Halloween

The Tales of Edgar Allan Poe An illustrated collection of stories by the well-known horror author, including "The Gold Bug," "The Tell-tale Heart," "The Fall of the House of Usher," and "The Pit and the Pendulum."
Los gatos black on Halloween Easy to read, rhyming text about [how] Halloween night incorporates Spanish words, from las brujas riding their broomsticks to los monstruos whose monstrous ball is interrupted by a true horror.
Man Made Monsters Haunting illustrations are woven throughout these horror stories that follow one extended Cherokee family across the centuries and well into the future as they encounter predators of all kinds in each time period.
Bone Soup Retells the classic tale about a traveller, a ghost, who tricks a town's witches, ghouls, and zombies into helping him make soup.
Jawbone Fernanda and Annelise are so close they are practically sisters: a double image, inseparable. So how does Fernanda end up bound on the floor of a deserted cabin, held hostage by one of her teachers and estranged from Annelise? Interweaving pop culture references and horror concepts drawn from Herman Melville, H. P. Lovecraft, and anonymous "creepypastas," Jawbone is an ominous, multivocal novel that explores the terror inherent in the pure potentiality of adolescence and the fine line between desire and fear.
The Spider and the Fly An illustrated version of the well-known poem about a wily spider who preys on the vanity and innocence of a little fly.
Coraline Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
Scary, Scary Halloween A band of trick-or-treaters and a mother cat and her kittens spend a very scary Halloween. Four pairs of eyes stare from the blackness to watch fearsome creatures trick-or-treat.
In a Dark, Dark Room: and other scary stories Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries.
There's no way I'd die first Seventeen-year-old Noelle Layne knows horror. Every trope, every warning sign, every survival tactic. She even leads a successful movie club dedicated to the genre. Who better to throw the ultimate, most exclusive Halloween party on all of Long Island? With some of the top influencers in her school on the guest list, including gorgeous singer-songwriter Archer Mitchell, her popularity is bound to spike. She could really use the social boost for an upcoming brand expansion. Nothing is going to ruin this party. Except...maybe the low budget It clown she hired for a stirring round of tag. He axes one of her classmates. From the looks of his devilish grin and bag full of killer tricks, he's just getting started. A murderous clown is out for blood, but Noelle has been waiting her entire life to prove that she's a Final Girl.
The Berenstain bears and the spooky old tree One by one, three brave little bears have second thoughts about exploring the interior of a spooky old tree.
Halloween Describes the origin and development of Halloween, its traditions and celebrations, and provides instructions for making costumes and having a Halloween party.
Dracula A modern, illustrated retelling of the Bram Stoker classic, in which young Jonathan Harker first meets and then must destroy the vampire, Count Dracula, in order to save those closest to him.
Too Bright to See Eleven-year-old bug is used to haunted things. After all, the occasional cold spot or mysteriously slamming door is to be expected when your house is almost as old as the dirt it sits on. But when a new presence makes itself known the summer before Bug starts middle school, it's clear that this spirit is intent on communicating something directly to Bug -- but what? And why? As Bug begins to untangle the mystery of this new ghost, an altogether different truth tugs free. It's the answer to a question of identity, one Bug never even thought to ask.
Hoy es Halloween! Relates the thrill of putting on a costume, going trick-or-treating with friends, and then enjoying the goodies.
Clown in a Cornfield Quinn Maybrook and her father have moved to tiny, boring Kettle Springs, to find a fresh start. But what they don't know is that ever since the Baypen Corn Syrup Factory shut down, Kettle Springs has cracked in half. Kettle Springs is caught in a battle between old and new, tradition and progress. It's a fight that looks like it will destroy the town. Until Frendo, the Baypen mascot, a creepy clown in a pork-pie hat, goes homicidal and decides that the only way for Kettle Springs to grow back is to cull the rotten crop of kids who live there now.
Frankenstein A monster assembled by a scientist from parts of dead bodies develops a mind of his own as he learns to loathe himself and hate his creator.
Witches, Pumpkins, and Grinning Ghosts Explains the origins of and relates stories associated with familiar Halloween symbols.
Doll Bones Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from the ashes of a dead girl.
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her.
La Viejecita Que no le Tenía Miedo a Nada A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her.
Hunted At the time called The Shadowing, the barrier between the netherworld and the human world begins to break down, and as fourteen-year-old Callum sees his visions of grisly murders coming true he strives to fulfill his destiny to stand against bloodthirsty demon forces while he, himself, is being hunted.
The Canterville Ghost: The Graphic novel Presents in graphic novel format an adaptation of Wilde's story of a celebrated and feared English ghost who is outraged when the new American owners of his haunting place refuse to take him seriously and actually fight back against him.
A Ghost Named Fred George meets a friendly ghost named Fred when he enters a haunted house to get out of the rain.
Witches! The absolutely true tale of disaster in Salem Tells the story of the victims, the accused witches, and the scheming officials that turned a mysterious illness into a witch hunt.
A Good Girl's Guide To Murder As her senior capstone project, Pippa Fitz-Amobi is determined to find the real killer in a closed, local murder case, but not everyone wants her meddling in the past.
Halloween: A Holiday Book Traces the origin and celebration of Halloween from the ancient Celts and Romans to the present-day collection for UNICEF.
The Random House book of ghost stories A collection of seventeen ghost stories by authors including Eleanor Farjeon, Joan Aiken, Walter R. Brooks, and Leon Garfield.
Two Too Many Two frightened kittens take a wild ride with a witch who is determined to win the Grand Race over the moon.
My Heart is a Chainsaw Protected by horror movies -- especially the ones where the masked killer seeks revenge on a world that wronged them, Jade Daniels, an angry, half-Indian outcast, pulls us into her dark mind when blood actually starts to spill into the waters of Indian lake.
