New York Day and Night
Author: Aurélie Pollet
Illustrator: Vincent Bergier
Publisher: Prestel
ISBN: 978-3-7913-7378-2
Recommended Age: 3+
Release Date: March 4, 2019 (UK) March 19, 2019 (US)
Ray Bradbury’s The Halloween Tree remains my favorite autumn tome since I first purchased the Ballantine paperback edition back in 1972 and read it in one sitting. It is a wonderful rumination on the origins of the witching season wrapped in a quintessential Bradbury “boy’s tale” (or what we now call young adult fiction). Originally conceived as a screen treatment for an un-produced Chuck Jones cartoon, each of its characters learns the history and significance of their respective costume as they travel through the Samhain night on a quest to save a friend.