Guess Who? Boo to You!

Friendly Halloween characters visit one another to deliver Halloween treats without being seen. When each door is opened, it reveals a different character being "booed," while the giver of the BOO is hidden behind the door flap. On the next spread, the character who has been BOOED goes on to BOO another friend, and so on. The final spread reveals all four characters, who have previously been BOOED, as they head to one final door with a mirror behind it. Guess who they BOO? It's YOU the reader.

"Booing" rose in popularity during the pandemic when Halloween activities such as school parties and neighborhood gatherings couldn't take place. Booing became the ultimate socially distanced way of having Halloween fun and showing the special people in your life your appreciation. Even though this is primarily a US activity, the concept of characters giving a treat to a friend will resonate across the globe.

Grasya Oliyko is a Ukrainian artist. She studied fine arts and book graphics at university and now illustrates children's books for publishers all around the world, including The Old Lion Publishing House, Flying Eye Books, and Ranok. Grasya loves animals and has two dogs and two cats that she rescued from the streets to give them a loving home.