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The 13 Nights of Halloween
On the first night of Halloween, what does your mummy give you?A bright, shiny Skeleton Key, of course!
In fact, for each of the thirteen nights leading up to the big night, your mummy is ready with gifts that include everything from singing skulls to demons dancing to icky eyeballs. The spookier and slimier, the better!
From debut author-illustrator Guy Vasilovich comes a p...more
In fact, for each of the thirteen nights leading up to the big night, your mummy is ready with gifts that include everything from singing skulls to demons dancing to icky eyeballs. The spookier and slimier, the better!
From debut author-illustrator Guy Vasilovich comes a p...more
Hardcover, 40 pages
Published
July 26th 2011
by HarperCollins
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I fell in love with the cover of this book as the illustration is attention-grabbing and adorable, but I was even more surprised when I opened the book and read the first page aloud. My son was laughing because I ended up singing: “On the first night of Halloween my mummy gave to me a bright, shiny skeleton key.”
You cannot just read this book; it begs to be sung! The verses go on and on, through the 13th night of Halloween, each page full of colorful, wonderfully depicted, super-cute (not scary)...more
You cannot just read this book; it begs to be sung! The verses go on and on, through the 13th night of Halloween, each page full of colorful, wonderfully depicted, super-cute (not scary)...more
One little girl has a delightful mummy who gives her frighteningly spooky, yet fun gifts for the 13 nights of Halloween. Based on the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”, this book would be a great classroom treat during the month of October. This book is intended for 7 to 10 year olds. It appeals to this group because it is scary (but not too much so) and has great illustrations of all of the girl’s gifts. I could use this book in a couple of different ways. First of all, it would be a great vo...more
3.5 STARS A very cute idea, this is a Halloween take on "The Twelve Days for Christmas". "On the first day of Halloween my mummy gave to me, a bright, shiny skeleton key!" There isn't a story to speak of, of course, but Vasilovich's illustrations are full of delightfully ghoulish detail and a parade of Halloween-y characters. I'm not sure I was personally a big enough fan of the illustrations to give this book a high star rating, but I could see where some people would really love them and this...more
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This book reminds of the 12 days of Christmas song that I used to sing in school. It is really cool because it counts the different items the girl receives each day leading up to Halloween and then repeats what her mom gave her after each night. This book would be perfect for early grades, because it focuses on basic counting and number ordering. You could actually read this book during the 13 days leading up to Halloween being that a lot of schools aren't allowed to celebrate it. By doing this,...more
"On the first night of Halloween, my mummy gave to me a bright, shiny skeleton key."
The girl in Guy Vasilovich's first picture book goes on to collect two-headed snakes, bats and eyeballs. This is a perfect Halloween teaser to share before the holiday in elementary school. Kids will enjoy pouring over the rich artwork to count the different creatures and spooky items within. The Thirteen Nights of Halloween begs to be sung and sung loudly as many will recognize the familiar tune.
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The girl in Guy Vasilovich's first picture book goes on to collect two-headed snakes, bats and eyeballs. This is a perfect Halloween teaser to share before the holiday in elementary school. Kids will enjoy pouring over the rich artwork to count the different creatures and spooky items within. The Thirteen Nights of Halloween begs to be sung and sung loudly as many will recognize the familiar tune.
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Have I got the PERFECT Halloween book for you! Guy Vasilovich, an internationally known animator (Geronimo Stilton), brings us a Halloween version of The Night Before Christmas. The illustrations are fantastical, reminding me of a cross between Nightmare Before Christmas and The Corspe Bride. Each page looks like a frame in an animated movie. The rewrite is very clever and so singable that my 11 year old daughter joined me in singing it out loud.
This book was designed to be read like the twelve days of Christmas. So on each days something related to the Halloween holiday is given from the mummy. This book can be fun for all ages and grades to get them excited about the holiday. If their were to be students in your classroom that do not celebrate the holiday you could come up with a differentiated instruction.
