Kids Autumn Reading List - 2006
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Autumn Walk
Small Seasons

Autumn is here! Let's take a walk. Where will we go and what will we find? Frolic with the puppy in a red, gold, and crunchy autumn world!
Ages 2-5

Have fun with a mischievous witch
on Halloween night,
and sing along
with this lively song!

Dracula and Frankenstein Are Friends

Dracula and Frankenstein are friends. They have good times together, but when Dracula decides to have a Halloween party on the same day as Frankenstein's, their friendship is put to the test. Clever Dracula must decide if popularity is worth the price of his most important friendship, with mild-mannered Frankenstein.

These two classic characters have been re-created in this funny and revealing picture book, just right for the youngest of monsters!

Ages: 3-6

There are lots of things this beastly brother does to annoy his younger brother. After all, there are games that involve poison ivy and hide-and-shriek! But beastly or not, this big brother is not as mean and tough as he seems.

Laura Leuck's frolicking rhyme about a sibling relationship is matched perfectly with Scott Nash's awfully fun illustrations.

On Halloween night, best friends Minnie and Moo take a wild ride into town on a runaway bed. They find the streets filled with trick-or-treaters dragging bags of candy. Leading a ragtag troupe of their farm buddies, Minnie and Moo join the festivities, performing hilarious tricks to earn their treats.

One of the scariest nights of the year turns into one of the funniest in the latest beginning reader by Denys Cazet!

Ages: 6 and Up

Bam! Bam! Bam!
A skeleton's knocking
at the door.
Creak . . . creak . . . creak . . .

Now he's going up the steps -- but this skeleton isn't looking for what you'd expect. There are both snickers and shivers awaiting readers in this wickedly funny rhyming story that is sure to tickle funny bones.

Flying her mortar and pestle, the witch with the long iron nose scours the countryside for plump young children to eat. But will she be a match for the feisty little girl she hopes to throw into her soup? New York Times best-selling author Jane Yolen has created a clever, original story based on hundreds of traditional Russian folktales about the famed scary old witch.

Vladimir Vagin's remarkably detailed borders and intricate scenes will give readers chills and laughs as they read this witty tale.

Ages: 3-6

Softly padding through the darkness, Moonlight explores the world on her favorite night, Halloween.

The town and countryside glow with shining stars. The wide yellow moon lights pumpkins, raccoons, and children out having fun. . . .

Told in eloquently simple, lyrical words, with dazzling, luminous paintings, Moonlight evokes not just the excitement of Halloween, but something more -- the reassuring warmth and friendliness that is a special part of this special night.

Thanks to Harper Collins Publishers for providing the books for this
and other reading lists.