Fright Club

Description

This monster mash-up from Geisel winner Ethan Long doles out the laughs and the chills in equal measure. Each year, on Halloween eve, Fright Club meets to go over their plan: Operation Kiddie Scare. Only the scariest of monsters can join Fright Club--Vladimir the Vampire, Fran K. Stein, Sandy Witch, and Virginia Wolf have all made the cut. They've been practicing their ghoulish faces, their scary moves, and their chilling sounds. But when a band of cute little critters comes along asking to join in the fun, the members of Fright Club will find out who really is the scariest of all! This clever, rollicking read aloud text and delightfully spooky illustrations will have young readers laughing, cheering, and begging to be the newest members of Fright Club.

Ethan Long is the 2013 Geisel winner for UP! TALL! AND HIGH! and a tremendous (and prolific) up-and-coming talent. Kirkus called his latest book, MAX AND MILO GO TO SLEEP! "laugh-out-loud fun" and it was an Amazon Editors Pick for January. He was nominated for an Emmy Award with his animated series Tasty Time with Zefronk, currently airing on Disney Junior. He received a Bank Street Book of the Year Citation with DROOLING AND DANGEROUS and is also the author of the delightful TICKLE THE DUCK and CHAMELIA. He lives in Orlando, Florida. www.ethanlong.com

Long's dark, ghostly palette sets an appropriately eerie mood, and he has a lot of fun with the cuddly animals' reign of terror. . . Don't worry about what goes bump in the night, Long seems to suggest--daylight can be plenty scary, too. -- starred review * Publishers Weekly * Long delivers an original story full of droll humor while also introducing the concept of questioning stereotypes and rules. . . Long ably proves that 'when it comes to scaring, the more the merrier.' * Kirkus Reviews * Silly but entertaining. * School Library Journal * It's a funny Halloween concept that delivers. * The Horn Book * The lighthearted tone makes this Halloween tale a perfect pick for younger children. Monster names such as Virginia Wolf and Mumford N. Suns will entertain the adults as well. * Booklist * Doubling as a baby book and an early reader, this book about the ups and downs of avian rivalry succeeds abundantly on both fronts. * -The New York Times on Up! Tall! and High! *