Philippa Dowding's Blog - Posts Tagged "halloween"

The Draw your Monster Contest is in full swing and kids at 4 participating libraries across the GTA are drawing their monsters, weird and wonderful as they are, in time for Halloween.

Winners will receive 1 of 20 copies of my latest book, Myles and the Monster Outside: Weird Stories Gone Wrong, plus all entries receive a bookmark.

Check out my other blog for how to enter, plus take a look at some of the monstrous entries, they're awesome.

http://phdowding.blogspot.ca/2015/10/...

Love WEIRD STORIES? There are 2 NEW Weird Stories Gone Wrong out just in time for Halloween!

Here's Alex and The Other, about a lonely boy who is suddenly stalked by an evil twin. And Blackwells and the Briny Deep about three siblings who find themselves shipwrecked on a cursed island...

Spooooky enough for you? The award-winning Weird Stories Gone Wrong series is now 5 books strong just in time to get your middle-grade horror-lovers reading for Halloween!



Here's a longer blog post about the two new books, enjoy: https://phdowding.blogspot.com/2018/1...

"Gloria! You are HILARIOUS!" one of the ladies laughs, then they all grab a lobster costume. One of them sees me watching and says, 'We're a vocal quartet!' I just cannot imagine what kind of party they are going to dressed as four singing lobsters. It takes a certain self-confidence to go to a Halloween party dressed as one quarter of a lobster quartet.

This idea actually makes me quite happy. I'm perilously close to giggling."
--From FIREFLY, p. 103

Ever wondered what Halloween in a costume shop might be like?

Firefly knows. She lives in The Corseted Lady costume shop with her Aunt Gayle, which is much better than the park where she used to live. But it takes some getting used to, especially around Halloween. Singing lobster quartets, medieval warriors, Gorilla Suit Guy, that's just the start.

A CCBC Spring Selection, and a CBC Best Middle Grade Read Spring 2021, FIREFLY makes a great Halloween read!

Here's a YouTube clip of me reading more about the lobster quartet:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJco8...

And more about FIREFLY on my other blog:
http://phdowding.blogspot.com/search/...