Come with Me on Halloween
Linda Hoffman Kimball, , illus. by Mike Reed. . Albert Whitman, $16.95 (32pp) ISBN 978-0-8075-3132-7
Although this story's narrator wears white feathers and a red beak, his father is the real chicken. The grownup, a bespectacled fellow with a bit of a resemblance to Harry Potter, looks askance at costumed zombies and quivers over a party snack called Brains in Batter. "Never fear. You've got me near," his son says, holding his hand. Later, the child reassures the yawning adult, "See, it wasn't such a fright./ I told you things would be all right." Kimball's serviceable rhymes flip the parental power dynamic, while Reed (
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Reviewed on: 08/01/2005
Genre: Children's