Diep LF “Prom the ghoudies and whosties And longlegsety: beasties And things that go bump in the nash, Good tord deliver ust’ — old Comih praver HEN WE see pum- pkins rolling irto supermarkets and corner stores it’s a sure sign that either (a) we've really got to change our drinking habits or (b) Halloween is lurking just around the cor- ner, Well, we can breathe a collec- tive sigh of relief because All Hallows Eve is indeed creeping up fast’ hence the rather ghoulish theme of this week's reviews Four of the books mentioned are so new they‘re barely crypt- broken while the fith, one of my personal favorites, is a perenrial staple trom the gifted (if strange) mind of Ray Bradbury. Stithering to the torefruat is Hal- loween ABC (Collier Macmillan: 30 pp.; $20.95 in hardcover) by Eve Merriam and Lane Smith, Now, Lhad reservations abaut teaching wee ones the rudiments of the alphabet with such subject matter. Alter all, who knows what evil Jurks in the hearts of babes who break iheir teeth ona haunted primer? On the other hand, it could be just the thing to build up their ter- ror quotients to prepare them for the horrors that adults face — such as the GST, ICBC increases, Per- sian Gull crises, regional alienation and interminable walks down the Fantasy Gardens path. At any rate, little ghosts and goblins won't find too much to disturb their dreams in Halloween ABC and adult readers will enjoy a fiendish (if melodramatic) chuckle over the poems which accompany each letter. For your examination, here’s “P’ for Pet’... “A pet to pat, a pal to pet, a pet the family won't forget, a pet that pants and drools and yaps and leaves a little spot in laps, a pet that’s not the least bit vicious, yet finds the neighbors quite nutritious.” Farther up the reading chain is the ready-to-read (Level One) Who Goes Out On Halloween? (Bantam; 32 pp.; $11.99 in hard- cover), written by Sue Alexander and illustrated by Brian Karas. Who Goes Out On Flalloween? would be a good choice for moms and dads who might be a bit wor- ried about youngsters taking too seriously the other costumed kids they’Il meet while trick-or-treating. Reading this book beforehand should eliminate the scarier ele- ments of venturing into a neighborhood suddenly turned in- toa hellish playground populated by pint-sized demons. The next book answers a ques- tion that has vexed humankind for centuries: What would you do if a witch crash-landed on your doorstep on Halloween night? The Little Leftover Witch (91 pp.; $4.95) has appeared in Building Tomorrow ve LOAY Please contribute fo: USC ie sou Canada | KAP 581 (633) 234-6827 | MIKE | STEELE g\ . book review numerous editions since first aris: ing tor Halloween 25 years ago. This Aladefin impnnt trom Collier Macmillan is the latest one. Author Florence Le nughlin seems tu have found a winning formula with this story of Felina, the mischievous girlavitch who becomes a part of the Doon tamily (that they consent to adopt a witch in the tirst place might be explain. ed by the fact that Mr. Doon works fora newspaper: need | say more?), We have gazeles of geese, herds of bison. flocks of birds and schools of fish. What then do we calla group of witches? 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FALL ENGINE ‘Ws Been sot dd te spegiieras sou npa THOEDOTIES as an anttes at brent testament Weare sige? chetinitedy not talking nouvedie ¢uesrne here, And nas wecome to one at those seasonal tales that an be fread year aller year without ever wounding: dated: Ray Bradbury's The Halloween Tree (Alfred A, Kaoph; 145 ppt. While obvieudy too fengthy to tackle with children in a single session of oldtashioned starytell- ing, The Halloween Tree is an ideal way of building suspense by reading a few of the 19 chapters each night as Halloween ap- proaches. And, it should be said. The tHal- foween Tree lends itself perfectly to this kind of oral treatment First published in 1972, The Hal- loween Tree recounts the experi- ence of eight youngsters who oll FILTE ALL SERICE WEEE Bog a iNET | A> Out STATE TS CE GF "120 DAYS 10S ID CUS Hours Mon Tue, Wed he airs AR ad Sam Bp Sunday tar Spm Wednesday. 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