This book is great for several reasons, I am only going to name a few. First, it is great because of the plot. The book tells the story of a little old lady minding her own business on a walk through the woods. On the walk she encounters different articles of clothing floating in the air trying to scare her, to which she replies, "You can't scare me!" After each encounter she starts to walk a little bit faster towards her home. In the end all of the clothing and the jack-o-lantern knock on her door and she cleverly uses them to make a scarecrow!
The second reason this book is great is because of the repetition and the sound effects. It only takes the little old lady meeting a "pair of shoes that go stomp, stomp" to get the entire group of children you are reading to to join in. They love saying the sound effects and even making motions to go along with the book.
Last, this book has endless activities, crafts and games to go with it. My first grade class loved acting out this book. I would bring in shoes, pants, shirts, hats, gloves and a jack-o-lantern and they would use those props to act out this little story.
If this book is not already on your shelf pick it up TODAY! Halloween is tomorrow and there is not much time left for Halloween read alouds!
Happy Reading!
Laura
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