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 THE BEST GHOST STORIES EVER
edited by Christopher Krovatin
Scholastic Paperbacks
ISBN: 0439574269
Ages 9-up
192 pages
Watch your step and be careful what you do --- because ghosts are everywhere. Here are some of the spookiest ghost stories ever written, from authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and Henry James. Prepare yourself to be terrified!
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 THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER
Barbara Robinson
Joanna Cotler Books/HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060278625
Ages 9-12
128 pages
The stars of THE BEST CHRISTMAS PAGEANT EVER and THE BEST SCHOOL YEAR EVER are back for another hilarious misadventure. This year, the mayor has decided to cancel the town's Halloween, but the Herdmans --- possibly the worst kids in the history of the known universe --- manage to turn the worst Halloween ever into the best Halloween ever!
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 THE BIG UGLY MONSTER AND THE LITTLE STONE RABBIT
Chris Wormell
Knopf
ISBN: 0375828915
Ages 5-8
32 pages
What does a horrible monster, who is so ugly that no living thing can stand to be in his presence, do when he becomes lonely? He decides to build friends out of stone. But even stones can't stand the full force of the monster's smile, and they all shatter --- except for one.
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 BORIS AND BELLA
Carolyn Crimi
illustrated by Gris Grimly
Harcourt Children's Books
ISBN: 0152025286
Ages 4-7
32 pages
Bella Legrossi is the messiest monster in all of Booville. It just so happens that her neighbor is Boris Kleanitoff, a ghoul so tidy that he vacuums his vampire bats. It will take a Halloween party like no other to bring these two opposite souls together.
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 EDGAR ALLAN POE'S TALES OF MYSTERY AND MADNESS
Edgar Allan Poe
illustrated by Gris Grimly
Atheneum
ISBN: 0689848374
Ages 10-up
144 pages
Four of Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales of horror and tragedy --- "The Black Cat," "The Masque of the Red Death," "Hop-Frog," and "The Fall of the House of Usher" --- have been grouped together in a graphic novel-style format that will terrify, shock and thrill readers.
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 HAPPY HAUNTING, AMELIA BEDELIA
Herman Parish
Greenwillow Books
ISBN: 0060518944
Ages 6-up
64 pages
• AMELIA BEDELIA Series
Mr. and Mrs. Rogers are throwing a Halloween party, but Amelia Bedelia forgot all about it. So when she arrives at her employers' house, she is shocked to discover creepy bats hanging over the front door, spooky jack-o'-lanterns in the window, and tombstones on the front lawn. Amelia Bedelia wants to start cleaning up the mess immediately --- but fortunately the Rogerses persuade her to join the festivities, and that's when the real Halloween fun begins!
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 IT'S HALLOWEEN, YOU 'FRAIDY MOUSE!
Geronimo Stilton
Scholastic
ISBN: 0439559731
Ages 7-10
128 pages
• GERONIMO STILTON Series
Geronimo Stilton's Halloween goes from bad to worse when he meets Creepella von Cacklefur, a very spooky mouse who lives in a tomb in a graveyard and develops an instant crush on him. How can a scaredy mouse like Geronimo ever survive the year's most terrifying holiday?
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 THE MONSTER SHOW: Everything You Never Knew About Monsters
Charise Mericle Harper
Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0618387978
Ages 4-8
32 pages
We all know that monsters are scary. But did you know that monsters feel pretty silly wearing just their underpants, or that if a monster had his way, he'd have something much more slimy than candles on his birthday cake? Luckily, this book will show you all that you didn't know about monsters, and more.
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 MOSTLY GHOSTLY #1: WHO LET THE GHOSTS OUT?
R.L. Stine
Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0385746636
Ages 7-10
144 pages
• MOSTLY GHOSTLY Series
Brother and sister Nicky and Tara discover they're ghosts in this chilling, "haunting" story. They befriend Max, offering to help him in his quest to become cool. In exchange, Max will help the ghosts discover what happened to them and to their parents.
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 MOSTLY GHOSTLY #2: HAVE YOU MET MY GHOULFRIEND?
R.L. Stine
Delacorte Press
ISBN: 0385909144
Ages 7-10
144 pages
• MOSTLY GHOSTLY Series
In the second book of the Mostly Ghostly series, the evil Phears's berserker ghoul friend possesses Max unless he will hand over his ghost friends. The ghoul makes Max act incredibly and embarrassingly bizarre. Will he be able to resist the dark forces?
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 PUMPKIN CAT
Ann Turner
Hyperion
ISBN: 0786804947
Ages 4-8
32 pages
On a stormy night in October, a ginger cat finds refuge in the "Returned Books" bin of the local library. Rescued by two kind librarians, Pumpkin Cat makes a home for herself in the large children's room, but she's lonely. Searching for what's missing, she makes a new friend and receives a Halloween gift that fills her heart.
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 THE SKULL TALKS BACK AND OTHER HAUNTING TALES
collected by Zora Neale Hurston and adapted by Joyce Carol Thomas
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060006315
Ages 10-up
64 pages
Do you dare to cross paths with an enchantress who can slip in and out of her skin, a man more evil than the devil, a skull who talks back, or a pair of creepy feet that can walk on their own? From the hidden back roads of the rural South come six scary tales that will send shivers up your spine.
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 THE STORY OF HALLOWEEN
Carol Greene
illustrated by Linda Bronson
HarperCollins
ISBN: 006027946X
Ages 7-10
40 pages
Author Carol Greene and illustrator Linda Bronson have teamed up to give young readers an in-depth look at the fascinating, sometimes creepy, sometimes funny traditions of the spookiest holiday of the year.
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 THE TEENY TINY GHOST AND THE MONSTER
Kay Winters
illustrated by Lynn Munsinger
HarperCollins
ISBN: 0060288841
Ages 4-8
32 pages
All the ghosts in the teeny tiny class are excited to make their own monsters --- except for one. Can the Teeny Tiny Ghost overcome his fears in time to finish his class project?
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 A VERY HAIRY SCARY STORY
Rick Walton
illustrated by David Clark
Putnam
ISBN: 0399238581
Ages 4-up
32 pages
Sarah's walk home is perfectly safe, but even the most harmless everyday objects can turn creepy when it's getting dark. Shadows take on lives of their own, any noise can make you jump, and a perfectly normal yard can seem mighty scary indeed.
--- Compiled and written by Marisa Emralino
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WHAT? YOU WANT MORE SPOOKY TALES? CHECK OUT THESE: 2003 Roundup, Spooky Books and More Spooky Books.
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