Tuesday, October 31, 2006

An Actual Report of a Book – The Halloween Tree

The Halloween Tree by: Ray Bradbury
Science fiction and History, 181 pages (paperback edition) 6 grade reading level, first printed 1972

This book is a great start to a study of the history of Halloween. In it a group of friends travel through time on Halloween in order to save the life of their friend Pipkin and to learn more about the holiday. They explore how people dealt with winter and the connected ideas of death from the earliest humans to modern day. Although this book is fiction it was well researched while still being interesting. It is also a quick read perfect for Halloween night.

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