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Be sure to add The Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijo to your picture book Halloween reading this month.

Trick-or-treating has always been fun and safe especially when the town can count on the mysterious masked boy to wrangle up all the Halloween hoodlums.  In fact, he’s done such a good job keeping Halloween safe that for years  he hasn’t had to step in at all.

But that changes when a group of Goodie Goblins shows up wrecking havoc.  There is even talk of canceling Halloween for good! The Halloween Kid back to the rescue!  But are his skills too rusty?  Can he overcome the Goblins or will the town need to come to his rescue?

I loved the fun western take on a “yee-ha-halloween!”  The story was really entertaining to read and so fun to read a loud to the boys by getting into character.  Very clever.  But what I loved even more where the fantastic illustrations.  I adored the vintage feel of the entire book.

The Halloween Kid is a new release so don’t miss it this year!

Illustrations copyrighted to Rhode Montijo.
Links of interest: Rhode Montijo website, more book blogger reviews.
Genre: Fiction picture book. Approx ages 4-8.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing. August 3, 2010.
Hardcover, 40 pages. ISBN 1416935754
Copy Source: Library
The Halloween Kid is available from your favorite independent bookstore, Powell’s, and Amazon.

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