Keyana Loves Halloween

PreS-Gr 2–Keyana McGee is full of big ideas for Halloween costumes. She and Aunt Ruby have created a beautiful “fairy garden mother” outfit, and younger brother Miles is going as his favorite character, a “green-horned snorkelbot.” When Aunt Ruby’s Great Dane races for the door and Miles gets caught in the rush, he falls, and his costume is torn. Keyana comes up with a “ginormous” plan to help a tearful Miles repair his costume and get back in the holiday mood. The pair creep into Aunt Ruby’s deep, dark walk-in closet, which Keyana explains is a “spooky Forest of Missing Pieces,” filled with screeching hanger birds, beady talking vines, and the perfect bits to recreate Miles’s look. Digital illustrations with tones of purple, orange, and green throughout give the spreads a cohesive, cheerful look. Keyana and her family are Black.