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Hallowilloween
Nefarious Silliness from Calef Brown
By Brown, Calef
- ISBN
- 978-0-54721-540-2
- Publisher
- Houghton
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2010
Gr 2–5—Brown's playful collection of poems and paintings is likely to inspire as many giggles as it does shivers. Readers meet a werewolf named Jack, Duncan the shrunken head, and an unhappy mummy: "Why oh why/was I so badly mummified?/Where is the pride/in good mummification?" Gory René admires his self-portrait, a faithful rendering of his fes...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2010
Brown presents a series of cleverly constructed--and masterfully incongruous--rhymes and wordplay. Ants gather debris ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on October 1, 2010
Calef Brown’s rhymes are witty and mischievous. A mummy worries about his wrappings (“‘What a bummer!’ / the mummy cried, / ‘Why oh why / was I so badly mummified!’”); a vampire becomes an umpire (“He only work...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
