Mother Boo: Poems from Spookytown

“A lightly spooky collection of verse… . the variety of poetic styles, including everything from limericks to a classic ABCB style, is admirable… . Sports a distinctly classic Halloween feel, both old-fashioned and timeless.” —Kirkus Reviews

“VanSickle and Lounsbury give Mother Goose a holiday spin in this classic-feeling verse collection… . The result is winningly timeless.” —Publishers Weekly

“Welcoming readers to ‘October County,’ where ‘it’s always Halloween,’ VanSickle serves up short verses that incline to the mild side of spooky, from a holiday counting rhyme… . to a lullaby that soothes[.]” —Booklist

“This delightfully spooky poetry anthology is all about Halloween… . The warm, autumnal color palette and the round, cheerful faces of the characters make this book a fun and nonscary way to celebrate ­Halloween.” —School Library Journal

Vikki Vansickle is the author of a number of acclaimed novels for children, including The Lightning Circle, Words That Start With B, Summer Days, Starry Nights, and the award-winning The Winnowing. She has also written picture books such as How to Decorate a Christmas Tree, If I Had a Gryphon, Teddy Bear of the Year, Anonymouse, and Into the Goblin Market. Vikki started her career as an independent bookseller and worked in children’s publishing for twelve years. In addition to writing, she curates and presents regular book segments for CTV’s Your Morning. Currently, she lives and writes in Toronto.

Jennica Lounsbury began illustrating picture books after working in animation. She likes to get lost in the magic of reading a book, and she loves helping to create that magic using art. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario, with her family, her garden, and her very best cat, Greta.

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