October
Halloween
Get in the spirit of Halloween with these spook-tacular stories!
The Scarecrow's Dance
By: Jane Yolen
Illustrated by: Bagram Ibatoulline
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 25, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
The Scarecrow has always stood tall and straight, watching over the corn. Then one magical autumn night, he begins to stir. Free from his post, the scarecrow skips through the fields and leaps past the barn, dancing under the...
Hush, Baby Ghostling
By: Andrea Beaty
Illustrated by: Pascal Lemaitre
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 3 - 8
After a busy night of haunting, it's time for Baby Ghostling to go to bed. Close your eyes, baby, and dream of wild monsters.Sleep tight, baby, and don't be afraid of the daylight. Mama will leave the darkness on. Nothing can...
The Spooky Tire
(Part of Jon Scieszka's Trucktown)
By: Jon Scieszka
This edition: Library Binding, 24 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 4 - 6
Melvin has a flat tire and needs a new one. He rolls into a spooky junkyard and finds just what he needs: a golden! But what happens when a junkyard ghost wants it back?
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Boo Who?
A Foldout Halloween Adventure
By: Lola Schaefer
Photographer: Michael Frost
This edition: Board Book, 12 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 3 - 5
I ride my broom through the October sky, and cackle at the moon that's hanging high. Boo! Who am I? In this delightfully spooky board book, kids can read the riddles and unfold the pages for a giant surprise! The clues on each...
Skelly & Femur
By: Jimmy Pickering
Illustrated by: Jimmy Pickering
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 4 - 7
Skelly, a little skeleton girl, is missing her buttons. Her dog, Femur, is missing his bone. All of her friends are missing something. Why have so many things gone missing in Skelly Manor? The answer will be a delicious...
Halloween Is Fun!
(Part of Yo Gabba Gabba!)
Adapted by: Mickie Matheis / Illustrated by: Mike Lee Giles
This edition: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 3 - 6
It’s Halloween in Gabbaland and the Gabba Gang is very excited--it's so much fun to dress up and pretend! Get in the spirit with this 16-page storybook comes with a sheet of reusable glow-in-the-dark stickers and a pull-out...
Trick or Treat, Dora!
(Part of Dora the Explorer)
By: Maggie Testa
Illustrated by: Jason Fruchter and Aka Chikasawa
This edition: Board Book, 14 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 2 - 6
It’s Halloween and Dora and Boots are going trick-or-treating. Come along and see all their friends dressed up in their spook-tacular costumes. Each spread will have a touch-and-feel element on it so that kids can touch each...
Happy Halloween, Wonder Pets!
(Part of Wonder Pets!)
This edition: Paper Over Board, 12 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 2 - 5
Join Linny, Tuck, and Ming-Ming on a spooky, interactive Halloween adventure! The Wonder Pets are ready to go trick-or-treating when they get a call from a black kitten trapped inside a haunted doghouse. They hop in the...
Boo to You!
By: Lois Ehlert
Illustrated by: Lois Ehlert
This edition: Hardcover, 42 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 3 - 7
The harvest garden is bursting with delicious vegetables, the pumpkins are decorated and lit, and the mice have their costumes ready. Everyone is looking forward to the annual Halloween-night feast. Scary Cat wasn't invited to...
A Very Brave Witch
By: Alison McGhee
Illustrated by: Harry Bliss
This edition: Paper Over Board, 32 pages
Publication date: August 4, 2009
Ages: 4 - 8
On the far side of town in a big dark house lives a brave little witch. She has heard lots and lots about that very human holiday Halloween, and even though she thinks she knows what humans are like, she has never, ever seen...
Other Formats: Hardcover
Night of the Living Lawn Ornaments
By: Emily Ecton
Cover By: Scott M. Fischer
This edition: Trade Paperback, 240 pages
Publication date: March 10, 2009
Ages: 8 - 12
When Arlie, Ty, and the ever-present Mr. Boots discover an old dragonfly pendant, they don't think much of it -- it's just another thing to keep mr. Boots from trying to swallow. But when the pendant turns out to have odd...
