The Spooky Scrapbook
It's always nice to keep a scrapbook of important events in your life...  even if you've already died twice. In this sinister scrapbook, the protagonist  wants to preserve this year's happy birthday memories, which he celebrates with  all his relatives (dead or alive): Nephew Frankie, Uncle Hunch, Granddaddy  Bones, the Witch aunts, even Uncle Drac, in from Transylvania. The decidedly  pointy-fanged birthday boy sends out invitations, opens presents ("real  poltergeist slime from Cousin Spook!"), and delights in a ghastly gourmet meal  of soup with eyes and worm spaghetti. After dinner the revelers play music and  dance till dawn.What a fabulous Halloween treat! Here is a pop-up book filled with gruesome  horrors and spine-chilling creepy-crawlies, all presented in a downright  cheerful tone by the vampire boy. Lift the flaps, pull the tabs, open the  drawers and coffins, and unfold the fantastic paper art created by the talented  Kees Moerbeek, author ofJungle  King Open Sesameand many other novelty pop-up books. The scrapbook is  more of a box in a false-book format, allowing for plenty of expanding  surprises. Our favorite is the spread with ghouls dancing the cancan: pull the  tab and watch them kick! (Ages 4 to 8)--Emilie Coulter