The Scary Sleepover
By: by Ulrich Karger ; illustrated by Uli Waas ; translated by J. Alison James.
Contributors: Karger, Ulrich, 1957-; Waas, Uli, ill.; James, J. Alison.
Publisher: North-South Books
Published: July 1, 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Translated from: ger
Translation of: Geisterstunde im Kindergarten
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9780735817128; 9780735817135
Subjects: Halloween -- Fiction; Fear of the dark -- Fiction; Sleepovers -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.; Picture book
First sentence: All week long mysterious things had been happening in Mary's classroom. The children were painting and pasting, cutting and carving.
Description: Mary and her friends learn to overcome their fears of the dark at a Halloween sleepover at school. 

The book tells about a group of children having a Halloween sleepover party at school (Kindergarten). The children prepare for it by making decorations and costumes. As night draws near, so do the children's fears. One student, Mary, shares a trick her father taught her with the other students. He gave her a special bright star - whenever she feels afraid to go to bed, she has only to think about her star. This sends the darkness and the evil ghosts from her heart. Jonas does not believe in that, but he also thinks he is not afraid of ghosts. In the end, all the children need another, older trick: keeping the hallway light on all night. (Quoted from Wikipedia)
Notes: Translation by  J. Alison Jame of the german original title  "Geisterstunde im Kindergarten", further translations:  Halloween à l'école (french by Anne Ruck-Sultan); Halloween all'asilo (italian by Alessandra Valtieri); Spoken in de speelzaal (dutch by Sander Hendriks); Ples duhov v otroškem vrtcu (slovenian by Andreja Sabati-Šuster)