Other Formats: eBook
Max & Mo's Halloween Surprise
(Part of Ready-to-Reads)
By: Patricia Lakin
Illustrated by: Brian Floca
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 4 - 6
The students in Max and Mo's classroom are getting ready for Halloween by making masks. Once the kids go home, it's time for Max and Mo to make their own masks -- but what kind of mask should a hamster wear?
Halloween Fun
(Part of Robin Hill School)
By: Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by: Mike Gordon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 4 - 6
Trick or treat! The first graders of Robin Hill School are in their costumes and ready to celebrate Halloween at Jamie's party. This year there's a fun house to go through. Will they be scared?
Five Pesky Pumpkins
A Counting Book with Flaps and Pop-Ups!
By: Marcia Vaughan
Illustrated by: Viviana Garofoli
This edition: Paper Over Board, 12 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 3 - 5
Pesky pumpkins disappear magically on each page! Kids will delight as they open flaps to reveal five pesky pumpkins that disappear and pop-up on every page. As the text counts down from five, the pumpkins cause mischief on a...
Holly's Halloween Adventure
(Part of Holly Hobbie & Friends)
By: Alyson Heller
Illustrated by: Kellee Riley
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 4 - 8
When Holly waits until the last minute to choose her Halloween costume, she worries that she'll never come up with one in time! In the end, with some inspiration from her family and the Hey Girls, Holly manages to pull...
Diego's Halloween Party
(Part of Go, Diego, Go!)
By: Brooke Lindner
Illustrated by: Art Mawhinney
This edition: Board Book, 16 pages
Publication date: August 5, 2008
Ages: 2 - 5
BOO! It's time for the big Halloween party at the Animal Rescue Center, but some of the animals haven't arrived yet! Diego and Baby Jaguar must venture out into the rainforest to gather up their guests! Young Diego fans will...
Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales
By: Nancy Van Laan
Illustrated by: Victoria Chess
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: April 14, 2008
Ages: 3 - 7
What happens when...Old Doctor Wango Tango, along with his rosy, blowsy, noisy nose and crew of lightweight pets, travels to the tip of a very windy hill?Two dancing legs; two waving, whirling arms; and one big head piece...
Other Formats: Hardcover
The Haunted Schoolhouse
A Spooky Lift-the-Flap Book
By: Jacklyn Williams
Illustrated by: Doug Cushman
This edition: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 3 - 6
Come inside the Haunted Schoolhouse and spend a day full of wonderful wackiness with delightful demons! Follow Miss Grunge and her ghastly class as they play ghoulish games and have spirited fun all day long. This...
Scaredy-Pants!
A Halloween Story (Part of Ant Hill)
By: Joan Holub
Cover By: Will Terry / Illustrated by: Will Terry
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 3 - 5
It's Halloween, and the Ant Hill kids are all dressed in costume and visiting a spooky fun house! They see and hear all sorts of creepy things, but once they switch on their flashlight, the house turns out to be not so scary...
Skelly the Skeleton Girl
By: Jimmy Pickering
Illustrated by: Jimmy Pickering
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 4 - 7
Skelly, a little skeleton girl, finds a bone one day. Who could it belong to? As Skelly searches for the bone's owner, she questions everyone from her skeletal goldfish, to her man-eating plants, to the monster who lives...
Pepper Picks a Pumpkin
(Part of Pepper plays, pulls, and pops!)
By: Linda Bleck
Illustrated by: Linda Bleck
This edition: Paper Over Board, 18 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 4 - 7
Will Pepper find the perfect pumpkin for Lily, or are there too many other things to do on the pumpkin farm?Pull, peek, and play with Pepper and Lily as they search for the plumpest and most perfect pumpkin ever!
Halloween Rescue!
(Part of Go, Diego, Go!)
