How to Trick or Treat in Outer Space - Hardcover

Krull, Kathleen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0823418448 ISBN 13: 9780823418442

Publisher: Holiday House, 2004

Synopsis

Da Moon and his brothers take a journey in their UFO to see how Halloween is celebrated in the far reaches of the universe.

About this title

About the Author:

Kathleen Krull has written much innovative nonfiction for young people, including six other books in the Live of...series, and has made a chatty, accessible approach to biography her hallmark. She lives in San Diego, California. Visit her website at www.kathleenkrull.com

From School Library Journal:

PreSchool-Grade 2–This ill-conceived picture book zips all over the galaxy but ultimately goes nowhere. A young alien named Da Moon embarks on his first interplanetary trick-or-treat outing with two older brothers. They visit a handful of made-up planets before working their way toward Earth, discovering a different Halloween gimmick at every stop. The sight gags devised for both real and imagined locations are either not funny, completely arbitrary, or both. For example, the inhabitants of planet Suzy all look like someone named Suzy. In a nod to the enduring popularity of potty humor, the ship doesn't stop at Uranus because there are "never any treats there! It gets TP'd every year!" The cartoon artwork is colorful, but does not add much to the story. For example, when the text mentions "Goofy tricks on Pluto," the illustration shows reptilian creatures leering at Da Moon's passing space ship but performing no goofy tricks. Sometimes nonsense is irreverent and whimsical; other times, nonsense is just nonsense. This is one of those other times.–Catherine Threadgill, Charleston County Public Library, SC
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About this edition

• Publisher: Holiday House
• Publication date: 2004
• ISBN 10: 0823418448
• ISBN 13: 9780823418442
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 32
• Illustrator: Brewer Paul