Halloween appeals to children because it is simply fun. Kids love poems and pictures that tickle their imagination and Halloween offers ideas to do just that. And of course there are the treats.There are several delightful books in verse to choose for Halloween fun.
Reading Poetry Aloud is Fun, Educational, Quality Time for Parents and Teachers to Enjoy with Children
In the mad rush of planning parties, parades, candy and costumes for Halloween festivities, it is easy to overlook the opportunity for restful interactive activity with children: reading aloud together.
Reading poetry to younger children and with older ones who can read for themselves is just plain fun and also educational with good material.
Recommended Halloween Children's Poetry Books for Reading Aloud and As Gifts
The following are five excellent books of poems that will provide a ton of fun for children and adults. Although a suggested reading-level age is included with each as a point of information, these books are selected for their universal appeal. They are fun for all ages.
Sklansky's poems will make kids smile and all ages will grin at Dismukes' delightful illustrations. For example, in the poem "What Should I Be?" a child dithers on the best costume to choose for Halloween, concluding:
"Whatever I decide to be\ (monster,hero, beast),\ I want to get an early start \ collecting all the treats!"
This book is just what Halloween is all about, with artwork depicting the spookiest of creatures and poetry sufficiently gross to tickle any child in this age group, such as the slimy disgusting servings of the Halloween diner. The limericks are the best of the poetry, but the whole book offers up a lot of Halloween fun.
Part of Natasha Wing's "the night before" holiday children's poetry series take-off on the "Night Before Christmas," this book covers Halloween. Engagingly illustrated and based on a proven theme, The Night Before Halloween is sure to delight.
Silly and hilarious beyond measure, this book is aptly named and will not grow old with repetition. Consider this "epitaph" for example, as a flavor of the book's wackiness:
"Danny Dimm was not too bright. He ate a stick of dynamite. Rest in pieces."
This delightful book will keep kids of all ages rolling on the floor, and learning something about language too without realizing it.
Halloween Reader is a compendium of stories and poems about Halloween that go back in history with a selection of the best writers. The book provides a broad perspective on the Halloween festival and lots of scary material suitable for the occasion, all entertaining as well as interesting and educational.
Festival holidays like Halloween provide the opportunity for learning and growth cloaked in fun and excitement in the pages of holiday books for children. Books like these enrich and enhance the experience.
Reading Poetry Aloud is Fun, Educational, Quality Time for Parents and Teachers to Enjoy with Children
In the mad rush of planning parties, parades, candy and costumes for Halloween festivities, it is easy to overlook the opportunity for restful interactive activity with children: reading aloud together.
Reading poetry to younger children and with older ones who can read for themselves is just plain fun and also educational with good material.
Recommended Halloween Children's Poetry Books for Reading Aloud and As Gifts
The following are five excellent books of poems that will provide a ton of fun for children and adults. Although a suggested reading-level age is included with each as a point of information, these books are selected for their universal appeal. They are fun for all ages.
- Skeleton Bones & Goblin Groans, Poems for Halloween, by Amy E. Sklansky, Ill. by Karen E. Dismukes (Henry Holt & Company, 2004)(age 4-8)(ISBN-10: 080507046X).
Sklansky's poems will make kids smile and all ages will grin at Dismukes' delightful illustrations. For example, in the poem "What Should I Be?" a child dithers on the best costume to choose for Halloween, concluding:
"Whatever I decide to be\ (monster,hero, beast),\ I want to get an early start \ collecting all the treats!"
- Boo! Halloween Poems and Limericks, by Patricia Hubbell (Marshall Cavendish, 2003)(age 4-8)(ISBN-10: 076145151X).
This book is just what Halloween is all about, with artwork depicting the spookiest of creatures and poetry sufficiently gross to tickle any child in this age group, such as the slimy disgusting servings of the Halloween diner. The limericks are the best of the poetry, but the whole book offers up a lot of Halloween fun.
- The Night Before Halloween, by Natasha Wing (Grosset & Dunlap, 1999)(age 4-8)(ISBN-10: 0448419653),
Part of Natasha Wing's "the night before" holiday children's poetry series take-off on the "Night Before Christmas," this book covers Halloween. Engagingly illustrated and based on a proven theme, The Night Before Halloween is sure to delight.
- Halloween Hoots and Howls, by Joan Horton, Ill. by JoAnn Adinolfi (Square Fish, 2008)(age 4-8)(ISBN-10: 031238016X).
Silly and hilarious beyond measure, this book is aptly named and will not grow old with repetition. Consider this "epitaph" for example, as a flavor of the book's wackiness:
"Danny Dimm was not too bright. He ate a stick of dynamite. Rest in pieces."
This delightful book will keep kids of all ages rolling on the floor, and learning something about language too without realizing it.
- Halloween Reader: Poems, Stories and Plays From Halloweens Past, Lesley Pratt Bannatyne, ed. (Pelican Publishing, 2004)(age 12-adult)(ISBN-10:1589801768).
Halloween Reader is a compendium of stories and poems about Halloween that go back in history with a selection of the best writers. The book provides a broad perspective on the Halloween festival and lots of scary material suitable for the occasion, all entertaining as well as interesting and educational.
Festival holidays like Halloween provide the opportunity for learning and growth cloaked in fun and excitement in the pages of holiday books for children. Books like these enrich and enhance the experience.
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