By: Cynthia Stierle
Illustrated by: Artful Doodlers
This edition: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 3 - 6
The full moon is rising on Halloween night, but some bats are trapped in a cave! Diego and Baby Jaguar have to get through the dark rainforest so they can rescue the bats. Along the way they encounter different night...
Monster Halloween Party
(Part of Backyardigans, The)
Adapted by: Laura Driscoll / Illustrated by: Warner McGee
This edition: Board Book, 14 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 2 - 5
Mad Scientist Tasha has a spooky surprise for her friends. Readers can lift the flaps to help find the way to Tasha's Halloween surpise!
The Halloween Hoax
(Part of Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew)
By: Carolyn Keene
Illustrated by: Macky Pamintuan
This edition: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 6 - 9
Boo! The Clue Crew is in for a fright!It's Halloween in River Heights! The girls can't wait to go trick-or-treating and are busy getting their costumes ready. They also can't wait for the Halloween special of their favorite TV...
Boo!
Book and CD (Part of Scribble & Sing)
By: Erin Anderson
Illustrated by: Steve Harpster
This edition: Trade Paperback, 80 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 3 - 6
The new Scribble & Sing book Boo! is filled with 80 pages of funny Halloween thrills, and has an audio CD attached to the cover that includes great scary songs!
Scared Silly!
SpongeBob's Book of Spooky Jokes (Part of SpongeBob SquarePants)
By: David Lewman
This edition: Trade Paperback, 48 pages
Publication date: August 7, 2007
Ages: 7 - 10
Ghosts, monsters, and creepy creatures join SpongeBob and his friends in scaring up huge laughs in this collection of rib-tickling jokes.What do monsters shout out at midnight on December 31?"Happy New Fear!"What do you use to...
I'm Not Afraid of Halloween!
A Pop-up and Flap Book
By: Marion Dane Bauer
Illustrated by: Rusty Fletcher / Paper Engineering By: William C. Wolff
This edition: Paper Over Board, 16 pages
Publication date: August 8, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
Spooky trick-or-treaters knock on the door on every spread of this Halloween book! From a scar-faced Frankenstein who looms large, the costumes get more frightening -- but they don't scare the little boy giving out candy. What...
Scared Silly
(Part of Bunnicula and Friends)
By: James Howe
Illustrated by: Jeff Mack
This edition: Trade Paperback, 40 pages
Publication date: August 8, 2006
Ages: 6 - 8
It's Halloween night and spooky things are going on at the Monroe house. The wind is howling. The walls are creaking. Howie, the little dachshund, is scared silly. And Chester, of course, is sure the vampire bunny, Bunnicula,...
Hide and Go Boo!
(Part of Backyardigans, The)
Adapted by: Phoebe Beinstein / Illustrated by: Warner McGee
This edition: Trade Paperback, 16 pages
Publication date: August 8, 2006
Ages: 3 - 6
Pablo, Tyrone, and Uniqua are ghosts, and they've found the perfect old house to haunt. When an unsuspecting stranger shows up, they put their scaring skills to the test!
The Perfect Pumpkin Pie
By: Denys Cazet
Illustrated by: Denys Cazet
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: September 6, 2005
Ages: 3 - 6
When he was alive, Mr. Wilkerson was an ill-tempered, disagreeable, sour, and impatient old man. Once he died, he got better.But not much.Now he is back and very, very hungry.When Jack and his grandma move into the old...
Who Said Boo?
A Lift-the-Flap Book
By: Phyllis Root
Illustrated by: Ana Martín Larrañaga
This edition: Board Book, 14 pages
Publication date: August 9, 2005
Ages: 2 - 5
Someone said boo!But who?Lift the flapsof this silly mysteryto find outwho's the spookiestcharacter of all!
Trick or Treat?
