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Overview
Join T. Rex and his friends as they try to find the perfect scary costume for Halloween trick-or-treating. Is it a bat? Or a cat? Or maybe a jack-o'-lantern? Or maybe T. Rex should just wear his big, toothy grin.
Lois G. Grambling and Jack E. Davis's delightful, frightful tale teaches that, sometimes, what you need just might be in the last place you look—yourself.
A Tyrannosaurus rex cannot decide what kind of costume to wear on Halloween night.
Synopsis
Join T. Rex and his friends as they try to find the perfect scary costume for Halloween trick-or-treating. Is it a bat? Or a cat? Or maybe a jack-o'-lantern? Or maybe T. Rex should just wear his big, toothy grin.
Lois G. Grambling and Jack E. Davis's delightful, frightful tale teaches that, sometimes, what you need just might be in the last place you look—yourself.
Publishers Weekly
In this tongue-in-cheek crowd pleaser, T. Rex wants a costume that will "make him look scary." Sadly, his friends Diplodocus, Stegosaurus and Iguanodon have taken all the best ideas. "Decide soon or all the treats will be gone!" Iguanodon wails. Davis's (Bedhead) witty thought bubbles picture T. Rex envisioning himself in a bat, cat or pumpkin costume before rejecting each. "Maybe you should go... as yourself, wearing just that very big frown," the reptiles recommend, looking a little nervous. Grambling (Shoo! Scat!) achieves a level of comic irony that dino fans can appreciate, and T. Rex's treat-eating smile turns out to be just as frightening (and funny) as his frown. Ages 3-6. (Sept.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.
Editorials
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T. Rex's search for an original Halloween disguise teaches him an important lesson about being himself. A cute picture book about a prehistoric monster that all kids love.Booklist
“Grambling’s mouthtickling adjectives are right on target for her audience.”Publishers Weekly
In this tongue-in-cheek crowd pleaser, T. Rex wants a costume that will "make him look scary." Sadly, his friends Diplodocus, Stegosaurus and Iguanodon have taken all the best ideas. "Decide soon or all the treats will be gone!" Iguanodon wails. Davis's (Bedhead) witty thought bubbles picture T. Rex envisioning himself in a bat, cat or pumpkin costume before rejecting each. "Maybe you should go... as yourself, wearing just that very big frown," the reptiles recommend, looking a little nervous. Grambling (Shoo! Scat!) achieves a level of comic irony that dino fans can appreciate, and T. Rex's treat-eating smile turns out to be just as frightening (and funny) as his frown. Ages 3-6. (Sept.) Copyright 2005 Reed Business Information.Children's Literature
It is Halloween and T. Rex is going trick-or-treating, but he cannot figure out what to wear to make him look scary! T. Rex thinks about wearing a white sheet, but then remembers his friend is going to wear a white sheet and be a ghost. He thinks about wearing something with bones and being a skeleton, but another friend is going to wear something with bones and be a skeleton. Soon T. Rex's friends arrive and try to give him advice on what to wear. Nothing seems scary enough. Then the friends suggest T. Rex go trick-or-treating as himself with a frown. T. Rex tries it, but soon he forgets to frown and smiles instead. T Rex's smile scares some trick-or-treaters and his friends tell him next Halloween he should go as himself with a smile! Young readers will love this fun, fresh Halloween story. The creative illustrations along with a well-crafted story make this story a great choice for a child, parent, classroom or library. 2005, Katherine Tegan Books/Harper Collins, Ages 3 to 6.—Mindy Hardwick