Peep and Egg

Peep cant wait for Halloween to start, but younger Egg has a long list of reasons to wish it would not. In a scene familiar to many families, the prospect of trick-or-treating conjures fun costumes and candy and games for many kids -- but others are haunted by scary images of vampires, mummies, witches and ghosts, real or imagined. Peep and Egg, two delightful sibling characters introduced in Peep and Egg: I'm Not Hatching, return in Peep and Egg: I'm Not Trick-or-Treating (Macmillan/Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2016) , a hilarious, endearing new read-aloud book for young children, written by Laura Gehl and Illustrated by Joyce Wan. As Laura Gehl tells us, it's a book that may help take the fright right out of Halloween for young children.

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Susan Raab is president of Raab Associates, an internationally recognized agency that specializes in marketing literature, products and initiatives that help improve the lives of young people. Clients have included National Geographic, Scholastic, the International Board on Books for Young People, and bestselling authors and illustrators. Susan is marketing advisor for the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI). She's also a journalist reporting on publishing, education and human rights. Her work as a broadcast correspondent has been hosted by the University of Connecticut, and by the University of Florida's Recess Radio, a program syndicated to 500 public radio stations. Her many interviews, including with Art Spiegelman, Jon Scieszka, Norton Juster, Laurie Halse Anderson and many others talking about art and literature can be heard here. Follow Susan at: https://twitter.com/sraab18