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There’s nothing better on Halloween than an evening of pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating. You can celebrate the best of the holiday with this coloring page.
Why not color it, have your parents take a picture of it or make a scan and send it back to us so we can post it for the whole world to see!
Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!
Edgar Allan Poe is a famous writer who died in 1849. He’s featured in today’s Halloween-themed edition of Kid Scoop. He’s credited with creating the detective story, but his most famous work is probably the poem called “The Raven.”
In that poem, a man is pestered by a raven who seems to be something more than it is.
The poem has been read and dramatized by many people over the years, including on an episode of “The Simpsons.” One of the best was done by Vincent Price, a legend in the movie business for his numerous horror films.
Beyond “The Raven,” Poe also wrote the a lot of other spooky tales. The chilling “Tell-Tale Heart” explores the guilt a murderer feels. The spine-tingling “Cask of Amontillado” focuses on a guy who is buried alive. “The Pit and the Pendulum” is an exercise in sheer terror as a man waits to be sliced in two. In all, Poe came up with a lot of scary ideas!
All these great works were written more than 150 years ago, long before Halloween was a common holiday in the United States, yet they’re still considered to be among the best short stories ever written.
OK, enough of the history stuff, here’s a cartoon parody of “The Raven.” This one also features a reading by Vincent Price! http://youtu.be/v57cDPH1108
What is Kid Scoop? It’s a special page that appears every Monday in The York Dispatch and other local newspapers. Aside from its main feature and the Writing Corner, it includes games, puzzles and jokes.
Get your copy of Kid Scoop in today’s edition of The York Dispatch, and be sure to assemble your own Write On! entry and submit it to NIE@ync.com. We’ll run every entry here!
Of course, you can submit those entries, and anything else you want, for publication here on the Junior Dispatch. Send your JD items to juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com. Learn about what you can submit here.
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No, this isn’t your Mommy! It’s a fearsome mummy from deep inside an ancient pyramid.
Why not color it, have your parents take a picture of it or make a scan and send it back to us so we can post it for the whole world to see!
Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!
The mummy coloring page was created by Junior Dispatch editor John Simcoe. You can have him visit your classroom, youth group or scout meeting. Just contact us at juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com to set up an event.
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Sure vampires are always pale looking, but this guy is a little too pale. Why don’t you get in the Halloween spirit and color the image?
If you color it, have your parents take a picture of it or make a scan and send it back to us so we can post it for the whole world to see!
Click on the image for a printer friendly version of this drawing, color it and then mail it back to us so we can post it here. Get even more coloring pages at the Junior Dispatch’s COLORING PAGE section!
The vampire coloring page was created by Junior Dispatch editor John Simcoe. You can have him visit your classroom, youth group or scout meeting. Just contact us at juniordispatch@yorkdispatch.com to set up an event.
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