Feliz Halloween, Gus! In preparation for the Halloween parade, Gus must do two things--create the best costume and learn to march.
Witches, Witches, Witches A collection of stories about witches.
Halloween Monster Tommy is reluctant to dress up and go out on Halloween until his mother convinces him that there are no real monsters, ghosts, or witches.
Haunted Houses Discusses ten documented cases of ghosts and poltergeists from the past and present and suggests various theories to explain them.
Paranormal Phenomena Presents a collection of essays exploring varying viewpoints on the existence of paranormal phenomena, discussing such issues as why people believe in it, whether or not mind and body are separate entities, and whether the government should support paranormal research.
A Halloween Happening A group of children are invited to a real witches' Halloween celebration.
Plain Bad Heroines 1902, the Brookhants School for Girls. Flo and Clara are obsessed with each other and with Mary MacLane, the author of a scandalous bestselling memoir. The girls establish their own private club and call it the Plain Bad Heroine Society. Their bodies are discovered in a nearby apple orchard, with a copy of Mary's book splayed beside them, the victims of a swarm of stinging, angry yellow jackets. Within five years three more people die on the property-- and the Brookhants School for Girls closes its doors forever. The now abandoned and crumbling Brookhants is back in the news when writer Merritt Emmons publishes a breakout book celebrating the queer, feminist history surrounding the "haunted and cursed" Gilded Age institution. Her book inspires a controversial horror film adaptation starring lesbian 'It' girl Harper Harper playing the ill-fated heroine Flo, and former child star Audrey Wells as Clara. But as Brookhants opens its gates once again for filming, soon it's impossible to tell where the curse leaves off and Hollywood begins.
Goosebumps: Creepy Creatures 3 goulish graphix tales.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
The Three Bears' Halloween Is it a witch or a blonde little girl hiding in the bushes of the spooky house when the three bears go trick or treating?
The Haunting of Alaizabel Cray In a world similar to Victorian London, Thaniel, a seventeen-year-old hunter of deadly, demonic creatures called the wych-kin, takes in an lost, possessed girl, and becomes embroiled in a plot to unleash evil on the world.
Halloween Poems Eighteen poems celebrate the holiday of pumpkins, black cats, witches, and ghosts.
That Terrible Halloween Night Grandpa tells Louie and Mary Ann of the dreadful Halloween night that turned him into an old man.
Haunted Houseful Nine short stories featuring haunted houses, by such notable authors as Elizabeth Coatsworth, Arthur Conan Doyle, and Mark Twain.
She Is a Haunting Seventeen-year-old bisexual Jade Nguyen is spending the summer in Vietnam at the French colonial house her estranged father is fixing up as a vacation rental, but unbeknownst to her family, the house and its ghosts have other plans.
The Ghost Collector Ghosts aren't meant to stick around forever . . . Ghosts are everywhere in Shelly's life. Recently passed people, pets, and a boy who lives in the local graveyard and lends her Smiths tapes are all part of spirit world she and her grandmother are privy to. In the tradition of their Cree ancestors, Shelly and her grandmother help these lost souls transition to the next world by catching them in their hair. But when Shelly's mom dies, her relationship to ghosts--and death--changes. Instead of helping spirits move on, she starts bringing them home and hiding them in her room. But no matter how many ghosts she collects, Shelly can't ignore the one that's missing. Why hasn't her mom's ghost come home yet? Rooted in a Cree worldview and inspired by the author's great-grandmother's stories, The Ghost Collector delves into questions of grief, loss, and the many ways people can linger after death.
This Book is Haunted This book's "not too scary" ghost host tells six spooky stories.
¡Tiempo de calabazas! A sister and brother plant and tend their own pumpkin patch so they will have jack-o-lanterns for Halloween.
Minerva Louise on Halloween On her first Halloween, Minerva Louise the hen puzzles over costumes but enjoys her first taste of candy corn.
Witch Mama Jenna celebrates her Halloween birthday by trick-or-treating with her younger brother in the neighborhood and going to a party at school where her mother gives her a special surprise.
Spooky Night A witch's black cat who wishes to become a family pet must perform one last bit of magic before he can be free.
The Big One-Oh Determined not to be weird all his life like his neighbor, Charley Maplewood decides to throw himself a tenth birthday party, complete with a "house of horrors" theme, but first he will have to make some friends to invite.
Wobble the Witch Cat Wobble the witch cat can't hold on to Maggie the witch's slippery new broom and tries to avoid riding with her until an unexpected solution to the problem presents itself.
The Goblin Twins Two 601-year-old goblin tricksters from Korea go on an unexpected Halloween adventure in New York City.
The Haunted To evade her manipulative ex-boyfriend, sixteen-year-old Hendricks' family moves to small-town New York, where she joins the popular crowd, but only her outcast neighbor, Eddie, can help chase vindictive ghosts from her new house.
A Woggle of Witches Witches are frightened by strange creatures on the night of their special celebration.
A Monster Calls Thirteen-year-old Conor awakens one night to find a monster outside his bedroom window, but not the one from the recurring nightmare that began when his mother became ill--an ancient, wild creature that wants him to face truth and loss.
The Haunting Hour A collection of ten short horror stories featuring a ghoulish Halloween party, a long, mysterious car trip, and a very dangerous imaginary friend. Each story includes drawings by a different illustrator.
Witch & Wombat Wilma, a young witch, cannot wait to get her very first cat! But when the pet store is fresh out of kittens, Wilma brings home. . . a wombat?! What a CAT-astrophe! A wombat is nothing like a cat, but maybe if Wilma puts cat ears on the little critter, no one will notice. ... (Spoiler alert: they do.) This bright and fun picture book teaches young witches that our differences can be our strengths when we have an open mind!

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