Spooky Favorites
Product Details
- Audio CD (August 17, 1999)
- Original Release Date: August 17, 1999
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Music Little People
1. I'm Not Scared
2. Witch Is on Her Broomstick
3. If You're Scary and You Know It
4. Bring Back My Neighbors to Me
5. Jack-O-Lantern
6. I'm a Mean Old Witch
7. 'Tain't No Sin
8. Cockles and Mussels
9. Green Gremlins
10. Stirring Our Brew
11. Old Roger
12. 5 Little Pumpkins
13. Spider on the Floor
14. 12 Days of Halloween
15. There Was an Old Woman
16. Dem Bones
17. Thing
18. Which Witch Is Which?
Editorial Reviews
If you want to scare the pants off your 2-, 3-, and 4-year-olds, but then make them merrily sing along, this Halloween collection could be for you. A generous 18 tracks deep, Spooky Favorites covers the familiar creepy-crawly terrain of "Cockles and Mussels," "Spider on the Floor," and "There Was an Old Woman" with all the right affects. Favorites also trades in Christmas tunes, reworking "The 12 Days of Christmas" as "12 Days of Halloween," while "Green Gremlins" reprises the "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" theme in a halting tempo with a tasty rock guitar solo. And in another ironic twist, the players turn "Bring Back My Bonney" into "Bring Back My Neighbors to Me" and rewrite "If You're Happy and You Know It" as "You're Scary and You Know It." Highly theatrical and leaning on a good interplay of English folk melodies and music-hall styles, Spooky Favorites is proof that you can spoof just about any song for Halloween as long as you dress them up real spookylike. --Martin Keller
Grade 3-5--The Herdmans are back and still causing havoc. This large family of ruffians has terrorized the community in the past by turning on the sprinklers and nearly drowning all the turkeys, spray painting kids, stealing cakes, and making kids buy back their own candy. This time, in an effort to avoid the inevitable Herdman-induced chaos of the Halloween activities, Principal Crabtree proposes that the celebration be held at the school, under the watchful eyes of parents and teachers. The kids are bummed because it will be a trick-or-treatless night, and they would rather face the Herdmans on the street than miss the candy. However, the Herdmans manage to turn the event into a disaster for the adults, and the best Halloween ever for the children. The writing is fast paced and funny, and the plot takes some unexpected if not entirely believable twists; for example, a trap door in the teachers' lounge leads to a boiler room filled with holiday candy stolen and stashed by the Herdmans over the years. This book will have a wide readership, particularly with fans of Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994, both HarperCollins).--Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI
Copyright (c) Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-6. Except for Imogene, the Herdmans have stayed out of sight, and that's been worrying Beth Bradley and the other kids at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. It's also worried the mayor, who has canceled trick-or-treating and suspended all candy sales because of previous Herdman Halloween mayhem. The kids aren't looking forward to the alternative celebration--a tame, school-sponsored party, "with a lot of fake witches and spooky music on the PA, and little kid games." But could the Herdmans be planning to sabotage the event? With all the kids in one place, the possibilities are terrifying! Robinson's suspenseful romp will delight fans of previous books featuring the Herdman kids: the buildup to the mischievous collaboration is deliciously tense, the actual pranks are satisfyingly scary, and readers will agree that the Herdmans' interference results in the best Halloween ever. Chris Sherman
Copyright (c) American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
1. Intro
2. Boo, Cackle, Trick or Treat
3. What Do You Like About Halloween?
4. Halloween Party
5. Scary Skeleton
6. Five Little Pumpkins
7. Black Cats, Spiders, and Bats Blues
8. It's Fall
9. Oh, the Bats
10. Bloody Finger
11. Your Bones
12. Skin and Bones
13. One Little, Two Little
14. I Need a Pumpkin
15. Ghost of John
16. Halloween Jokes
17. Outro
1. Ghostbusters
2. Monster Mash
3. The Addams Family
4. Witch Doctor
5. A Nightmare on My Street
6. Thriller
7. Scooby Doo
8. Werewolves of London
9. Purple People Eater
10. Haunted House
11. Time Warp
12. This is Halloween
13. Sombody's Watching Me
14. Little Shop of Horrors
15. Ding Dong The Witch is Dead
16. Who Let The Ghosts Out
The Best Halloween Ever CD [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED] (Audio CD)
The Best Halloween Ever CD by Barbara Robinson
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- Reading level: Ages 9-12
- Audio CD
- Publisher: HarperChildrensAudio; Unabridged edition (July 27, 2004)
- Language: English
Editorial Reviews
From School Library JournalGrade 3-5--The Herdmans are back and still causing havoc. This large family of ruffians has terrorized the community in the past by turning on the sprinklers and nearly drowning all the turkeys, spray painting kids, stealing cakes, and making kids buy back their own candy. This time, in an effort to avoid the inevitable Herdman-induced chaos of the Halloween activities, Principal Crabtree proposes that the celebration be held at the school, under the watchful eyes of parents and teachers. The kids are bummed because it will be a trick-or-treatless night, and they would rather face the Herdmans on the street than miss the candy. However, the Herdmans manage to turn the event into a disaster for the adults, and the best Halloween ever for the children. The writing is fast paced and funny, and the plot takes some unexpected if not entirely believable twists; for example, a trap door in the teachers' lounge leads to a boiler room filled with holiday candy stolen and stashed by the Herdmans over the years. This book will have a wide readership, particularly with fans of Robinson's The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (1972) and The Best School Year Ever (1994, both HarperCollins).--Lee Bock, Glenbrook Elementary School, Pulaski, WI
Copyright (c) Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
From Booklist
Gr. 3-6. Except for Imogene, the Herdmans have stayed out of sight, and that's been worrying Beth Bradley and the other kids at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School. It's also worried the mayor, who has canceled trick-or-treating and suspended all candy sales because of previous Herdman Halloween mayhem. The kids aren't looking forward to the alternative celebration--a tame, school-sponsored party, "with a lot of fake witches and spooky music on the PA, and little kid games." But could the Herdmans be planning to sabotage the event? With all the kids in one place, the possibilities are terrifying! Robinson's suspenseful romp will delight fans of previous books featuring the Herdman kids: the buildup to the mischievous collaboration is deliciously tense, the actual pranks are satisfyingly scary, and readers will agree that the Herdmans' interference results in the best Halloween ever. Chris Sherman
Copyright (c) American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Boo, Cackle, Trick Or Treat
Boo, Cackle, Trick Or Treat ~ Sue Schnitzer
Product Details
- Audio CD (October 1, 2002)