Vasilovich, Guy. The 13 nights of Halloween. New York: Harper, 2011.
Vasilovich, Guy. The 13 nights of Halloween. New York: Harper, 2011.
"On the first day of Halloween my mummy gave to me, a bright, shiny skeleton key!" Guy Vasilovich's follows the theme of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" but casts a spooky Halloween twist into it. The illustrations are delightfully sinister creatures showing each thing that mummy gave to a bright eyed very cute little girl for Halloween. An entertaining tale, but the song will stick in your head for awhile.
An entertaining Halloween take on a favorite Christmas carol
In this clever and creative book, Guy Vasilovich remakes the Christmas carol, the 12 Days of Christmas into a funny Halloween treat. Filled with great pictures, and an easy to follow song pattern that children will recognize, The 13 Nights of Halloween is a silly and entertaining read.
Recommended for readers age 4-7.
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In this clever and creative book, Guy Vasilovich remakes the Christmas carol, the 12 Days of Christmas into a funny Halloween treat. Filled with great pictures, and an easy to follow song pattern that children will recognize, The 13 Nights of Halloween is a silly and entertaining read.
Recommended for readers age 4-7.
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We have been reading a few new Halloween-themed books lately and we discovered this book at our local library. It is very humorous and fun to read aloud. We each took turns reading the different refrains and it was fun to read a Halloween-themed version of the classic Christmas song. The illustrations are spooky, but adorable. We enjoyed reading this book together.
To the tune of The 12 Nights of Christmas (which, of course, as I read this book, I had to read it singing it in my head :-p). The illustrations are really very, very, very fun!! I commend Guy Vasilovich on those fantastic illustrations! The story was cute but I couldn't get enough of those illustrations!
I love anything that has to do with festive celebrations, so I love this traditional Christmas spinoff-Halloween style. I think it would be fun to sing as a class and make a lesson where they get to write about or discuss their favorite things about Halloween.
As long as you don't actually explain what 13 thirsty vampires or 6 caroling corpses actually are, this is a great non-scary Halloween book. Not only do you get to practice counting, you also get to sing the text (to the tune of the 12 days of Christmas).
This book is so cute! From the gorgeously eerie opening spread of haunted houses to the barn full of boogey men at the end and on every page in between, Vasilovich's illustrations of the brave, big-eyed little girl, grinning skulls, werewolves and witches are delightfully creepy. Once they catch on to the "12 Days of Christmas" tune, kids will sing along at the top of their lungs in between giggles and gross-outs. This is a Halloween holiday read-aloud winner.
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Great fun...and you can sing it! The 13 days of Halloween is set to the tune of "The 12 Days of Christmas". Sweetly ghoulishly illustrated, children will enjoy both illustrations and lyrics.
A very cute book. I sang it along to the melody of the 12 days of Christmas. My girls, 5 and 6, were tickled by the cute items that were added to the story on each of the 13 nights.
The illustrations in this book are amazing. It follows the song "The 12 Days of Christmas," but is Halloween related. It is a great book to sing.
A Halloween version of the Twelve Days of Christmas. I liked this one, too. I admit it - I am a sucker for any book you can sing! :)
The Halloween version of the 12 Days of Christmas song. Great illustrations and soon to be a Halloween Storytime classic.
Halloween version of the 12 Days of Christmas, scary-cute illustrations
themes: Halloween, monsters
themes: Halloween, monsters
If you know the tune you can sing the provided lyrics. This will compensate for the at times dreadful text.
I love Halloween books...especially ones that are a twist on a classic Christmas story!
One of our favorite Halloween books to read together! Beautiful illustrations!
LOVE! @jenniesmith - I think Kylie & Jaxon would love this one!
Clever Halloween version of the 12 Days of Christmas.
With illustrations reminiscent of David Catrow's style
I prefer the version by Rebecca Dickinson.
Another great one to sing along to!
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