Halloween 2018 – October 31 Ask any group of people which holiday is their favorite, and you’re bound to find a handful that scream “Halloween!” It’s a time of the year when we can laugh at our own superstitions, temporarily escape our skin, and be ourselves in ways that … Read more…
20 Middle Grade Books About Ghosts, Witches, and More Looking for new titles to add to your Halloween-themed reading? Check out these recently reviewed spine-tingling works for tweens that will spook and terrify. The Collector by ALEXANDER, K.R. 224p. Scholastic. Aug. 2018. pap. $6.99. ISBN 9781338212242. Grades 3–6 When Josie’s grandmother becomes Read more…
It’s that time of year when we love digging into everything that’s “altogether ooky.” (Raise your hand if you’ve already got the finger-snapping theme song from the original Addams Family television series in your head right now!) Before the various movies and animated series, John Astin and his cast mates Read more…
How A Teenage Girl Became the Mother of Horror Mary Shelley combined science and the supernatural to write Frankenstein, the world’s first science-fiction novel. Born on a dark and stormy night, Frankenstein; or, the Modern Prometheus is a true masterpiece of terror that began as a fireside ghost story and grew into Read more…
The Best Halloween Books This is a list of the best books that are 1) about Halloween itself and/or 2) take place during Halloween. 1. The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury 2. Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury 3. Dracula by Bram Stoker 4. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Read more…
7 Must-Read Children’s Halloween Books These picture books about Halloween will delight your kids without frightening them. Halloween is a huge deal at my house. My kids love dressing up year-round, and the combination of dressing up and free candy is almost too much for them to handle. I like Read more…
Happy Halloween From The Corinth Public Library