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Jeoffry's Halloween

32 pp. | Farrar | September, 2003 | Trade ISBN 0-374-33677-6 $$16.00

(3) K-3 Illustrated by Elizabeth Sayles & Elizabeth Sayles. Jeoffry the cat first wanders the farm with the dog, then accompanies two nervous trick-or-treaters through the woods. The clever rhyming text aptly describes the way that ordinary things can take on a frightening appearance on Halloween night. Rendered in a muted autumnal palette and softly shaded with few definite lines, the pastel illustrations help create a gloomy, mysterious mood.

Reviewer: Anne St. John