The Haunted Scavenger Hunt: A Spook-tacular Storybook: (A Halloween Haunted House Adventure with Engaging Rhymes and Surprising Twists - For Toddlers, Preschoolers, and 1-2 Graders) by Roland Garrigue, Steve Patschke
Published by Templar Books ISBN: 1536235237
Genres: Holiday
Format: Picture Book Fiction
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Four delightfully disobedient children encounter a box that contains explicit rules for them to follow. They immediately break them, which leads to a series of additional rules that they have no intention of following. Suspense starts to build as the friends disappear, one at a time, until one child remains. In the dark. On Halloween night.

In addition to being a terrific read-aloud book, this picture book is an excellent introduction to the horror genre. It’s fun and has a great rhythm to it, and after things start to get a little uncomfortable, the upbeat ending sheds a new light on the entire story. Just read it in plenty of light,  not due to the scare factor, but because there is a lot of squint-inducing dark text on dark backgrounds.

Reviewed by Sarah Maciejewski, Patten Free  Library, Bath