Trick or Treat?
One young Dracula is excited to go trick-or-treating (with his mom) in  his family's apartment building on Halloween night. He visits Knicker Knocker on  the second floor, who gives him candy bars, then Slipper Slopper on the third  floor, whose treat is peanut cups. Wiggle Waggle on the fourth floor fills his  bag with tangerine drops. The story continues in this vein until the young  vampire visits the inhabitant of the 10th floor: Magic Merlin. But what's this?  Magic Merlin has no treats, but a trick! He waves a magic wand and decrees  everything to be "Wackbards!" As little Dracula works his way back down the  apartment floors, everything is indeed backwards. Now, it's all tricks! Wiggle  Waggle is Waggle Wiggle, and instead of tangerine drops, he offers whirling,  twirling drangerine tops. Slipper Slopper is now Slopper Slipper and gives him a  furry litter of ceanut pups instead of peanut cups. (One of the best and most  interesting aspects of this book is illustrator Paul Meisel's wacky visual  interpretations of these wackbards words.) Of course, by the time little Dracula  gets home, the power of his daddy's hug breaks Merlin's spell and they "laughed  and laughed" and "ate and ate." Part Halloween book, part goofy wordplay book,  Bill Martin Jr., Michael Sampson, and Paul Meisel'sTrick or Treat?is  sure to please giggle-prone goblins with a penchant for beanut putter. (Ages 6  and older)--Karin Snelson--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.