cover image Halloween Countdown

Halloween Countdown

Jack Prelutsky. HarperFestival, $6.99 (24pp) ISBN 978-0-06-000512-2

An annoyed boy takes inventory of his ghost-plagued abode in Halloween Countdown, converted to board-book format from the picture book by Jack Prelutsky, illus. by Dan Yaccarino. ""There are ten ghosts in the pantry,/ There are nine upon the stairs,/ There are eight ghosts in the attic,/ There are seven on the chairs.""