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Halloween Spooktacular Reading List

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E GIB – Halloween – Gail Gibbons.

Presents the many traditions associated with the Halloween holiday, including making jack-o'-lanterns, wearing costumes, trick-or-treating, and telling scary stories.

 

E MON - Los gatos black on Halloween – Marisa Montes.

Easy to read, rhyming text about Halloween night incorporates Spanish words, from las brujas riding their broomsticks to los monstruos whose monstrous ball is interrupted by a true horror.

 

J FIC STI – The Mummy with No Name – Geronimo Stilton.

Geronimo and friends go to the Eyptian Museum just before Halloween to investigate what seems to be a real live mummy.

 

J MYS FRE – Who Stole Halloween? – Martha Freeman.

When nine-year-old Alex and his friend Yasmeen investigate the disappearance of cats in their neighborhood, they stumble onto a larger mystery involving a haunted house and a ghostly cat.

 

J SC NEW - A Newbery Halloween : a dozen scary stories by Newbery award-winning authors.

A collection of short stories with a Halloween theme, by such Newbery Award-winning authors as E.L. Konigsburg, Beverly Cleary, Virginia Hamilton, and Paul Fleischman.

 

J 398.2 FAV – Favorite Scary Stories of American Children.

A collection, selected by children as their favorites, of twenty-three spooky tales from a variety of ethnic traditions.

 

J 398.25 SCA - The Scary story reader : forty-one of the scariest stories for sleepovers, campfires, car & bus trips-even for dates!

 

J 398.25 SCH - Scary Stories 3 : more tales to chill your bones - collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things.

 

J 398.25 SCH – Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark – Alvin Schwartz.

Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

 

J 398.25 SCH - More Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark – Alvin Schwartz.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

 

J 398.27 ASK – Ask the Bones: Scary Stories From Around the World.

A collection of scary folktales from countries around the world including China, Russia, Spain, and the United States.

 

J 820.8 CEC – Boo!: Stories to Make You Jump – Laura Cecil.

A collection of scary stories and poems, with an emphasis on monsters, ghosts, and witches.

 

DVD CHILDREN TEA – The Teacher From the Black Lagoon.

"The teacher from the Black Lagoon": On the first day of school, a young boy expects the worst when he discovers that his new teacher is the "monster", Mrs. Green. "What's under my bed?: Mary Ann and Louie are convinced there is something scary under their beds. "By the light of the Halloween moon": A spying cat, a watchful witch, a hobgoblin sprite, all are scary companions who plan to gobble up a young girl. "The three robbers": Three robbers terrify the countryside until they meet an orphan girl named Tiffany.

 

DVD CHILDREN ART – Arthur’s Scary Stories.

Night fright: Big, brave Binky Barnes. He'd be toast if people ever discovered he can't sleep without a night light. What happens when Arthur spends the night? What scared Sue Ellen?: Sue Ellen's not afraid of much, but when she encounters a really creepy howling noise in the woods, she's scared for real. Sha gathers the gang for a showdown. The fright stuff: Prankster poltergeists have arrived in Elwood City--just in time for the "Scare Your Pants Off" costume party.

 

DVD CHILDREN THO – Thomas and Friends: Thomas’ Halloween Adventures.

 

DVD FAMILY CAR – Cartoon Network Halloween 3: Sweet Sweet Fear.

Six spooky episodes featuring: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends; The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy; Ed, Edd n Eddy; Codename: Kids Next Door; Powerpuff Girls; and The Life and Times of Juniper Lee.

 

DVD CHILDREN ALV – Alvin and the Chipmunks: Trick or Treason.

Join Alvin and his brothers Simon and Theodore for this hilarious Halloween adventure. There are plenty of laughs, surprises, and music.

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