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Binding: Paperback
EAN: 9780375803017
ISBN: 0375803017
Label: Yearling
Manufacturer: Yearling
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 160
Publication Date: September 07, 1999
Publisher: Yearling
Reading Level: Ages 9-12
Release Date: September 07, 1999
Studio: Yearling
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Special indeed are holiday stories with the right mix of high spirits and subtle mystery to please both adults and children--Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," for example. Or Ray Bradbury's classic The Halloween Tree. Eight boys set out on a Halloween night and are led into the depths of the past by a tall, mysterious character named Moundshroud. They ride on a black wind to autumn scenes in distant lands and times, where they witness other ways of celebrating this holiday about the dark time of year. Bradbury's lyrical prose whooshes along with the pell-mell rhythms of children running at night, screaming and laughing, and the reader is carried along by its sheer exuberance.
Bradbury's stories about children are always attended by dread--of change, adulthood, death. The Halloween Tree, while sweeter than his adult literature, is also touched at moments by the cold specter of loss--which is only fitting, of course, for a holiday in honor of the waning of the sun.
This is a superb book for adults to read to children, a way to teach them, quite painlessly, about customs and imagery related to Halloween from ancient Egypt, Mediterranean cultures, Celtic Druidism, Mexico, and even a cathedral in Paris. (One caveat, though: Bradbury unfortunately perpetuates a couple of misconceptions about Samhain, or summer's end, the Halloween of ancient Celts and contemporary pagans.) This beautiful reprint edition has the original black-and-white illustrations and a new color painting on the dust jacket. --Fiona Webster
Product Description:
"A fast-moving, eerie...tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. After witnessing a funeral procession in ancient Egypt, cavemen discovering fire, Druid rites, the persecution of witches in the Dark Ages, and the gargoyles of Notre Dame, they catch up with the elusive Pipkin in the catacombs of Mexico, where each boy gives one year from the end of his life to save Pipkin's. Enhanced by appropriately haunting black-and-white drawings."--Booklist
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I hadn't read this book for a long time, first got a hold of it back in elementary school. I picked it up off Amazon because I remembered it and wanted my own copy, also because I wanted to re-read it.
Have to say, curled up on a couch and reading this the night before and during Halloween itself, it brought back a lot of memories. This is a great book and definitely an interesting, quick read for pretty much all ages.
I have to say, the illustrations are captivating and ... Read More
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The May, 1963, issue of _Fantasy and Science Fiction_ was a special Ray Bradbury issue, with two new stories by Bradbury and a critcal essay and a bibliography by William F. Nolan. (These were the days before bibliographies were widely available to readers.)
The cover was by Joseph Mugnaini. It showed a portrait of Bradbury in the foreground, surrounded by some of his literary creations: the Illustrated Man, the burning man from _Fahrenheit 451_, the villainous M. Munigant playing on a ... Read More
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this book is a classic from start to finish. i read it every year to start my halloween celebrations. ive gotten my daughter to read it and someday my grandson will too. anyone who gives this 1 star is a moron and should go back to coloring books.
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A cute kid's book and brief history of Halloween around the world(though I do wonder about the historical accuracy hmmm...). It was also weird that this was a male-only space the whole time. Easy to read and I'm sure any kid who loves Halloween would love this book. It just did nothing for me as an adult.
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This story has long since been a favorite for my children and myself. Want to know some of the history of Halloween, read this great book.
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