Ghosts go scaring

PreS-Gr 2-A group of ghosts make their way to a Halloween party, meeting a bevy of friends along the way. Bozik's lively text is a reworking of "The Ants Go Marching" ("The ghosts go scaring one by one,/the little one stops to have some fun./And they all go scaring/out in the night,/to cause a big fright."). On each spread, the number of ghosts increases by one; the final spread sees 10 ghosts bopping and bouncing at a mansion, joined by a vampire, a werewolf, Frankenstein, and a mummy. Though the color scheme is appropriate for a Halloween romp-a giant yellow moon, deep blues and purples for the sky-there's a gentle tone that runs through this fairly tame outing, from the smiling vampire family who greet the trick-or-treating ghosts to a grinning group of bats to the fiddle-playing skeleton crew. Sporting costumes (bunny ears, cowboy hat) and making asides through speech bubbles, the ghosts are high on the cute factor, and the cartoonish illustrations ooze fun. VERDICT A solid option for those seeking a Halloween read-aloud or sing-along or an introduction to numbers and counting.-Mahnaz Dar, School Library Journal © Copyright 2016. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.