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1) Trick or treat: a history of Halloween

Author

Morton, Lisa

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook, Kindle

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Every year, children and adults alike take to the streets dressed as witches, demons, animals, celebrities, and more. They carve pumpkins and play pranks, and the braver ones watch scary movies and go on ghost tours. There are parades, fireworks displays, cornfield mazes, and haunted houses—and, most important, copious amounts of bite-sized candy. The popularity of Halloween has spread around the globe to places as diverse as Russia, China,...

2) I luv Halloween

Author

Giffen, Keith

Series

I luv Halloween volume 3

Language

English

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Halloween threatens to be ruined when the town is taken over by zombies who don't give out candy, but do want to bite trick-or-treaters. Presented in graphic novel format. Adult

3) Creating your vintage Hallowe'en: the folklore, traditions, and some crafty makes

Author

Paull, Marion

Pub. Date

2023.

Language

English

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Read how folk used to celebrate with dressing up, fortune-telling games, parties, and plenty of pleasurable spookiness, then recreate your own vintage Hallowe'en with old-fashioned projects, including a carved Jack o' lantern, a witch costume, and fun decorations for your home. This book is packed full of little-known facts about the origins of Hallowe'en customs such as bobbing for apples and carving faces into pumpkins, while the charming makes...

4) Haunting on a Halloween: frightful activites for kids

Author

White, Linda

Series

Activities for kids

Pub. Date

c2002

Language

English

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A collection of ideas and directions for making Halloween decorations, costumes, snacks and parties that depend more on imagination and creativity than on money.

5) The Berenstain Bears trick or treat

Author

Berenstain, Stan

Series

Berenstain Bears first time books
A First time book
First Time Books Berenstain Bears

Language

English

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The Berenstain Bear cubs have an adventure on Halloween night that proves Mother's adage, "Appearances can be deceiving."

6) Mouse's first Halloween

Author

Thompson, Lauren

Series

Mouse's first
Classic board book

Language

English

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"One spooky night in the fall, Mouse creeps out and hears bats flying flit! flit! flit! and apples dropping plop! plop! plop! and children singing 'trick or treat!' What could it be?"

7) It's Halloween, I'm turning green!

Author

Gutman, Dan

Series

My weird school specials volume 1

Language

English

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"For A. J. and the gang from Ella Mentry School, a night of regular trick-or-treating turns into the weirdest Halloween in the history of the universe"--

8) And then comes Halloween

Author

Brenner, Tom

Series

And then comes

Pub. Date

2009

Language

English

Description

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Children eagerly look forward to trick-or-treating dressed up as ballerinas, cowboys, and dragons, but preparing for Halloween by making decorations and costumes can be part of the fun too.

9) A very brave witch

Author

McGhee, Alison

Language

English

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A young witch describes what she does on Halloween, her favorite holiday.

10) Swamp spook: a

Author

DeLeon, Jana

Series

Miss Fortune mysteries volume 13
Miss Fortune Mystery

Pub. Date

2018.

Language

English

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"When black cats roam, and spooks are seen, Come celebrate, it's Halloween. Sinful, Louisiana, really knows how to throw a party, and it goes all out for Halloween. The weeklong celebration kicks off with a maze of horror in the park built of hay bales. And Fortune has the perfect assignment -- the executioner. Her scene comes complete with a head block, a hatchet, and a fake body with removable head. It's the perfect setup ... for a crime. When Fortune...

11) Celebrating Halloween

Author

Heinrichs, Ann/ Weidner, Teri (ILT)

Pub. Date

2022

Language

English

12) Dunc's Halloween

Author

Paulsen, Gary

Series

Culpepper adventures volume 5
Duncan Culpepper

Language

English

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Dunc and his best friend, Amos, are planning the best route to get the most candy on Halloween. But their plans change when Amos is slightly bitten by a werewolf. He begins scratching himself and chasing UPS trucks: he's become a werepuppy!

13) Spooky crafts

Author

Skillicorn, Helen

Series

Creative crafts for kids

Pub. Date

c2010. ,d3

Language

English

14) The Littles and the scary Halloween

Author

Slater, Teddy

Series

Littles first readers

Pub. Date

c2001

Language

English

Description

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Tom and Lucy Little carry out a plan to give their family the greatest Halloween scare ever.

15) The Halloween Tree

Author

Bradbury, Ray

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook

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A group of children and a "spirit" go back through time to discover the beginnings of Halloween.

16) Arthur's Halloween

Author

Brown, Marc Tolon

Series

Marc Brown's Arthur adventures

Pub. Date

c1982

Language

English

17) The original duct tape Halloween book

Author

Nyberg, Tim

Pub. Date

c2003

Language

English

18) Vera's Halloween

Author

Rosenberry, Vera

Series

Vera books volume 8

Pub. Date

2008

Language

English

Description

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Vera is finally big enough to go trick-or-treating after dark. When she stops to fix a bandage on her mummy costume, Vera discovers she's been left behind. How will she find her way home? This reassuring tale is the latest tale in Rosenberry's series. Full color. Vera is finally old enough to go trick-or-treating after dark and she dresses as a mummy, but when her bandages begin to unravel, she realizes that her night is not going as she anticipated....