Click, Clack, Boo!  A tricky treat commences with a cantankerous Farmer Brown scowling, sitting on a really large jack-o-lantern, and miserable because he does not like Halloween.

Witches cause him nightmares, and pirates cause him shivers.

It is nearly Halloween and Farmer Brown can hardly wait for it to be done.

Farmer Brown’s resolution to the problem is to leave a container of candy on the porch, put up a DO NOT DISTURB notice, pull down the shades and latch the door.

Of course, out at the barn the Halloween party has just started.  Chickens dressed in their ghost costumes are mighty cute.  Scary spider webs add to the décor.  A whole throng of gorgeous mice princesses clad in purple dresses and sporting tiaras hurry across the field. 

Mysterious little sheep witches soundlessly open the barn door, cats sporting bat wings rap at the barn window.   

Farmer Brown checks the catch on his door, in case, he overhears an unnerving sound and he glances through the window.  There!  Out by the trees is a shadowy creature.  Farmer Brown hurries to leap into his bed and pull up the covers.

More mysterious noises sound, and, they are coming closer! Farmer Brown hears the squeak of boards on the front porch, and a tap, tap, tapping on the door! 

Back under the covers he goes, and he hears a quack, quack, quackle! 

QUACKLE?  Farmer Brown sprints to the door, and checks the front porch, the candy bowl is gone!

A note is attached to his front door!  Farmer Brown gallops to check his barn.  And he gets a BIG surprise.

During my years teaching First Grade to Osage County Little Learners Doreen Cronin’s click clack book series was an increasing collection; and they were increasing both in numbers and in acceptance with my students.

The first click clack book was click clack moo.  Osage County First Grade fell in love with the first reading, frequently chose to carry a click clack book for reading on the rug at days end and for using as ‘the free reading’ book during DEAR reading period as well as for a fun book to use when class work was accomplished and a few minutes of free choice activity was awarded.

Each autumn the yearly Book Fair was awaited with enthusiasm, and Little Reader’s scurried to discover a book to purchase using their carefully wrapped money parents had handed to Little Reader’s for when it was our turn to ‘shop’.   And, the Little Reader’s checked the offerings as well, to see if any of their favorite authors  including Doreen Cronin had a new offering Mrs M might buy for the classroom!

Click, Clack, Boo!  A tricky treat has proven to be every bit as well done, kid friendly and kid pleasing as was Click Clack Moo.  Our copy was carefully placed into our October box and taken out to cheers and giggles and glistening eyes as our new month began, was relished often and put away dolefully, at last, as we readied for our Halloween celebration, and the beginning of November.

One of the things I miss most now that I am retired, after not seeing those beaming faces and bright, sparkly eyes each day, is not reading to, listening to and sharing the joy of books we all appreciated on a daily basis.

I found Click, Clack, Boo! A tricky treat written by Doreen Cronin, to be a delightful addition to my classroom.  It is a well written account, artworks rendered by Betsy Lewin are just plain enjoyable, language used is child friendly, and jam-packed with lots of bounce and dynamism.

Happy to recommend Click, Clack, Boo! A tricky treat for the Primary classroom, K-3, for the class, school and public library children’s section, for gifting a well-loved child as a reward, or just because.

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Reviewed by Molly Reviews  BOOKS      molly   martin

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Amazon author information

Doreen Cronin is the successful author of many bestselling picture books, including Thump, Quack, Moo: A Whacky Adventure; Bounce; Wiggle; Duck for President; Giggle, Giggle, Quack; Dooby Dooby Moo; and the Caldecott Honor Book Click, Clack, Moo: Cows That Type. She lives in Brooklyn, New York.