John Pig's Halloween

by Jan L. Waldron and David McPhail

Book Overview

Shy little John Pig isn't going trick-or-treating-all those masks and costumes are too scary. He's going to stay home and carve a jack-o'-lantern. But when an odd witch crash-lands outside his door,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525459413
• ISBN13: 9780525459415
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Dutton Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 9.3" x 11.1"
• Age Range: 3 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

Great book

My mother-in-law bought this for my kids and we all love it. It's a great story for Halloween. I bought a copy for my nephew.

Our Favorite Halloween Picture Book

This is our family's favorite Halloween book, hands down! The story is great. The rhyme and meter actually work and sound great read aloud, and the pictures are amazing. We got it a few years ago, and my kids, now 6 and 11 BOTH still love it. And for us as parents, this one is one of the rare picture books we never get tired of reading over and over. I'm buying more for friends.

Perfect for Halloween

I didn't think my (young) 3-year-old would sit through this book. The text looked long, the art very detailed. But I was WRONG! This has been our nightly story for weeks and I confess: I'm not bored. It's the perfect touch--not very frightening and a reassuring story of self-confidence. Even my 2-year-old pops in for the occasional ghost or pig (no, he's not quite ready for the whole story although Curious George has kept him seated). Jan Waldron needs to write more! And I'm buying more of David McPhail's books!

A really wonderful book!

I bought this book for my daughter to celebrate Halloween. It is her favorite holiday so we read this book year round. The story is about a pig named John who is too scared to go trick or treating on Halloween with his friends. John stays back at the house as his friends go on without him. After they leave a real witch comes calling for some treats. When she sees that John only has candy to hand out she decides to teach hime how to make some real Halloween treats. They whip up such heavenly connoctions as pies, tarts, mousse, sundaes, and cookies. All of the witch's monster friends show up for a real Halloween party. Finally the witch tells John that they have to leave while it is still night out. When John's pig friends come back cold and tired they are amazed to find all of the treats that John has prepared. When John goes to bed he realizes he is no longer afraid of Halloween and he dreams of all of the new friends he has made. The illustrations in this book are great and the story is really sweet. My daughter loves this book and I really enjoy reading it to her. This book will really put you into a Halloween mood.

This was a wonderfully sweet story of Halloween

I fell in love with this book from the start. I loved how John Pig portrayed his feelings about Halloween. There was so many adorables pictures that you begin to see new things in the pictures that you didn't see before. The witch is great - My kids loved that idea that she was a fun witch. The food she made sounded heavenly... What a great book for kids.... My children adore this book as do I.