It's Halloween vs The Night Before Christmas: Which Should You Read?

Both live on shelves: Juvenile poetry, Children's poetry, Poetry

Cover of It's Halloween

It's Halloween Jack Prelutsky · 1977 ★★★★☆ 3.9 56 pages · ≈ 1 h 02 m · Challenging Find on Amazon

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Cover of The Night Before Christmas

The Night Before Christmas Clement Clarke Moore · 1857 ★★★★☆ 4.4 28 pages · ≈ 31 min · Demanding Find on Amazon

The verdict

Readers rate The Night Before Christmas higher: 4.4 vs 3.9 from 128989 votes.
It's Halloween is the easier read (Challenging), The Night Before Christmas more demanding (Demanding).

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