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It's Halloween
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This Wikipedia page covers It's Halloween, a 1977 children's picture book by Jack Prelutsky with illustrations by Marylin Hafner. It summarizes the book's publication by Greenwillow Books, its status as a Halloween-themed poetry collection for beginning readers, and its 2002 republication as Halloween Countdown with new art by Dan Yaccarino. It also documents the Scholastic Book Services edition's omissions and provides bibliographic details and references.
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It's Halloween 1977
Children's Halloween poem collection by Jack Prelutsky, illustrated by Marylin Hafner.
Facts from the original
- It's Halloween is a 1977 picture book.
- It was written by American author Jack Prelutsky.
- It was illustrated by Marylin Hafner.
- It is a collection of children's poems with a Halloween theme.
- It is one of Prelutsky's four holiday-themed books for beginning readers.
- It was republished in October 2002 as Halloween Countdown.
- Halloween Countdown has pictures by American author and illustrator Dan Yaccarino.
- The Scholastic Book Services edition, a division of Scholastic Inc., omits one poem titled "Trick...".
- In the Scholastic edition, the subsequent poem "...or Treat" is retitled "Treat".
- The Scholastic edition also omits several pages and illustrations.
- The language is English.
- The series is Greenwillow Read-alone books.
- The subject is Halloween.
- The genre is Children.
- The publisher is Greenwillow Books, a division of William Morrow & Co., Inc., now owned by HarperCollins.
- The publication date is 1977.
- The publication place is the United States.
- The media type is print in hardcover and paperback.
- The book has 64 pages.
- See also includes Children's literature portal and Bibliography of Halloween.
From the original
It's Halloween is a 1977 picture book written by Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Marylin Hafner. Published by Greenwillow Books, it collects children's poems on a Halloween theme and is one of Prelutsky's four holiday-themed books for beginning readers. In October 2002 it was republished as Halloween Countdown with pictures by Dan Yaccarino. The Scholastic Book Services edition omits the poem 'Trick...' and several pages and illustrations; the following poem '...or Treat' is retitled 'Treat' in that version.
