Halloween is one of the most popular days of the year. Around town, a number of residents decorate with bright orange pumpkin lights strung across their front porches, piercing the darkness that overtakes our little city earlier and earlier as the big day approaches. The first real storm of the season brings snow to the Sierras and a good soaking to the dry valley, the becomes crisp in the mornings, even though most afternoons still bring warm sunshine, and by the end of October, we set our clocks back one hour in anticipation of all the ghosties and ghoulies who ring our doorbells on the spookiest night of the year!
Reading Little Goblins Ten, a delightful romp through a magical forest inhabited by monsters, skeletons, werewolves, mummies, zombies, and even a few witches, is a delightful way to get ready for Halloween. It is not only a charming tale about mommies teaching their beastie offspring how to behave on Halloween, it is a great way to teach your own little monsters to count to ten! The illustrations are adorable, perfectly complementing the clever rhyme.
“Even before I learned to read, I remember my mother and father reading to me and my older brother, and one of my favorite rhymes was “Over in the Meadow” which begins:
Over in the meadow,
In the sand, in the sun,
Lived an old mother-road
And her little toadie one.
“Wink,” said the mother;
“I wink,” said the one;
So she winked and she blinked
In the sand, in the sun.
The rhythm and rhyme of those early stories and verses my parents read became a part of me. So it was only natural that many years later I would write a spooky twist on those classic verses. I was very lucky to have Jane Manning illustrate; her fine work is both whimsical and endearing.
Here’s an excerpt from Little Goblins Ten:
Over in the forest
By the graveyard gate
Lived a bony father skeleton
And his little skellies eight
“Rattle!” said the father;
“We rattle,” said the eight.
So they rattled and they ran
By the graveyard gate.
I had so much fun writing this book! I hope you have fun reading it many times over.”
Enter to Win a Copy of Little Goblins Ten
One lucky reader, selected at random, will receive a copy of Little Goblins Ten, generously provided by the author.
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I would definitely be reading if with the family’s little monsters.
I’ve got a few goblins of my own that would love this book!
I would be reading it to my nephew monsters.
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Glad you liked this one – it looks perfect for this month!
Thanks for being on the tour.
What a fun book for Halloween!
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I would read this with my young nephews (ages 4 and 6). They would love this story.
😉 I really loved writing LITTLE GOBLINS TEN and I can’t wait to see who wins the book giveaway! Please drop me an email — I’d love to hear the children’s responses!
I’ll be reading it to myself and the monsters at my house, then the monster’s at my other sister’s house, then the monster’s at my nieces’ houses . . . This book will entertain dozens of monsters before I’m through! Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
I would definitely share this with my own little goblin CJ.
Lindsey Aylward
Shall read it to our 4 year old grandson. Thanks for the wonderful giveaway
it would be read to my daughter
My daughter will love this book! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I would read it to my little monsters, and when they outgrow it, I will pass it along to another little monster!
I’d keep it to read to the kids I baby-sit and then the kids in my classroom!
I will read it to my daughter
I would be reading it to my grand kids.