{"product_id":"kids-night-before-halloween-hardcover","title":"Kids' Night Before Halloween - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSteven L. Layne\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eArd Hoyt\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHalloween is one of the most exciting days of the year for students. Imaginations--and children--run amok, fueled by thoughts of pumpkins, trick-or-treat plans, and sugar highs. But at school, their teachers dread the yearly shenanigans, and this year, the students have started celebrating a day early. With princesses running a tiara trade ring in the girls' bathroom and a laser sword battle among fourth-grade space rangers, the kids are quickly taking control of the school!\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e When a group of fifth-grade monsters tie up two first-graders and prepare to eat them, the teachers are ready to call it quits! It's up to the students and their parents to show the teachers a new kind of Halloween and give them a holiday treat they'll never forget.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAward-winning educator Steven L. Layne serves as a professor in the Department of Education at Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois, where he teaches courses in children's literature. A former president of the Illinois Reading Council and a former member of the board of directors of the International Literacy Association, he travels the world as a literacy consultant, motivational speaker, and featured author. Through his work, he has garnered critical acclaim from \u003cem\u003eUSA Today, \u003c\/em\u003e the International Literacy Association, the National Council of Teachers of English, and the Milken Family Foundation. Layne is the author of several titles in Pelican's signature \u003cem\u003eNight Before Christmas Series, \u003c\/em\u003eincluding \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreacher's Night Before Christmas, The Teachers' Night Before Christmas, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Principal's Night Before Christmas\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003c\/strong\u003eHe has also written two gift books, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVerses for Dad's Heart\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eVerses for Mom's Heart, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eand three young-adult science-fiction thrillers, \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis Side of Paradise, Paradise Lost, \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eand \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eMergers. \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in Temple, Texas, Ard Hoyt is the illustrator of more than thirty picture books, including the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e bestseller \u003cem\u003eI'm a Manatee, \u003c\/em\u003e by John Lithgow, and Steven Layne's \u003cem\u003eGrowing with Family Series.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eHoyt lives in Arkansas on a small farm with his family.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 32\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.14 x 11.29 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 18, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50330976354541,"sku":"9781455627738","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/XROPT9VTR79781455627738.webp?v=1784942767","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/products\/kids-night-before-halloween-hardcover","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}