Wednesday Wilson Looks on the Fright Side (Volume 4) by Bree Galbraith, Morgan Goble
Series: Wednesday Wilson #4
Published by Kids Can Press on 9/2/25
ISBN: 1525311573
Genres: Juvenile Fiction / Readers / Beginner
Format: Chapter Book Fiction
Source: MSL Book Review
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Budding entrepreneur, Wednesday Wilson, is back in this fourth installment.  This time, she is trying to figure out how to encourage people to trick or treat at her house.  The past few years, Wednesday’s two moms have given out weird treats and now no one wants to go to her house.  Wednesday and her friends decide that giving away slime would be perfect because kids will love the free slime and will want to buy more later.  Wednesday is a little sly and throws a Halloween party at a nearby house that some locals believe is haunted, without getting definitive permission.  Even though three mean girls try to ruin the party, the party is a success!

This book is the fourth in a series of early chapter books.  The font is big and there are lots of black and white drawings to break up the text. Wednesday gets herself in and out of trouble, which young readers can relate to.  There is diversity represented in the characters, some described in the text, like Wednesday having two moms, and other examples are evident just in the illustrations.  For example, Wednesday and her friends have different skin colors and a couple of the characters use wheelchairs.  Libraries who have the other books in this series will want to add this Halloween book to their collection.

Reviewed by Lindsay Varnum, Orono Public Library