback)

I work in a Nursery School and the children get pretty antsy around Halloween. This one kept them all quiet and focusing on
the book. They LOVED it- I had to reread it again, and the other classes in our school had me come into their classes and read this story.

Very imaginative and all the words rhyme!! I love books that have a beat and the words rhyme like this.

Enjoy-

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun to read!, September 18, 2000

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Stacey Cook - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shake Dem Halloween Bones (Paperback)

This book is a halloween treat! I've read it over and over to my 19 month old who absolutly loves this book! The pictures are bright and silly, but most of all its a lot of fun to read! Other family members and friends have read it to her as well and they love the book as much as us! The words are in a sing-songy rhythm - you cant help but bounce around as you read this! I would (and have) recomended this book to everyone I know!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW!, October 25, 2002

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Amy "Amy" (GA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Shake Dem Halloween Bones (Hardcover)

Fantastic book for ALL ages. I am a teacher of middle school students and I read this book to them, as well as my son's 1st grade class, AS WELL as a 1st grade class in the school at which I teach, AS WELL as my 3 year old son (many times to him I might add!!) They all loved it! It has a fantastic rhythm as well as references to favorite fairy tale characters.