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A review by the_travelingbooknerd
Spoops: The Little Spirits of Halloween by A.J. Locascio
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.5
Overall: 4.5🌟
Plot°: 5📍
Emotion: All The Feels! 🥹
Illustrations: 5 🖌️
Suggested Ages:
Read To: 5 up to 10
(Unless your l/o has a good attention span!)
Read By: 8 and up
Mom's Review:
Halloween is tied with Christmas in our household as our favorite holiday so this sure was a massive hit!
For the most part, the rhymes flowed well. The story was such a fun, fresh concept for Halloween combined with a lovely sentiment/lesson learned. And the illustrations? Omigosh! They were fabulous! This will definitely be added to our Halloween rotation!
"A's" Review:^
I really loved reading parts of this with Mom! Some of the words were new to me and a little hard to around out, but Mommy and Daddy helped. I let them read most of this book.
The Spoops are so cute! I always wondered what the Halloween Spirits looked like and now I know!
"C's" Review:*
(Pending - fell asleep before story time!)
Dad's Review:
Perhaps a little long for the younger kids (5 and under) at 70+ pages. Overall, a highly enjoyable story, length aside with great details both in the story and illustrations.
We're all beyond grateful for the opportunity to read and review this adorable, sweet, feel-good book. Thank you to A.J. Locascio, IDW Publishing, Top Shelf Productions, and of course NetGalley for the advanced readers' copy!
All reviews are our own.
NOTES:
° = Our Plot/Lesson rating is how well the kiddos picked up on the morals/lessons learned or well received the facts were.
^ = A, "Ready to Read" level 3, voracious reader
* = C, learning her letters, but memorizes stories well!
**There might be a few little plot reveals edited to a [generic description in brackets] to keep the surprise. :)
“Quotes” I paraphrase the kids’ opinions 90% of the time, but will call out their direct quotes.
Plot°: 5📍
Emotion: All The Feels! 🥹
Illustrations: 5 🖌️
Suggested Ages:
Read To: 5 up to 10
(Unless your l/o has a good attention span!)
Read By: 8 and up
Mom's Review:
Halloween is tied with Christmas in our household as our favorite holiday so this sure was a massive hit!
For the most part, the rhymes flowed well. The story was such a fun, fresh concept for Halloween combined with a lovely sentiment/lesson learned. And the illustrations? Omigosh! They were fabulous! This will definitely be added to our Halloween rotation!
"A's" Review:^
I really loved reading parts of this with Mom! Some of the words were new to me and a little hard to around out, but Mommy and Daddy helped. I let them read most of this book.
The Spoops are so cute! I always wondered what the Halloween Spirits looked like and now I know!
"C's" Review:*
(Pending - fell asleep before story time!)
Dad's Review:
Perhaps a little long for the younger kids (5 and under) at 70+ pages. Overall, a highly enjoyable story, length aside with great details both in the story and illustrations.
We're all beyond grateful for the opportunity to read and review this adorable, sweet, feel-good book. Thank you to A.J. Locascio, IDW Publishing, Top Shelf Productions, and of course NetGalley for the advanced readers' copy!
All reviews are our own.
NOTES:
° = Our Plot/Lesson rating is how well the kiddos picked up on the morals/lessons learned or well received the facts were.
^ = A, "Ready to Read" level 3, voracious reader
* = C, learning her letters, but memorizes stories well!
**There might be a few little plot reveals edited to a [generic description in brackets] to keep the surprise. :)
“Quotes” I paraphrase the kids’ opinions 90% of the time, but will call out their direct quotes.