Halloween Is...

Name: Halloween Is...
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Author: Gail Gibbons
ISBN: 9781666592887

Author: Gail Gibbons

Narrator: Qarie Marshall

Unabridged: 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 09/01/2015

Categories: Children's Nonfiction, Family, Holidays, Celebrations, Children's Fiction, Holiday Stories

Synopsis

Discover the origins and history of Halloween traditions and festivities from ancient times to the present day. Pumpkins, candy, costumes and decorations, Halloween is a celebration that provides all kinds of spooky fun.

About Gail Gibbons

Gail Gibbons grew up writing stories and drawing pictures to fit the words, and wishing she lived in the country. After graduating from the University of Illinois with a bachelor of fine arts degree, she became involved in television graphics. Eventually Gail became a full-time writer and moved to rural Vermont, where she could have a garden and as many pets as she wanted. Winner of the 2010 Regina Medal, Gail has written & illustrated more than 140 books. Gail and her husband, Kent Ancliffe, have a dog named Wilbur and two cats, named Miles and Davis. They live in Corinth, Vermont in a passive solar house that Gail's husband built and on an island off the coast of Maine.

About Qarie Marshall

Qarie Marshall has narrated over thirty series for the Discovery Channel and the BBC. He has also been a guest voice on Comedy Central's Drawn Together and has recorded BBC radio plays, the in-flight programming for Virgin Atlantic Airlines, over eighty video games for the PlayStation and Xbox, and numerous audiobooks. In 2007, he was made an Associate Artist of The Purple Rose Theatre.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peacegal on September 11, 2019

This reminds me of something I would have checked out of my elementary school library in the 1980s. It's a simple presentation of Halloween traditions and their origins. The presentation is dated, but that's understandable.......more

Goodreads review by Lynn on October 17, 2019

Nice easy read aloud for younger readers. Not too dense and very easy to understand. Students loved it.......more

Goodreads review by Eliot on November 29, 2018

This book is all about Halloween, past and present.......more

Goodreads review by Megan on March 30, 2016

This book tells the story of Halloween and how it came to be celebrated on October 31st. The book describes how people used to believe that witches, ghosts, goblins, and elves were real and would appear on Halloween night. The book also describes how Halloween used to be called "All Hallow's Eve", w......more

Goodreads review by Brittany on March 29, 2016

Gail Gibbons does a great job of giving many different facts about Halloween. She incorporates common Halloween traditions as well as giving the background to these traditions. Many of these different backgrounds are not well known so even if the reader knows a lot about Halloween, he or she can fin......more