Laura Marsh - National Geographic Readers: Halloween

Children are naturally curious about the world around them, and
curiosity is a powerful motivation for reading. Studies show that
informational reading is critical to success in school. National
Geographic Readers allow you to feed your childrens interests
and create readers who not only can read, but also want to read!

To help sustain childrens excitement about reading, we have created a
new program called NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SUPER READERS. As
kids read each National Geographic Reader, they cross off its picture
on a free National Geographic Super Readers poster that parents can
download from kids.nationalgeographic.com/superreader.

After reading four books, kids and parents go to the web site and
download specially designated prizes that reward their effort. Kids
can have even more reading fun online, with lively book-related
quizzes and games, fascinating excerpts, and sneak previews of
upcoming books.

The National Geographic Super Reader program appeals to kids
love of accomplishment while providing them with incentives to
keep reading. When the reading experience is fun, children learn
more and achieve more. What could be better than that?

Sincerely,

Mariam Jean Dreher
Professor of Reading Education
University of Maryland, College Park

For Paige and Wyatt
L. F. M.

Design by YAY! Design

Copyright 2012 National Geographic Society
Published by the National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C. 20036. All rights reserved.
Reproduction in whole or in part without written permission of the publisher is strictly prohibited.
ISBN: 978-1-4263-1034-8 (Paperback) -- ISBN: 978-1-4263-1035-5 (Library)
-- eISBN: 978-1-4263-1316-5 (eBook)

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Costumes, candy, trick- or- treating,
parties, games, and lots of eating.

Halloween just cant be beat
its a holiday thats one big treat!

What does a vampire take
for a scratchy throat?

Coffin drops!

Ghost and goblins,
pumpkins, too,
black cats, bats,
and witches brew.

In October,
have you seen
all these things
on Halloween?

Whats the best part about
Halloween? Most kids would say
trick- or- treating!

Going door- to- door for candy
is lots of fun.

Candy corn is a
popular Halloween
treat. It was first made
more than
years ago!

Whats your
favorite
Halloween
candy?

What will you be for Halloween?
Will you be silly or scary,
something real or make- believe?

You can be almost anything.
How about...

a shark

a circus clown

a bat

a ghost

Do you know where pumpkins
come from? A pumpkin patch!

PATCH: A small piece of
land where fruits and
vegetables grow