A Treasury of Halloween Humor

What do you call an empty hot dog?

A hollow weenie.

From best-selling language writer and International Punster of the Year Richard Lederer comes this hilarious book about our spookiest holiday. On October 31, we carve faces on pumpkins, put on scary costumes, go out trick-or-treating, and devour mouth-watering, calorie-laden goodies, which always go to waist.

A Treasury of Halloween Humor is chock-full of puns, jokes, riddles, games, poems, stories, history, lore, and more! Inside you'll find biographies of your favorite monsters, including ghosts, skeletons, witches, Dracula, and Frankenstein.

A ghost and a witch with a broom

Stayed up very late

So that they could debate

About who should be frightened of whom!

A gallery of Jim McLean's sprightly drawings adds to the rollicking fun of A Treasury of Halloween Humor.

This is the perfect book for mummies, deadies, and children, and yourself -- everyone who enjoys Halloween humor!

About Richard Lederer

Richard Lederer is the author of more than fifty books about language, history, and humor, including his best-selling Anguished English series and his current books, The Joy of Names and A Treasury of Christmas Humor. He is a founding co-host of A Way With Words, broadcast on Public Radio.

Dr. Lederer's syndicated column, Lederer on Language, appears in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States. He has been named International Punster of the Year and Toastmasters International's Golden Gavel winner.

He lives in San Diego with his wife, Simone van Egeren.

Praise for Richard Lederer

Richard Lederer has done it again -- another delightful, witty, and hugely absorbing celebration of the English language. Is there no stopping this man? -Bill Bryson, author of The Mother Tongue

Richard Lederer is to wordplay what John Philip Sousa is to marches. -Rod L. Evans, author of Tyrannosaurus Lex

Richard Lederer ought to be declared a national treasure. No one has more fun with the English language. -Richmond Times Dispatch

Richard Lederer is the true King of Language Comedy. -Sidney Sheldon, author of Master of the Game