"When Halloween comes near, / Two black cats read and peer / At the ABCs of treats and fun, / That make Halloween loved by everyone." So begins this rhyming Halloween alphabet book, as the two black cats cavort through an A to Z of spooky fun, from dusty attics to Zemula and Zerelda the witches. Each letter has an accompanying verse, often mentioning more than one Halloween item, and the accompanying artwork depicts the cats enjoying or interacting with those items...

I had never heard of author/illustrator Patti Reeder Eubank before an online friend's recent review of ABCs of Halloween—thank you, Kathryn!—but I'm glad to have discovered her work. The rhyming text here read well, introducing lots of interesting Halloween vocabulary, while the illustrations were appealing—colorful and cute, with two adorable feline stars. Not surprisingly, the witchy scenes were some of my favorites, particularly the ones attached to letter Q, when the cats are whispering in a witch's ear, and to letter W, in which a coven goes flying through the air. All in all, a solidly appealing Halloween alphabet book, one I would recommend to picture-book readers looking for such fare. ( )

53 months - O liked it and it will be good for H as he learns about letters and sounds ( )