Spooky Hour

by Tony Mitton

Book Overview

From the creators of DINOSAURUMPUS comes their new Halloween picture book about counting. "Listen Hush Oooh, what's that sound? The midnight spooks are coming round." Tony Mitton and Guy Parker-Rees... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0439603730
• ISBN13: 9780439603737
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: Orchard
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.7" x 11.9"
• Age Range: 3 to 5 years

Customer Reviews

Really fun!

We always love Tony Mitton's rhymes and Guy Parker-Rees' illustrations are always fabulous. This is one of our 5-year-old's favorite books.

bong goes the bell in the rickety tower

This book is fantastic. I have been reading it to my daughter for a couple of years now. We have read it so many times that I have half the book memorized. Definatley a must have!!

The MUST Read for October!

I have 2 sons, now ages 6 & 4, we've had this book for 4 years and for all four years we have read this book at least once EVERY SINGLE DAY! My 4 year old can even recite the book himself without even looking at the pictures. I hate to even admit this, but sometimes we are still reading this close to Thanksgiving (ssshhh please don't tell everyone, but we are all nuts for this book). I Love it, my sons love it, and we are all ecstatic to have tried this one out. I just hope we can find more of these for other holidays or this one might make it to Christmas this year :)

My 2 year old LOVES this book!

My 2 year old daughter absolutely loves this book. She has been reading it many times a day for over a month! It's a counting book too, and this one gets her counting better than her other books. I first got it from the library to familiarize her with the spooky stuff she'd start to see at Halloween time, and I didn't want her to be scared. It's an upbeat, friendly book, and now she likes ghosts, witches, and skeletons. I had to buy it because I couldn't renew it anymore!!

Children's Literature Class Review

Witches, ghosts, wizards, and spiders are what make this book come alive. Counting down from twelve ringing bells to one big pumpkin pie, this book will keep the reader entertained through the whole story. In this book, the major characters are a dog and a cat that travel to a castle and meet many spooky creatures on their way. The dog and cat begin on their journey when they see twelve ringing bells that set the spooky, fun, and suspenseful mood of the story. Next, they meet eleven witches, ten friendly ghosts, nine skeletons, and eight spooky owls. The journey continues when the dog and cat see seven spooky-eyed cats, six trolls, five fat spiders, and four wizards. When the dog and cat arrive at the castle, three men in armor meet them at the front gate. Mitch and Titch, the witchy twins, meet them at the front door with one big pumpkin pie. The Halloween party begins, food is served, and games are played. After everyone is partied out, they all go home and go to sleep. This book is very fun and energetic. Any child would love this Halloween adventure.