Franklin's Halloween

Steve Pitt is a Toronto-based freelance writer and an award-winning journalist. He has written many young adult and children's books, including Day of the Flying Fox: The True Story of World War II Pilot Charley Fox.

Franklin the Turtle is looking forward to having his best Halloween
ever. After designing the scariest costume he can think of, he goes to a
Halloween party. There he tries to guess who is behind all the other
costumes he sees. His friends’ disguises are so good, he is not sure
about anyone except his best friend Bear, who always comes to Halloween
parties dressed as a ghost. After an evening of games and treats,
however, Franklin and his friends are shocked to learn that Bear is at
home sick and that the ghost in their midst may be real.

The full gamut of Halloween’s traditions of tricks, treats, costumes,
and haunted houses is covered in this latest winning Franklin tale.
Through Franklin, Paulette Bourgeois and Brenda Clark have skilfully
re-created a youngster’s aching anticipation of and joyous
participation in an event that comes second only to Christmas in most
children’s hearts. Recommended.