Barth, Edna.
Witches, pumpkins, and grinning ghosts : the story of the Halloween symbols / by Edna Barth ; illustrated by Ursula Arndt. - New York : Clarion, c1972. - 95 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 95.
Halloween, and before -- The goblins will get you! -- The Halloween witch -- The witch's familiars -- The Halloween cat -- The owl : harbinger of evil -- The mysterious bat -- The unpopular toad -- The witches broomstick -- Fire burn and cauldron bubble -- Halloween ghosts -- Rattling bones -- Beware the Jack-O'-Lantern -- Black and orange -- Nuts, apples, and cabbages predict the future -- Halloween foods -- The Halloween masquerade.
Wilson's Children School Library Journal Library Journal
Explains the origins of familiar Halloween symbols and relates stories associated with them.
6.8 Follett Library Resources 3-6
0899190405 0395288479
Halloween--Juvenile literature.
Symbolism--Juvenile literature.
Halloween.
Symbolism.
Halloween.
Symbolism in Halloween.
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Witches, pumpkins, and grinning ghosts : the story of the Halloween symbols / by Edna Barth ; illustrated by Ursula Arndt. - New York : Clarion, c1972. - 95 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 95.
Halloween, and before -- The goblins will get you! -- The Halloween witch -- The witch's familiars -- The Halloween cat -- The owl : harbinger of evil -- The mysterious bat -- The unpopular toad -- The witches broomstick -- Fire burn and cauldron bubble -- Halloween ghosts -- Rattling bones -- Beware the Jack-O'-Lantern -- Black and orange -- Nuts, apples, and cabbages predict the future -- Halloween foods -- The Halloween masquerade.
Wilson's Children School Library Journal Library Journal
Explains the origins of familiar Halloween symbols and relates stories associated with them.
6.8 Follett Library Resources 3-6
0899190405 0395288479
Halloween--Juvenile literature.
Symbolism--Juvenile literature.
Halloween.
Symbolism.
Halloween.
Symbolism in Halloween.
394.2/646