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Night-Time Numbers (A Scary Counting Book)


What’s Halloween without monsters growling, black cats snarling, and wolves howling? You and your child can count on these things – literally!- in "Night- Time Numbers", a story book which seems very appropriate for the season. Starting with one monster in the pale moonlight, children can read about and count numerous gruesome (and adorable!) creatures that lurk in dark corners or in toy chests (although explaining to my 5 year old that six sharks can’t really get into your bathtub was a bit of a project!).

The book, part of the “Barefoot Beginners” line for new readers, presents a simple but entertaining story illustrated by colorful collages of skeletons, spiders and all things spooky. The story reads well and holds the interest of all ages, although some of the collage pictures may be a bit abstract for the “read-to-me” set. Still, my children loved identifying and counting the gremlins and ghouls as the story progressed, and trying to guess what scary folk will be revealed by each turn of the page. But rest assured….the story ends with the presence of angels all around, protecting young readers from nightmares, creatures under the bed and all those other things that go bump in the night. This “happy ending” makes this book a great bedtime story for an October evening.


Susan L. Roth
 

By Susan L. Roth
Reviewed by Mary Dixon Weidler

 

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