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&#8220;This countdown book begins with a cheery band of 10 masked and costumed children leaving an apartment building to begin their night of fun. As they board a bus to go to a party and trick-or-treat from house to house, their number slowly diminishes as each successive child is frightened off by costumed vampires, mummies, a frog, a bat, and other spooky creatures. The last brave child returns to her apartment, climbs happily into bed, and then there were none. The book ends with a yummy array of different types of candy that kids will enjoy counting. Schulman&#8217;s rhythmic text will be enjoyed as a read-aloud as well as by beginning readers. Davick&#8217;s vibrant graphic art is chockablock with shapes and angles that keep the mood light and the creatures and costumed monsters more fun than frightening. A not-too-scary treat for the youngest Halloween fans.&#8221;&#8212;School Library Journal&#8220;Vibrant depictions of clever costumes will set readers to dreaming of their own Halloween escapades.&#8221;&#8212;Kirkus Reviews

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Khoury is the sort of novelist whose name is inseparable from a city. Los Angeles has Joan Didion and Raymond Chandler, and Istanbul, Orhan Pamuk. The beautiful, resilient city of Beirut belongs to Khoury. &mdash;The Los Angeles Times No Lebanese writer has been more successful than Elias Khoury in telling the story of Lebanon . . . Khoury is one of the most innovative novelists in the Arab world. &mdash;Washington Post Book World How to write Beirut? . . . with words and images that stumble with weariness, that collapse from the heat, from the stone which composes them only to crumble in turn? . . . This is why Khoury&rsquo;s fiction is so powerful. The intent of the writing is to restore its soul. &mdash;Tahar Ben Jelloun Elias Khoury is a pure storyteller. A writer who understands the hypnotic power of words, and who lets this power become the actual subject of his books. Of course, alongside the words, there is reality, palpable, sensual, atrocious. &mdash;Le Nouvel Observateur Khoury [is] arguably the finest living Arab novelist. . . .&#160;White Masks&#160;represents a turning point in Khoury's work. . . . A compelling, thoughtful read. &mdash;World Literature Today

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