CHEEKY READS · HALLOWEEN EDITION
The pumpkin is smiling differently today
Five jokes, a spooky story, and a page to color.
Hi there,
It's been a while since you heard from us. Short version: Cheeky Reads makes big activity and coloring books for kids, and this email is now the fun end of that. Jokes, a story, something to print. Every couple of weeks. Halloween first.
Read these out loud at dinner
The groans are the point.
What's a skeleton's favorite instrument?
The trombone.
Why was the ghost so bad at lying?
Everyone could see right through him.
What do you get when you cross a vampire with a snowman?
Frostbite.
Why don't mummies take vacations?
They're afraid they'll relax and unwind.
What kind of music do mummies like?
Wrap.
Got a better one? Hit reply and send it. The best ones go in the next issue.
A SPOOKY STORY · PART 1 OF 2
The Pumpkin on Porch Number Nine
Nora carved her pumpkin on October 1st, which was too early, and everyone told her so. By October 12th it should have been a puddle. Instead it sat on the porch looking fresh as a tennis ball.
Her brother Theo poked it. "It's cold."
"It's been outside."
"Colder than outside."
That night Nora shone her flashlight through the window. The pumpkin had been grinning when she carved it, wide and goofy. Now the grin was smaller. Tighter. Like it was keeping something in.
At 9:04 the porch light flickered once.
At 9:05 something went tap, tap, tap. Not on the door. On the glass. Right beside her face.
Nora looked down. The pumpkin was no longer facing the street.
Part 2 lands early next week. Keep your porch light on.
Now you color it
Somebody is hiding in this pumpkin. Print the page, grab your crayons, and see if part 2 of the story agrees with you.
Where that page came from
It's from our Halloween Activity Book, which has plenty more where that came from. If you have a little one who isn't ready for mazes yet, My First 100 Spooky Words is the gentler version.
Happy haunting,
Cheeky Reads