By: Bill Martin, Jr and Michael Sampson
Illustrated by: Paul Meisel
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: August 9, 2005
Ages: 4 - 8
Trick or TreatWhen Merlin the wizard answers the door, trick-or-treating becomes more tricky than usual.Suddenly everything turns Wackbards! Those tasty jelly beans have turned into silly belly jeans!Enjoy this hilarious...
SpongeBob SpookyPants
(Part of SpongeBob SquarePants)
By: Lauryn Silverhardt
Cover By: Gregg Schigiel / Illustrated by: Style Guide
This edition: Board Book, 16 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2004
Ages: 3 - 6
Get ready to go trick-or-treating with SpongeBob and Patrick!
The Halloween Cat
(Part of Dora the Explorer)
By: Christine Ricci
Illustrated by: Zina Saunders
This edition: Trade Paperback, 24 pages
Publication date: August 10, 2004
Ages: 4 - 6
Dora and Boots find a lost cat on Halloween. Will they get the cat home in time for the big Halloween party?
The Pumpkin Patch
(Part of Robin Hill School)
By: Margaret McNamara
Illustrated by: Mike Gordon
This edition: Trade Paperback, 32 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2003
Ages: 4 - 6
Level 1: Starting to Read• Simple stories• Increased vocabulary• Longer sentencesMrs. Connor's first-grade class is going on a field trip! They're headed to the pumpkin patch to pick out pumpkins. Katie dreams...
Halloween Bugs
A Trick or Treat Pop Up Book
By: David A. Carter
Illustrated by: David A. Carter
This edition: Novelty, 14 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2003
Ages: 3 - 7
Behind each spooky door lurks a different Halloween pop-up surprise....Trick-or-treating becomes spine-tingling fun with the ghostly, ghouly Bugs inside!
Skeleton Hiccups
By: Margery Cuyler
Illustrated by: S.D. Schindler
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2002
Ages: 3 - 6
What's the best way to help a skeleton get over his hiccups?
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Pumpkin Moonshine
By: Tasha Tudor
Illustrated by: Tasha Tudor
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2000
Ages: 4 - 8
It's almost Halloween and little Sylvie Ann has found the biggest, fattest pumpkin. But before she can carve it into a giant, crooked-toothed pumpkin moonshine (or jack-o'Iantern), she has to get it home.
Mouse's First Halloween
By: Lauren Thompson
Illustrated by: Buket Erdogan
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2000
Ages: 3 - 6
Join Mouse on a spooky fall night. He hears bats flying, leaves falling, and children singing, "Trick or Treat!" What can it mean? Find the answer in this sturdy board book edition of the best-selling picture book.
Other Formats: Board Book
Blue's Halloween Hide-and-Seek
A Lift-the-flap Story (Part of Blue's Clues)
By: Michael T. Smith
Illustrated by: Kevin Cardinali
This edition: Other, 16 pages
Publication date: September 1, 2000
Ages: 3 - 6
Can you help Blue find her friend's spooky hiding places? Under every flap is a great Halloween costume surprise! By the time the party starts, Blue has found all of her friends -- except one. Where should she look next?Note...
Pigs Go to Market
Halloween Fun with Math and Shopping
By: Amy Axelrod
Illustrated by: Sharon McGinley-Nally
This edition: Hardcover, 40 pages
Publication date: September 1, 1997
Ages: 4 - 8
The Pigs can't wait to throw their annual Halloween party. But when Grandpa and Grandma Pig eat all of the candy, the Pigs have to make a last minute trip to the market, where Mrs. Pig wins a free shopping spree. Will the Pigs...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
Big Pumpkin
By: Erica Silverman
Illustrated by: S.D. Schindler
This edition: Hardcover, 32 pages
Publication date: August 31, 1992
Ages: 4 - 8
Once there was a witch who longed for pumpkin pie. Unfortunately, the pumpkin she had grown from a seed became so big she simply couldn't get it off the vine. Although "she pulled and she tugged and she pulled...that pumpkin...
Other Formats: Trade Paperback
