Book
Goblin moon / written and illustrated by Jacqueline Rogers.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062792297
- ISBN: 0062792296
- Physical Description: 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2019.
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| Subject: | Halloween > Juvenile fiction. Goblins > Juvenile fiction. |
| Genre: | Picture books. |
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibsons Public Library | JUV PIC R (Text) | 30886000765236 | Juv Holiday | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Kirkus Reviews : Kirkus Reviews 2019 August #1
A Goblin Moon on Halloween night brings the goblins out to frolic. As the moon rises, a costumed family—turbaned fortuneteller mom, cowboy dad, toddler bear, and pigtailed pirate (eye patch askew)—sets off trick-or-treating. The creepy shadows cast by the moon clearly have the little buccaneer on alert (the accompanying picture's dark, but nothing's too scary, and adults are close). "Better get home now / and snug up inside. / The goblins are coming— / we better go hide!" From beneath the protection of covers, the young pirate peers out to see the goblins frolicking. But when they disappear from sight, the protagonist starts seeing and hearing things inside the house, and readers will spy the adorable little green monsters as they hide from the searching flashlights of the adults. Emboldened, the kid tells the goblins to go back to their moon, but perhaps they need an incentive? A trail of Halloween candy leading away from the house just might do it. And perhaps they'll offer something in return? Rogers' gouache and digital illustrations are magical when depicting the night outside, with sinuous trees in deep blues and greens highlighted in the white light from a gently smiling moon. And while the premise of monsters in the house that are invisible to adults is a creepy notion, the goblins are delightfully fun and not at all scary. A just-scary-enough romp for the brave. (Picture book. 4-8) Copyright Kirkus 2019 Kirkus/BPI Communications. All rights reserved. - Publishers Weekly Reviews : PW Reviews 2019 September #1
The pale "Old Goblin Moon" presides over Halloween with an enigmatic smile, "creating strange shadows" as a human family trick-or-treats. After the people retire, it beckons the littlest goblins to make mischief in and around a child's house: "The moon calls them out./ I think I can hear/ the rustling and chattering/ as they get near." At first, the girl cowers in her bed with numerous stuffed toys, but as small goblins storm the yard, then the house, she soon takes control: "Go BACK to your MOON!" Realizing that goblins need Halloween treats, too, she shares her Halloween candy, luring the goblins out from under the sofa cushions and inside the piano and leading them "back to your goblin-y fathers and mothers"âwho seem every bit as eager as their adult human counterparts for Halloween's end. Rogers's landscape of undulating lines and plush shapes bathed in cool blue light evokes a mood that's more extraterrestrial than autumnal, lending this Halloween story an otherworldly air. Ages 4â8. (July)
Copyright 2019 Publishers Weekly.
