Halloween Trick or Treat: A Colors Book

by Lydia Nichols (Illustrator)

Learn all the basic colors in this fun and spooky Halloween board book, complete with a fun cast of trick-or-treaters.
A red crayon, an orange pumpkin, a purple cat, a black vampire, a white ghost and more are included in this adorable Halloween colors book for toddlers. With Lydia Nichols's fresh yet retro style illustrations and spot glitter making the cover extra festive, this board book is sure to be the perfect gift for young trick-or-treaters at Halloween.

Genres: Halloween, Picture Books, Holiday

22 pages, Board Book

Published July 24, 2018

About the author

Lydia Nichols is an illustrator and designer. By day she doodles for Google and by night she draws anthropomorphic objects and animals. Lydia Nichols lives in Oakland, California.

Reviews

[Baby Bookworm · Rating 5 out of 5]

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Hello, and happy Halloween from The Baby Bookworm! Our book today is Halloween Trick Or Treat: A Colors Book by Lydia Nichols, a delightful board book with a festively spooky twist!

Set against black-and-colorblock backgrounds, the book follows a simple structure: one of Nichols’ adorable retro-style illustrations of a kid in costume paired with text describing their costume and its hue. A red crayon, a purple cat, and a pink flower are even joined by some unexpected friends, like a mysterious vampire all in black, or a blue monster (dressed in costume as a human kid, naturally)!

What a fun little book! Nichols wisely keeps things simple, letting the positively charming illustrations – filled with bright beaming kids in a wide range of skin tones – shine. The text is minimal and easy to digest for little ones, which was awesome – JJ immediately picked up the rhythm and had a blast identifying the colors and the costumes by herself. One teeny complaint – the “pink” flower shows up as more of a salmon color, and JJ was stymied by this orange-pink shade; a brighter pink may have worked better. But otherwise, this is a bewitching little board board, perfect to celebrate Halloween with little ghouls and goblins. Baby Bookworm approved!

(Note: A copy of this book was provided to The Baby Bookworm by the publisher in exchange for an honest review.)

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[Elizabeth · Rating 2 out of 5]

Some of the colors and things don't make sense (how is a yellow giraffe Halloween?). All the items are kids in costume so if hoping to teach what a vampire or ghost is, this won't be overly helpful. And only the color and thing on the page so it's very few words for a $9 book

[Slaa!!! · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sooooo cute!!

[Ali · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good clear illustrations and simple text that my toddler could predict and "read".

[Alexa · Rating 5 out of 5]

My kid gets so excited about the Halloween costumes! But that is not pink.