A fun collection of spooky poems for 4-to-8-year-olds featuring Mother Boo — a friendly old ghost — and a whole town of familiar and friendly Halloween faces: skeletons, pumpkin heads, vampires, werewolves, ghosts and more. A poetry collection perfect for the Halloween fanatic in your life!
Deep in October County is a magical place called Spookytown, where the leaves are always bright, the air is always crisp and the pumpkins are always in their prime.
When it’s time for a story or a poem, the little witches, ghosts and goblins of Spookytown love to snuggle up with this collection, compiled by Mother Boo—the oldest ghost in town.
Discover the secret to flying, join a pumpkin parade and dance with werewolves in this collection of Halloween poems inspired by Mother Goose.
From silly to spine-tingling, there is something for everyone to enjoy!
"A lightly spooky collection of verse. . . . the variety of poetic styles, including everything from limericks to a classic ABCB style, is admirable. . . . Sports a distinctly classic Halloween feel, both old-fashioned and timeless." —Kirkus Reviews
"VanSickle and Lounsbury give Mother Goose a holiday spin in this classic-feeling verse collection. . . . The result is winningly timeless." —Publishers Weekly
"Welcoming readers to 'October County,' where 'it’s always Halloween,' VanSickle serves up short verses that incline to the mild side of spooky, from a holiday counting rhyme. . . . to a lullaby that soothes[.]" —Booklist
"This delightfully spooky poetry anthology is all about Halloween. . . . The warm, autumnal color palette and the round, cheerful faces of the characters make this book a fun and nonscary way to celebrate Halloween." —School Library Journal
A fun collection of spooky poems for 4-to-8-year-olds featuring Mother Boo — a friendly old ghost — and a whole town of familiar and friendly Halloween faces: skeletons, pumpkin heads, vampires, werewolves, ghosts and more. A poetry collection perfect for the Halloween fanatic in your life!
Deep in October County is a magical place called Spookytown, where the leaves are always bright, the air is always crisp and the pumpkins are always in their prime.
When it’s time for a story or a poem, the little witches, ghosts and goblins of Spookytown love to snuggle up with this collection, compiled by Mother Boo—the oldest ghost in town.
Discover the secret to flying, join a pumpkin parade and dance with werewolves in this collection of Halloween poems inspired by Mother Goose.
From silly to spine-tingling, there is something for everyone to enjoy!
Praise
"A lightly spooky collection of verse. . . . the variety of poetic styles, including everything from limericks to a classic ABCB style, is admirable. . . . Sports a distinctly classic Halloween feel, both old-fashioned and timeless." —Kirkus Reviews
"VanSickle and Lounsbury give Mother Goose a holiday spin in this classic-feeling verse collection. . . . The result is winningly timeless." —Publishers Weekly
"Welcoming readers to 'October County,' where 'it’s always Halloween,' VanSickle serves up short verses that incline to the mild side of spooky, from a holiday counting rhyme. . . . to a lullaby that soothes[.]" —Booklist
"This delightfully spooky poetry anthology is all about Halloween. . . . The warm, autumnal color palette and the round, cheerful faces of the characters make this book a fun and nonscary way to celebrate Halloween." —School Library Journal
