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Rex, Michael

We're Going on a Goon Hunt: A Petrifying Parody

40 pp. | Putnam | August, 2020 | Trade ISBN 978-1-9848-1362-6 $16.99 | Ebook ISBN 978-1-9848-1363-3 $9.99
(2) K-3 "We're going on a goon hunt. / We're gonna catch a green one. / What a spooky night! / We're not scared." You know the going-on-a-bear-hunt structure (and if you don't, see also We're Going on a Pumpkin Hunt, reviewed at right). Here, the target is a grinning green monster, and the mixed-media illustrations show the costumed speakers traversing a cemetery and a haunted house and meeting other Halloween-appropriate creatures, as they grow "just a little scared," then more scared, and ultimately race back home. Well-suited for storytimes, this companion to Goodnight Goon and The Runaway Mummy lets readers look the season in its green or translucent face and laugh.
Reviewer: Shoshana Flax | Horn Book Magazine Issue: September, 2020

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