It's Halloween

It's Halloween
AuthorJack Prelutsky
Cover artistMarylin Hafner
LanguageEnglish
SeriesGreenwillow Read-alone books
SubjectHalloween
GenreChildren
PublisherGreenwillow Books (a division of William Morrow & Co., Inc.) (now owned by HarperCollins)
Publication date
1977
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover, paperback)
Pages64

It's Halloween is a 1977 picture book written by American author Jack Prelutsky and illustrated by Marylin Hafner.[1] It is a collection of children's poems with a Halloween theme, and is one of Prelutsky's four holiday-themed books for beginning readers.[2] The book was republished in October 2002 as Halloween Countdown, with pictures by American author and illustrator Dan Yaccarino.[3]

The edition published by Scholastic Book Services (a division of Scholastic Inc.) omits one poem titled "Trick...". As a result, the subsequent poem "...or Treat" was retitled as simply "Treat".[4] The Scholastic edition also omits several pages and illustrations.

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  1. ^ "Marilyn Hafner". Penguin Random House. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
  2. ^ Bange, Stephanie (December 2005). "The Jack Prelutsky Holiday Audio Collection". School Library Journal. Vol. 51, no. 12. Retrieved November 5, 2025 – via EBSCOhost.
  3. ^ Hoppe, Hannah (October 2002). "Halloween Countdown (Book)". School Library Journal. Vol. 48, no. 10. p. 126. Retrieved November 5, 2025 – via EBSCOhost.
  4. ^ It's Halloween, Prelutsky, Jack. Published by Scholastic Book Services