- Original Release Date: October 1, 2002
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Weebee Music
1. Intro
2. Boo, Cackle, Trick or Treat
3. What Do You Like About Halloween?
4. Halloween Party
5. Scary Skeleton
6. Five Little Pumpkins
7. Black Cats, Spiders, and Bats Blues
8. It's Fall
9. Oh, the Bats
10. Bloody Finger
11. Your Bones
12. Skin and Bones
13. One Little, Two Little
14. I Need a Pumpkin
15. Ghost of John
16. Halloween Jokes
17. Outro
Editorial Reviews
"Oh, the bats (squeak, squeak) sing a squeaky song, and they sing (squeak, squeak) nearly all night long, catching bugs (squeak, squeak) till the break of dawn, then the bats (squeak, squeak) fly away." In Sue Schnitzer's musical world, Halloween is infinitely more fun than scary. A creaking-door sound introduces this folksy, downright perky CD of original or newly arranged children's songs such as "Your Bones" ("your thigh bone's connected to your knee bone," etc.) and a hauntingly beautiful version of "Ghost of John," with deep, mournful cello and flute. First graders from Crest View Elementary School in Boulder sing, scream, or giggle along with these festive songs about pumpkins, skeletons, bats, witches, monsters, and ghosts. Sue Schnitzer sings and plays guitar, but a bass, fiddle, keyboard, harmonica, flute, drums, and a cello join in as well. Pleasantly eerie tunes like "All Skin and Bones" are punctuated by long "ooooohs" and plenty of repetition that make it fun for kids to sing along even without knowing all the lyrics. The CD ends with a minute's worth of very silly Halloween riddles such as "Why did Dracula have no friends? Because he's a pain in the neck." (Maniacal giggles follow.) A few more Halloween jokes speckle the liner notes, along with some ideas for Halloween crafts. Young ghouls and boys will certainly revel in this wonderfully eclectic trick-or-treat bag of Halloween songs. Boo! (Ages 4 to 7) --Karin Snelson
Family Fun Magazine, October 2004
A great selection of not-so-often-heard Halloween songs with a folky, sing-along sound.
Family Fun Magazine, October 2004
A great selection of not-so-often-heard Halloween songs with a folky, sing-along sound.
Kidz Bop: Halloween [EXTRA TRACKS]
Product Details
- Audio CD (August 26, 2008)
- Original Release Date: August 26, 2008
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Extra tracks
- Label: Razor & Tie
1. Ghostbusters
2. Monster Mash
3. The Addams Family
4. Witch Doctor
5. A Nightmare on My Street
6. Thriller
7. Scooby Doo
8. Werewolves of London
9. Purple People Eater
10. Haunted House
11. Time Warp
12. This is Halloween
13. Sombody's Watching Me
14. Little Shop of Horrors
15. Ding Dong The Witch is Dead
16. Who Let The Ghosts Out
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Expanded Edition of the spookiest songs sung by kids for kids. Halloween Just Got Spookier! If you think you were scared last time, get ready to grip your chair, cause the Kidz Bop Kids are back with kid friendlyr versions of 16 of the biggest Halloween hits of all time, from spooky movie tunes like 'Ghostbusters' and 'Time Warp' to classic TV themes like 'Scooby Doo Where Are You?' and 'The Addams Family'. If you like your music creepy and kooky and altogether ooky, KIDZ BOP Halloween has versions of `80s pop smashes 'Thriller' and 'Somebody's Watching Me' sung by kids for kidsr, as well as fun versions of classic spooky tunes like 'Monster Mash' and 'Purple People Eater' that both kids and parents will love - at a price that can't be beat! KIDZ BOP Halloween also features 3 previously unreleased tracks - 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead', 'Who Let The Ghosts Out' and 'Little Shop Of Horrors'. To add to the fun, the album is filled with spooky interstitials and sound FX sure to scare up excitement throughout the year!
Expanded Edition of the spookiest songs sung by kids for kids. Halloween Just Got Spookier! If you think you were scared last time, get ready to grip your chair, cause the Kidz Bop Kids are back with kid friendlyr versions of 16 of the biggest Halloween hits of all time, from spooky movie tunes like 'Ghostbusters' and 'Time Warp' to classic TV themes like 'Scooby Doo Where Are You?' and 'The Addams Family'. If you like your music creepy and kooky and altogether ooky, KIDZ BOP Halloween has versions of `80s pop smashes 'Thriller' and 'Somebody's Watching Me' sung by kids for kidsr, as well as fun versions of classic spooky tunes like 'Monster Mash' and 'Purple People Eater' that both kids and parents will love - at a price that can't be beat! KIDZ BOP Halloween also features 3 previously unreleased tracks - 'Ding Dong The Witch Is Dead', 'Who Let The Ghosts Out' and 'Little Shop Of Horrors'. To add to the fun, the album is filled with spooky interstitials and sound FX sure to scare up excitement throughout the year!
