SpongeBob Squarepants: The Big Halloween Scare

by Steven Banks, Heather Martinez (Illustrator)

Sponge Bob Squarepants stars in The Big Halloween Scare. Based on the TV series Sponge Bob Squarepants.

Genres: Halloween, Childrens, Fiction, Holiday, Picture Books, Ebooks

32 pages, Paperback

First published September 1, 2003

About the author

Steven Banks has numerous writing and acting credits. He has been a head writer for several Nickelodeon series including "The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron", "The Fairly Odd Parents", "CatDog", and "Sponge Bob Square Pants". His play, "Love Tapes," co-written with Penn Jillette (of Penn and Teller fame), was recently performed at the Sacred Fools Theater in Hollywood. And he created, wrote, produced, and starred as himself in "The Steven Banks Show," a comedy series which aired on PBS in the 90s.

Reviews

[Samantha Boudreau · Rating 5 out of 5]

I had to buy the kindle edition of this as my daughter insisted we read a SpongeBob Halloween book....I'll definitely be reading it more than once!

[Qamar · Rating 4 out of 5]

We are so proud of you for reading "The Big Halloween Scare" by Steven Banks! You revealed that confronting your fears and enjoying life with friends can turn a frightening experience into an adventure that is both charming and fun. Do you remember how all in this book joined forces to confront fear? In your own life, can't find a way to Gel all the more? When you are frightened, remain bold and let others help you. Besides, working together always transforms bad situations into better ones.
Love, Mom and Dad

[Danielle · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm going through some Halloween children's books that remind me of when I was growing up. This is pretty step-for-step the same as the episode, but the humor's still there and it's (not as but still) spooky to look at.

[Jamie Uribe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read this too, my son. He said 5 stars.

He laughed so much while I was reading this. And he keeps saying the names of the characters. We will be reading more SpongeBob books.

And I will be showing him this episode for sure.

[Juan Carrillo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sponge tastic

Great little story to share with any one this time of year. Remember sponge bob is always sweet. The drawings are well done very happy with this book.

[Nikki · Rating 5 out of 5]

Spongebob wants to scare everyone for Halloween...He's tired of everyone calling him "Spongebob Scaredy Pants."

[Marilyn · Rating 4 out of 5]

Read this for my son for school.

[Rebecca Brown · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun way to revisit one of my favorite Spongebob episodes!

[Ellie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very dumb, but much requested at story time.

[Bern · Rating 4 out of 5]

I think a lot of the stars for this book goes to my husband who pulled out a strong Afrikaans accent for the Flying Dutchman that had us all in tears.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

I normally don't like SpongeBob but read them to my children because my boys like him. But this one was one of the better ones. Wasn't super hyper. SpongeBob wanted to be scary but no one was afraid of him. But he and his best pal figured out a way for him to be scary and they didn't even realize they were doing it.

[Amy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Spongebob dresses us up as a ghost with funny results! Based on a tv episode.

[Audrey Harlan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a good for fun, read-aloud story. This book would be great to read on Halloween because students love Sponge Bob and they love Halloween!!

[Brian · Rating 3 out of 5]

What an ending! Ian calls it the "yuckiest book ever" but he still liked it!

[Brandi Streeval · Rating 5 out of 5]

read this to my daughter cute book she loves spongebob

[Julia Jasztal · Rating 3 out of 5]

Scherkenbach Elementary 1st Grade **Book-in-a-Bag** #37

[Pinky · Rating 3 out of 5]

SpongeBob scares the pants off his friends with his "brainy" costume.