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Authors: Janet Schulman
10 Trick-or-Treaters
THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK PUBLISHED BY ALFRED A. KNOPF
Text copyright © 2005 by Janet Schulman
Illustrations copyright © 2005 by Linda Davick
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Schulman, Janet.
10 trick-or-treaters : a Halloween counting book / by Janet Schulman ; illustrated by Linda Davick. — 1st ed.
p. cm.
SUMMARY:
Ten trick-or-treaters start out on Halloween night, but they disappear one by one as they encounter a spider, a vampire, a ghost, and other scary creatures.
eISBN: 978-0-307-50944-4
[1. Halloween—Fiction. 2. Counting. 3. Stories in rhyme.] I. Title: Ten trick-or-treaters. II. Davick, Linda, ill. III. Title.
PZ8.3.S29737Aae 2005
[E]—dc22
2004010831
v3.1
For Erin Clarke
—J.S.
For Princess Aggles
—L.D.
10 trick-or-treaters
on a dark and spooky night
out to get some candy
or give someone a fright.
10
trick-or-treaters …
standing in a line.
Along came a spider …
and then there were
9
.
9 trick-or-treaters,
the night was getting late.
A toad hopped near …
and then there were
8
.
8 trick-or-treaters
under racing clouds in heaven.
A bat flew by …
and then there were
7
.
7 trick-or-treaters
filling sacks with party mix.
A ghost said,
“Boo!” …
and then there were
6
.
6 trick-or-treaters
dancing to some jive.
A skeleton tried
to join them …
and then there were
5
.
5 trick-or-treaters
knocking on a door.
“Who’s there?”
called a witch …
