Boo! a Halloween Peek-A-Boo! Book

Lark Carrier. Cartwheel Books, $5.95 (28pp) ISBN 978-0-439-38222-9

Die-cut half-page flaps let readers help Leroy the dog unmask various trick-or-treaters in Boo!: A Halloween Peek-a-Boo Book by Lark Carrier. On this spooky night, Leroy finds a ghost, a witch and a skeleton, among others. Ho! Ho! Ho! A Christmas Peek-a-Boo Book, also by Carrier, shares the same format and protagonist.

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