For today's countdown to Halloween's reading suggestion, some children literature, as well as poetry. Because Amazon knows me too much, it suggested me to buy Halloween Forest, by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by John Shelley. It's a rather sweet narrative poem, the story of a dreamlike walk during or after trick or treat. It's not devoid of a few good chilly, even macabre moments, but it remains suitable for children. In the poem, fear takes forms and shapes of its own and is incarnated into a forest of bones, the Halloween Forest of the title. And in the end, the child ("you") easily overcomes his fears and enjoys trick or treat. This is, in a nutshell, what Halloween is all about. When Wolfie is old enough, I hope to read it with him when the witching season arrives.
Friday, 25 October 2019
Halloween Forest
For today's countdown to Halloween's reading suggestion, some children literature, as well as poetry. Because Amazon knows me too much, it suggested me to buy Halloween Forest, by Marion Dane Bauer, illustrated by John Shelley. It's a rather sweet narrative poem, the story of a dreamlike walk during or after trick or treat. It's not devoid of a few good chilly, even macabre moments, but it remains suitable for children. In the poem, fear takes forms and shapes of its own and is incarnated into a forest of bones, the Halloween Forest of the title. And in the end, the child ("you") easily overcomes his fears and enjoys trick or treat. This is, in a nutshell, what Halloween is all about. When Wolfie is old enough, I hope to read it with him when the witching season arrives.
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