Andrea!
A SPOOKY TALE FOR: Andrea
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM: Mom & Dad
Andrea!
A SPOOKY TALE FOR: Andrea
HAPPY HALLOWEEN FROM: Mom & Dad
By Lillian Jaine Illustrated by Ernie Kwiat
Andrea, Happy Halloween from all your friends on Sesame Street! With love, Mom & Dad
Once upon a Halloween creepy, the Count was getting rather sleepy.
TAP!
TAP!
TAP!
While he nodded, nearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, as of someone gently rapping at his castle door.
“A visitor!” he cried with glee. “I think they’d like some treats from me!”
Who do you think it is, Andrea?
But when he looked outside his door, he saw darkness there, and nothing more.
“Trick or treat!” a small voice cried. The Count jumped up in great surprise.
“Elmo? Is that you I see?” “It is!” said Elmo. “Happy Halloween!”
“Come in, come in,” the Count invited. “My first guest. I’m so excited!”
But only seconds passed before they heard one tap, two taps, and then a third! Is something spooky happening, Andrea?
TAP!
TAP!
! P A T
When they took a glance outside, a frightening sight met both their eyes.
“A ghost! A ghost!” they cried with fear. “Not me!” they heard. “There’s no ghost here!”
Then Elmo noticed something more. He knew he’d seen those feet before!
“Big Bird?” he asked. “Could it be you?” “Yes, it’s me!” he shouted. “Boo!”
Again the door closed with a snap. Again they heard that tap, tap, tap! “A trick-or-treater?� Elmo wondered. The Count looked scared. The black sky thundered.
Who could it be now, Andrea?
TAP!
TAP!
! P A T
Through the window they took a peek, and what they saw made them shout, “EEK!”
A bony creature gazed at them. “Oh no!” they cried. “A skeleton!”
The creature smiled, took off his mask. The Count couldn’t help but gasp.
“Grover!” he said with some relief. “Thank goodness it’s just make-believe!”
Happy H allo wee n, Andr ea!
More friends arrived to trick or treat, and every costume looked quite neat.
“Come in,” Count said, “come everyone!” “Let’s all have some spooky fun!”
Do you like my costume, Andrea? Scram!
And now the night was in full swing. The Count had planned for everything.
But then, “Oh no!” a loud voice cried. “I hear a tapping from outside!”
Another guest? Count worried, wondered. Again, outside, the black sky thundered.
He looked around, then looked again. All ten friends were there with him.
A monster, a pumpkin, a ghost, and a cat. Pirates, a robot, a witch in a hat. There was the knight, the skeleton too! So who was tapping? Nobody knew!
Tap, tap, tap, they heard once more. Then they gathered at the door.
Deep into that darkness peering, long they stood there wondering, fearing.
Who could it be? What would it do? And then they smiled. They saw YOU!
“Hooray! Andrea is here!” said everyone. “Happy Halloween! Come join the fun!”
Happy Halloween, Andrea!
Andrea, turn the page for your very own Halloween craft! YOU’LL NEED:
1 pair of safety scissors
1 glue stick
6 clean popsicle sticks
INSTRUCTIONS 1. Ask a parent to help you cut along the dotted lines around each character. 2. Run your glue stick over the top third of one side of a popsicle stick. 3. Press the orange side of a character against the glue on the popsicle stick. 4.. A llow glue to dry for 5-10 minutes 5. Play with your new Sesame Street friends
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It’s Halloween night, and the Count hears someone knocking at his castle door. Is something spooky going on? Find out when Count, Elmo, Big Bird, and all the Sesame Street friends get together for a very happy Halloween!