Halloween is one of my favorite holidays for children. It brings out the best of the creative spirit, evokes a sense of merriment, and allows for sheer enjoyment with others. For years I transformed my children's play house (a miniature version of our house) into a mini-Halloween house for local fun. Then, when I transferred to an elementary building I created a Harvest House atmosphere in my reading room for a week-long, school wide read aloud event. The room was decorated for the season, complete with a spooky walk down to my room, and an amazing collection of seasonal picture books.
Naturally, when I saw that Susanna Leonard Hill was hosting her 4th Annual Halloweensie Contest I had to enter. The contest information seen below was posted on Susanna's blog, Something for Everyone in the World of Children's Books, for October 27, 2014.
Below is my 100 word Halloween story for children in poetic form.
Creepy
Nighttime Fright
Who
creaks along my pumpkin walk
Speaking
daring childish talk,
Creeping
closer with bravery
Toward
my black, ghost-eye tree?
Who
dares to search trails tonight
with
sweaty palms held so tight
in
hopes of finding ghoulish delight,
witches
brew, broomstick fright?
“Not
me!” shouts Molly, Sue, Pete.
But
Oscar brave craves a treat
so
banded together they gingerly creep
among
goblins, pumpkins, cat that leaps.
When
out of darkness, pops a fright.
Mr. Magee in an eerie light
Standing
by the monster tree
with
baskets of treats for all to see.
Who-o-o
dares to come to me?
Carol Varsalona © All Rights Reserved
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Although there are no illustrations allowed for the contest I thought it would be fun for my readers to see how I would integrate technology into a presentation. I turned to emaze as the tool to make my story more appealing for children who would like to read along. You can view the online version here.
Happy
Reading!
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Since it is Slice of Tuesday I am hoping that the Slice of Life readership will appreciate my slice today as they prepare for Halloween and might like to submit an entry for the Halloweensie Contest. If you go here you will find many other writers who share their slice of life each Tuesday.
I would appreciate feedback from the teachers and the children who read
"Creepy Nighttime Fright."
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