The Bully Brothers : Gobblinʹ Halloween

The Bully Brothers

by Mike Thaler

Bubba and Bumpo decide to host a Halloween party--so that they can get all the Halloween goodies in the neighborhood for themselves. Watch the terrible twosome as they get treated and tricked when their plan hilariously backfires. Illus.

Genres: Picture Books

32 pages, Paperback

Published July 22, 1993

About the author

Mike Thaler, born in Los Angeles, started his professional career drawing cartoons for adults. A children's book editor saw one of his cartoon stories in a national magazine and encouraged Mike to try writing for children. His first attempt met with success, and "The Magic Boy" was published in 1961.

Mike has produced over 220 published books and is known as “America’s Riddle King.” He has also been called “The Court Jester of Children’s Literature.”

Mike Thaler lives in Portland, Oregon with his wife Patty. He gladly welcomes all invitations to do church and school programs, and other book events.

Mike travels each year throughout the world helping children and teachers create their own stories, riddles, and books. He writes and teaches with creativity, inspiring his audiences with a love of language.

--from the author's website

Reviews

[Diane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Bumpo and Bubba (the Bully brothers) invite all the kids to a Halloween party with ulterior motives. When the kids show up, they tell them to take their costumes off so as not to get them wet when they bob for apples in the bathtub. Then Bumpo and Bubba lock the kids in the bathroom, take their costumes and go trick or treating (three times each with a different costume each time.) But they eat too much candy and get sick. Meanwhile, the other kids leave and have their own party.

[Kelsey Gauthier · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun book idea & I loved the nostalgia of the illustrations. I just wish they weren't named Bubba and Bumpo because that gets trickyyyyy to say lol!

[Books Kids Like · Rating 4 out of 5]

Bubba and Bumpo invite all the kids on their block for a pre trick-or- treat party. When the children come, the Bully Brothers have them take off their costumes so they don't get wet while bobbing for apples. Then the brothers take their guests into the bathroom. There is one apple floating in the tub. The punch is the tub water. The children start to leave, but the Bubba and Bumpo lock them in the bathroom. The brothers put on two of the costumes and go trick-or-treating. After their sacks are bulging, they return home and change costumes. Bubba and Bumpo go out two more times. Back home they eat all of the candy from three trick-or-treating rounds. Sick to their stomachs, the brothers run for the bathroom are stampeded by their guests. As the children get into their costumes, they start planning a real Halloween party. The children tell Bubba and Bumpo that they can't come. How ungrateful! The Bully Brothers invited them to their party.
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[Jennifer · Rating 1 out of 5]

I do not recommend this book! Terribly written, the characters names are repeated too much through out the book. Their names are a poor choice for names it made it difficult to flow easily while reading! The moral of the story was not elaborated on and came across to hurried in the end.