Pub Date: July 15, 2025
Dewey: E
LCCN: 2024002304
Lexile Code: 0000
Features: Illustrated, Price on Product
Target Age Group: 04 to 08
Physical Info: 0.50" H x 11.20" L x 8.50" W ( 0.95 lbs) 40 pages
BISAC Categories:
Juvenile Fiction | Holidays & Celebrations | Halloween | Humorous Stories | Social Themes | Emotions & Feelings
Description: A little girl is tired of dressing up as something adorable for Halloween, so this year she plans to be a scary witch and frighten everyone, even herself.
Brief description: Zoey Abbott is the author of This Year, a Witch!; How to Draw a Zombie; Banana; Clementine and the Lion; I Do Not Like Yolanda; and finalist for the Oregon Book Award, Pig and Horse and the Something Scary. She lives in Oregon with her family and their dog, Carrots.
Review Quotes: Multimedia and Risograph illustrations make magical use of both generous white space and full-bleed spreads and feature vibrant pops of modern Halloween hues, including violet and acidic green. Playfully paced page turns reveal a visual transformation more frightening than even the young witch bargains for, but concise text with emphatic typography keeps the theatrical tone kind-spirited; Abbott perfectly captures youngsters' often-warring desires for autonomy and reassurance. A sly seasonal pick for kids craving a dash of agency alongside their dress-up. --Kirkus, STARRED Review "04/15/2025"