Angelina's Halloween

I chose to read and write about Angelina's Halloween by Katharine Holabird, one of the books from the Angelina Ballerina collection. Angelina and her friend Alice are getting ready for Halloween, they are deciding on what their costume is going to be when the book begins. They quickly decide upon dancing fairies, and ask Angelina's mom Mrs. Mouseling to make their costumes. Polly, Angelina's little sister decides to be a ghost but wants to tag along with them while they go trick or treating. While they were out a few of Angelina's friends and her think that it would be cool to go to the haunted house that is down the street. They go inside but quickly get scared because of the spooky noises that they are hearing and rush out. In the meantime, Polly gets stuck in the bushes and Angelina has to help her out. After the haunted house the Halloween festival begins for the town, Angelina, Alice, and Polly go to the parade to show off their dancing skills. Angelina and Alice win a special prize for their unique dancing skills. When Angelina goes to hug Polly she discovers that she has the wrong ghost, she has a ghost named Bruce. Angelina frantically goes searching for Polly and finds her sitting on the front porch of the haunted house with three young wizards. Angelina is so happy to find Polly safe but she explains to Polly that it is dangerous to be out alone on Halloween night. I would use this book for grades K-2 sometime during the week of Halloween because it is a cute book but also teaches a valuable lesson that it isn't safe to be alone when you go out trick or treating. It might be too young for any grade above 2nd grade.