One Spooky Night and Other Scary Stories
PreSchool-Grade 2One Spooky Night attempts to meet the demand for non-frightening stories about ghosts, vampires, and other traditionally scary creatures, offering wide-eyed characters who find themselves in a variety of predicaments. Mac, a dog with hiccups, comes face to face with the Loch Mess Monster; Witch Snaggletooth is afraid to fly on her broom; and the Abominable Snowman howls with the discomfort of cold feet. Each crisis is resolved quickly (there are ten stories in one short book!) but not, unfortunately, with particular cleverness. Humorous cartoon illustrations fill the pages of this large-format picture book, and visual details abound for the observant. However, randomly placed text occasionally makes it difficult to follow the dialogue. Tantalizingly spooky tales these are not, but rather a brightly illustrated mixture of lighthearted stories which may fill a gap in Halloween material for the younger set. Lee Bock, Brown County Public Libraries, Green Bay, Wis.Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.