'Twas the Fright Before Christmas

Judy Sierra, , illus. by Will Hillenbrand. . Harcourt/Voyager, $7 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-15-205640-7

Not only is a mouse stirring, he is delivering gifts to a haunted house and driving a sleigh powered by eight tiny bats in what PW called a "gigglishly ghoulish, Halloween-inspired rendition of Moore's Christmas classic." Ages 3-7. (Oct.)

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