Night of the Gargoyles by Eve Bunting

I chose to read this children's book after a classmate did their author study on Eve Bunting and her books interested me. This book was a great book to use in an unit around Halloween time. The illistrations are in all black and white which make the book seem mysterious and scary. On the first page of the book there is the definition of a gargoyle. The definition says that gargoyles are "a watherspout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from the roof or eaves of a building." This is different than than how the gargoyles are portrayed throughout the book. The gargoyles are seen as scary creatures that roam around during the night and hate the birds who sit on them and the humans who made them. They are seen moving off of their walls and are sneaking up on humans when they are not aware. Overall I think this, along with many of Eve Bunting's other books, is a great book for children.