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40 pp.
| Putnam
| August, 2020
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Trade
ISBN 978-1-9848-1362-6
$16.99
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Ebook
ISBN 978-1-9848-1363-3
$9.99
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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