Halloween Howls: Holiday Poetry

by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Stacey Schuett (Illustrator)

A crisp wind blows. A voice howls. Masked figures dance by moonlight. And the taste of chocolate is in everyone's mouth. It's Halloween! Lee Bennett Hopkins captures the spirit of everyone's favorite holiday in this sweet and spooky collection of poems for beginning readers.

Genres: Halloween, Poetry, Picture Books, Holiday, Childrens

32 pages, Library Binding

First published September 1, 2005

About the author

Lee Bennett Hopkins was inducted into the Florida Artists Hall of Fame in 2017. He holds a Guinness Book of Records citation for compiling the most anthologies for children. He has also received the Christopher Award, the Regina Medal, and the National Council of Teachers of English Excellence in Poetry for Children Award. He lives in Florida.

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Reviews

[Abigail · Rating 3 out of 5]

Poet and prolific anthologist Lee Bennett Hopkins presents twelve simple Halloween poems in this seasonal early reader collection, paired with the artwork of illustrator Stacey Schuett. Brief selections, mostly from children's authors like Virginia Kroll, Rebecca Kai Dotlcih and Jane Yolen explore the delights of this holiday, from dressing up in costumes and trick-or-treating, to eating candy and scaring the neighbors...

Part of HarperCollins' I Can Read collection of beginning readers, Halloween Howls: Holiday Poetry presents simple but engaging selections appropriate to the reading level of the intended audience. Although brief, these poems are fun to read aloud, and address all kind of Halloween hi-jinks and themes that children will recognize and appreciate. The accompanying illustrations from Schuett are colorful and full of seasonal appeal. I discovered this collection while looking for a similarly-titled book of Halloween riddles from Giulio Maestro, and am glad I tracked it down. Recommended to beginning readers looking for fun Halloween fare.

[Terry]

As you'd expect from Lee Bennett Hopkins, these poems are Fun and will have readers asking to read more .

[Conquering · Rating 2 out of 5]

Nothing jumps out in this book of poetry to grab my attention to base an expanded lesson on. It will stay in my Halloween collection, something to pick up during independent reading, but not a central study.

[Wren · Rating 5 out of 5]

Worth getting for little ones learning to read for Halloween.

[Jordan Bragg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Adorable book !!

[Joseph · Rating 1 out of 5]

Not very good.

[Eitan C · Rating 5 out of 5]

A good variety and a cohesive collection. The fall page illustrations were lovely. Really recommend.

[Michelle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nice illustrations and good Halloween poems to help celebrate the holiday. Good to help get us in the Halloween mood.

[Tyler Cempre · Rating 4 out of 5]

I thought that this was a really good book for all lower elementary level students. I was really drawn in by the poem My Pumpkin because it could be used to start an activity for students to write about their pumpkins or something else they have made. I would recommend this book to first grade teachers who are covering poetry and rhyming words with their students. This book would be really good to transfer the poems onto large paper or the board (because they are short) and then identify the rhyming words and any patterns they can see.

[Joanna · Rating 3 out of 5]

Diasppointingly few poems, most a bit awkward. I really liked this one:

Trick-or-Treating by Michelle Krueger

Walk and knock,
walk and knock,
all the way
around the block.

Door to door,
street to street,
happy tongue,
tired feet!

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book has a nice selection of Halloween-themed poetry to read aloud with a young child, easy, short, nothing too frightening or inappropriate for youngsters. My daughter really enjoyed it and read it many times. Her favorite poem was Night Noises by Maria Fleming.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

We enjoyed reading this book of Halloween poetry. This was a nice way of teaching O how the way you read something can make a huge difference in meaning, understanding and rhyme which is so important when reading poetry. Many of the poems are funny.

[Jackie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A collection of easy reader halloween holiday poetry selected by Lee Bennett Hopkins. Fun read aloud stories about ghostly happenings.

Used for "Fall for Pumpkins" Storytime-October, 2009.

[Teri · Rating 3 out of 5]

this one is just ok--and then only if you're using it as a jumping off place to write your own halloween poems.

[Alexis · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cute poetry for Halloween

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun children's poetry Halloween book. each page has a nice creative poem along with nice eye appeasing illustrations.

[Shelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

Cute collection of Halloween poems for little kids. My son loves Halloween, so he enjoys this even though it's January 1st.

[Musings of the Moonchild · Rating 5 out of 5]

A cute family read.

[Nancy Ortiz · Rating 3 out of 5]

Looking for funny poems to read during Halloween, will this book is the one for you. Intended for younger readers, this poetry book is full of small fun poems to read to younger students in school. There is a variety of poems are all wrapped around the idea of Halloween. The poems go alone with 2 full pages of illustrations with the poem. The neat thing about this book is that you are able to introduce many new forms of poetry into the book. Most of the times, students think that poetry is only about one single idea, but with this book, they are able to see that it is more than that. This book highlights different poems about Halloween. A cool class activity that can be done with this poetry book, is that you incorporate poetry into the activity. There are examples on here and they should be able to come up with their own.