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Summary
"Every Halloween, Hubknuckles pays a visit to Lee and her younger sisters and baby brother. The children watch the ghostly figure from the safety of their warm kitchen, experiencing delicious little tickles of fear. ut this year, Lee has decided that Hubknuckles isn't real. Hubknuckles is just a sheet and a flashlight, she tells her sisters. Either Ma or Pa makes him dance. And she is determined to prove it. hat Lee discovers after an eerie dance on the lawn with her silent, shadowy partner is sure to delight young readers, who will be enchanted by the softly glowing illustrations of this unusual Halloween happening."
Author Notes
"About the Author Emily Herman and her family live in Five Islands, Maine, where, according to the author, a ghost named Hubknuckles pays an annual Halloween visit! Hubknuckles is her first book for children. bout the Illustrator eborah Kogan Ray's work has appeared in numerous exhibitions and collections, and she is the author/illustrator of many books for children."
Reviews (2)
School Library Journal Review
K-Gr 3 Every Halloween, a ghost called Hubknuckles comes and peers in the window and then dances outside in the trees while the children watch from inside. This Halloween, Lee tells her sisters it's just Ma or Pa using a sheet and a flashlight, and she'll creep out and dance with it tonight. After the party she goes out, sees him waiting and gathers her courage; he dances with her willingly before herding her to the house. There she sees Ma and Pa waiting with her brother and sisters. This is an interesting story, and just scary enough, especially when Lee goes out to meet the ghostthe best written part of the book. But there are portions of the text which are confusing as to who's who and of which sex, and the pictures do not always clarify this. It is also unclear in the illustrations which is Boo and which is Weezy. The illustrations themselves are in soft, black-and-white pencil. The outside scenes are pleasingly nebulous, as if gazed at through a mist. The family is comfortably ordinary looking, and the inside scenes cozy. There is an atmospheric two-page spread as Lee dances with the ghost. A story worth reading for the delicious shiver of discovery at the end, despite some of the confusion in the text and the illustrations. Annette Curtis Klause, Montgomery County Libraries, Md. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
Horn Book Review
Every Halloween Hubknuckles peers in the window and then sweeps away in a ghostly dance. This year, Lee boldly announces that she's going to dance with him. Ray's black-and-white drawings of family scenes and costumed children playing Halloween games are warm and friendly, while her pictures of the spectral dance add just the right touch of mystery to the story. Copyright 2010 of The Horn Book, Inc. All rights reserved.
