howaverage's review against another edition
4.0
I won this book from a Goodreads giveaway. A short, fun, children's book for Halloween. The author does a fantastic job of writing cute numerical rhymes for amazing illustrations of all of your favorite types of monsters. I wish I could have had this book as a kid, and I'm very much looking forward to reading it to my future children. I would highly recommend this book to any parent.
mehsi's review against another edition
5.0
A delightful spooky read, perfect for Hallloweeeeeeen~ Booooo~
I was looking for a fun spoooooky book to read, it is almost Spooktober (writing this one on September 27th) and I thought why not a spooky picture book! I came across this one and just had to read it. I love love love haunted houses and this cover just screamed spooky and fun!
In this fun book we visit a Spoooookyyyy Old House. I thought, given the cover, that we would just go and see the kids on the cover discover the house, but actually, that doesn’t happen. We as the reader are exploring the rooms (and the outside). We see what the house holds for residents and well, I loved it. From bats to vampires to wolves. All your typical monsters + more are there and drawn in a fun way and doing all sorts of delightful and weird things. I loved meeting these monster families and see what they were all doing on this spooky evening. Along the way at times we see three costumed kids walk the path to the house meeting some critters belonging to the house. I really liked that we got to see the kids make their way to the house, and was curious how this encounter would go. Who would open the door? Would they go in? What would they see?
And I really liked what happened when the kids got to the door! I won’t spoil it, but I definitely hadn’t expected that to happen and it made me giggle and smile! I want to go to this house, too!
I hadn’t expected this one to be a counting book, but it was definitely fun. It took me a few pages before I saw it was that but after that I was eagerly looking forward to the next number and what creatures/creepers/critters it would be this time. Wolves? Slimes? Ghosts? Something else! Ohhhhh!
The illustrations were just so much fun! I love how the monsters (and critters) were drawn! The illustrator has a really wacky and fun style and I just love love the colours that were used throughout.
Though I just read the blurb and apparently this is based on a poem? I never heard of it. I guess it is something American? Guess maybe I will check it out soon, if I feel up to it. XD
This is a perfect book for Halloween! It is spooky! And you can learn to count as well (in a fun way)!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
I was looking for a fun spoooooky book to read, it is almost Spooktober (writing this one on September 27th) and I thought why not a spooky picture book! I came across this one and just had to read it. I love love love haunted houses and this cover just screamed spooky and fun!
In this fun book we visit a Spoooookyyyy Old House. I thought, given the cover, that we would just go and see the kids on the cover discover the house, but actually, that doesn’t happen. We as the reader are exploring the rooms (and the outside). We see what the house holds for residents and well, I loved it. From bats to vampires to wolves. All your typical monsters + more are there and drawn in a fun way and doing all sorts of delightful and weird things. I loved meeting these monster families and see what they were all doing on this spooky evening. Along the way at times we see three costumed kids walk the path to the house meeting some critters belonging to the house. I really liked that we got to see the kids make their way to the house, and was curious how this encounter would go. Who would open the door? Would they go in? What would they see?
And I really liked what happened when the kids got to the door! I won’t spoil it, but I definitely hadn’t expected that to happen and it made me giggle and smile! I want to go to this house, too!
I hadn’t expected this one to be a counting book, but it was definitely fun. It took me a few pages before I saw it was that but after that I was eagerly looking forward to the next number and what creatures/creepers/critters it would be this time. Wolves? Slimes? Ghosts? Something else! Ohhhhh!
The illustrations were just so much fun! I love how the monsters (and critters) were drawn! The illustrator has a really wacky and fun style and I just love love the colours that were used throughout.
Though I just read the blurb and apparently this is based on a poem? I never heard of it. I guess it is something American? Guess maybe I will check it out soon, if I feel up to it. XD
This is a perfect book for Halloween! It is spooky! And you can learn to count as well (in a fun way)!
Review first posted at https://twirlingbookprincess.com/
operasara's review against another edition
5.0
At the Old Haunted House is a fun Halloween Retelling of the classic children's song Over in the Meadow. This version sings very well and the pictures are engaging and fun without being scary. My music students love to sing along.
I recommend this book to readers 3-8.
Review copy provided by Amazon Vine
I recommend this book to readers 3-8.
Review copy provided by Amazon Vine
jesstele's review against another edition
4.0
We really enjoyed it. The rhyming stumbled at “7” but the rest was great. Fun and not too spooky!
cmbohn's review against another edition
5.0
Fun Halloween counting
I loved it! Nice rhymes to read aloud and clever pictures. This would be a great book for story time.
I loved it! Nice rhymes to read aloud and clever pictures. This would be a great book for story time.
backonthealex's review against another edition
4.0
It's a dark Halloween as a young girl and two small boys walk away from the bright street and homey homes where they have been trick or treating and head toward a dilapidated old house on a hill complete with a graveyard in the front. Inside is a wide array of creepy creatures, all involved in antics with their offspring, beginning with a witch: "At the old haunted house/ In a room with no sun/ lived a warty green witch/ and her wee witchy one." There are also goblins, black cats, werewolves, vampires, and even bats. Each creature is one associated with Halloween, but the story is told in a really humorous counting rhyme. All their shenanigans end up in a Halloween party that begins just as the three trick or treaters arrive at the house. My young readers love this counting book. We've actually read it so frequently that they know bits of it by heart and recite them enthusiastically. The cartoon-like illustrations, done in a Halloween palette, help elevate this book into silliness so even the most anxious of kids won't get scared. This book is always a winner.
nkmustdie's review against another edition
4.0
im just reading all the Halloween books in our store.