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List Price: $16.99Amazon.com's Price: $12.74 You Save: $4.25 (25%)Prices subject to change.
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Binding: Hardcover
EAN: 9780399218118
ISBN: 0399218114
Label: Putnam Juvenile
Manufacturer: Putnam Juvenile
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 32
Publication Date: September 16, 1992
Publisher: Putnam Juvenile
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Sales Rank: 832489
Studio: Putnam Juvenile
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The annual Halloween picnic at Mudsock Meadow takes a zany turn as William finds his enjoyment ruined by pain-in-the-neck Hester Bledden and by the arrival of the ""ghost"" of Titus Dinworthy, whose appearance terrifies the celebrants.
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Polacco takes a different approach to Halloween by stepping back from the scary to tell a charming story of a smalltown picnic in some charming-yet-understandable voice.
The subject of the annual Halloween festivities is William, a boy who is quickly becoming the loser of the party, as rival Hester is quick to point out.
However, there just so happens to be a legend of a ghost in the nearby swamp... and maybe William will be able to get his bravery up to show off in that ... Read More
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William is attending the annual Halloween picnic at Mudsock Meadow and things are not going well. They are at the edge of Quicksand Bottoms and there is an eerie glow that people say is caused by the ghost of Titus Dinworthy, a miner who disappeared about one hundred years ago. When William says that the glow is due to swamp gas, he is laughed at.
The first event is the pumpkin-carving contest, which he fails at miserably. At the fishing booth, he manages to tangle his line with Hester's and ... Read More
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This is a magical ghost story/young romance /comedy by one of the very best children's book writers, Patricia Polacco. Here she creates a wonderfully drawn `folk tale' about a group of kids and their almost encounter with the ghost of Quicksand Bottoms. Polacco is at the top of her narrative and artistic game.
On pages 3-4, for example, Polacco foreshortens the perspective, in a manner that evokes Grandma Moses, to show the dozens of towns `folk" making Halloween preparations. (Patricia ... Read More
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I'm a speech-language specialist who is very picky about which books I use in therapy sessions. Polacco's books draw kids into the very identifiable characters. We spent 3 weeks on the story, reading it, retelling it and drawing a story map about it. Great around Halloween! Highly recommended for grades 2-5.
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