Adorable and cute, as always. Look for a cameo appearance by Harry Potter in this one.

I really liked this book. It was very cute and I would use it to read to my students during the month of October. In this book, the chicken loves when it becomes fall because the pumpkins arrive. As the chicken is watching, she begins to get confused. She sees the lemonade and thinks that it is water. She sees the candy corn and thinks that it is real corn. I would recommend this book to any Elementary school teacher. ( )

Minerva Louise is the chicken equivalent of Amelia Bedelia. You either love her, or she'll drive you crazy. I happen to love Minerva Louise, but I must admit, I wasn't totally enthralled with her new Halloween adventure. It is a nice and gentle Halloween book for the very young that contains no frights to leave them with nightmares. Minerva thinks that decorating with fake tombstones is actually the farmers planting a rock garden and she mistakes children dressed up as ghost, as floating laundry. There are chuckles to be had and preschoolers do enjoy the book! I did not feel it necessary though to dress one of the trick or treaters up as Harry Potter. The audience members for the book do not recognize the character and really, he's a bit overdone already! (yes, I said that). I appreciate a nod to another literary character, but what about Dorothy or Alice? Or better yet, keep the holiday non-commercial and stick with ghosts and goblins! ( )

Minerva Louise is watching the farm as they are preparing for Halloween, but she clearly has no idea what Halloween is.

The character's perspective about what is going on at the farm is really great for kids. It'd also be a great idea to read this book before handing out candy corn! I think this would be a great read for Halloween and I hope to get it for my classroom. ( )