The Halloween Play

by Eva Mason, John Huxtable (Illustrations)

Strawberry Shortcake and her pals want to do something special for Halloween, but as they argue about it, Strawberry tries to convince her friends that teamwork will lead to a happy Halloween for everyone. Original.

Genres: Halloween, Childrens, Holiday

32 pages, Paperback

First published August 18, 2005

Reviews

[Eastofoz · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was one long-winded Halloween themed story. The pictures are cute but the story just goes on and on and doesn't really hold young kids' interest that long because it takes forever before you can turn the page.

The story has an underlying story of the importance of compromising and the difficulties that arise when you're friends with people who want to do divergent things and they want you to do both. Strawberry Shortcake is stuck in the middle between putting on a Halloween play with some friends and building a haunted house with others. She tries to do both but sees that it's hard and nothing is getting done but if everyone helped each other (ie they compromised) then everything would work out and everyone would be happy. The author needed a better way to get this message across because it was just bogged down in sentences it seemed. Not the best Halloween picture book out there.

[Lindsey · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book was a fun read, and something I enjoyed a lot when I was younger. It's a little bit of a longer read, making it perfect for advancing readers working on their reading comprehension. The illustrations are colorful and detailed, giving the reader a lot of visual input on the story. The holiday setting of the book is also something a lot of kids would enjoy.

[Rosa Cline · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was suppose to be a children's book, but it's much to long for a young child which fits the text and the story. But the words and length fits an older child of which (in my opinion) the story is to 'young' for an older child.

[Cana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mommy says: Oh my WORD, Strawberry Shortcake is more treacly sweet than she even was when I was a child 100 million years ago. Ugh! But my kids looooooove it.

[Sarah Fox · Rating 3 out of 5]

Strawberry Shortcake and her friends learn the value of working together to put on a Halloween Play.

[Kristin Mitchell · Rating 5 out of 5]

i like to look at books with pictures.

[Anna Johnson]

This is a great book to encourage children to dress up and participate in dramatizing.