Review: A Book to Teach Children to Treat Others How You Would Like to Be Treated Yourself
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 11 10, 2012
Even though this book is set at Halloween the message is still good all year round.  A kid is out trick or treating by himself dressed a ghost, he doesn't talk.  A group of kids encounter him and try to talk to him.  Of course he remains silent.  Most of the other kids don't seem to care, except for one kid dressed as a mummy who although vocal that he doesn't like this different kid doesn't force the others to exclude him.  The group have a successful time trick or treating and break up to go there separate ways.  The kid in the ghost costume hears some bullies getting stuck into the mummy kid outside his house as he is counting his candy.  Will he do something to help out the kid who didn't accept him even if doing so exposes something his family has been hiding?It's a simple story, somewhat predictable but predictability isn't always bad when your target market are young children.  The illustrations are really well done and enhance the story to a greater level.