Favorite Candy

Poppie has two big decisions to make before the school Halloween party: which candy to share with friends, and whether to dress up as a fuzzy bee or a pirate. The sour apple lightning bolts are easy to choose. The costume? Not so much.

Then bedtime brings a bigger worry. Sam, Poppie’s very best friend, once wore a giant green alien costume. What if masks and spooky disguises make Sam—or friends Maya and Leo—hard to recognize at school? Poppie’s imagination fills with ghosts, monsters, and even a possible run-in with the principal in a werewolf mask. With candy ready and costume choices still buzzing around, Poppie faces the fluttery excitement of a Halloween celebration and the question of how friends will find one another in disguise.

Favorite Candy is a warm, gently funny picture-book story for preschoolers, with colorful Halloween details and familiar feelings about friendship, anticipation, and bedtime worries. Its playful images and lively read-aloud moments make it a sweet choice to share before Halloween.