When a ghostly T-rex (and friends) start appearing early for the Day of the Dead party, havoc breaks out in the village as colorful sugar skulls begin to vanish one-by-one.In this lively Halloween read-aloud, 10 grinning sugar skulls are happily preparing for the Day of the Dead celebration by weaving flower vines, leaving sweetbreads at the gate, making sand paintings in the streets, hanging paper banners in the trees and more. But something is not right.10 grinning sugar skullsweaving flowers on a vine.A ghostly T-rex passes byand--POOF!--the skulls are down to.With each turn of the page a new party guest arrives early and another sugar skull goes missing.Where are the sugar skulls going? Which one is next? And will they ever return? Professionally narrated in a delightfully sinister voice against an eerie musical soundtrack, every child will find their favorite dinosaurs on these boldly illustrated pages-from T-rex, stegosaurus and pteranodon, to velociraptor, apatosaurus, triceratops, allosaurus and more--including giganotosaurus made popular by Jurassic World Dominion.A fun Halloween caper, children can hear it again and again with a click of the included QR code.

The easy rhyming pattern and visual clues help children predict which sugar skull will disappear next and how many will remain.until there are none.In the surprising conclusion, all 10 of the missing sugar skulls are found and all is well again?until next year.In addition to being an entertaining tale, the included Afterword offers cultural insights on how the traditional Day of the Dead activities in the story are performed in Mexico and around the world. Each activity is a way to honor family and loved ones who no longer walk this Earth.