This book was a favourite book of my two boys when they were younger. I've read it so many times that I have the words memorized. It's the story of "a big skeleton, a little skeleton and a dog skeleton" who go out on an adventure. The combination of unusual story and the repetition of key phrases, (for example, "in a dark, dark street, there was a dark, dark house and in the dark, dark house, there was a dark, dark staircase..."), makes this book one that the children really enjoy and they begin to read along as the book is read aloud. We read this story together twice this week.
This is a good story to read in the classroom because it shows how a classroom of students celebrates Halloween at school. I particularly like it because it demonstrates how the children chose what his/her costume would be based on the interests of the child. For example, a child who went to visit the fire station with his family, chose to be a firefighter. One who liked a particular TV show, she chose to be the main character of that show. On Halloween there was a parade and the children had cupcakes for a treat. This connected nicely with our own school's Halloween parade and the fact that we also had cupcakes for a treat.
I chose this story because it integrates the subject of dinosaurs with celebrating Halloween very nicely. It's a charming story of how a dinosaur tags along with a boy and his dog trick or treating. When some nasty kids start causing trouble for the boy, the dinosaur saves the day in a way you don't expect.
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