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1) 10 things I love about Halloween

Author

Sweeney, Samantha

Series

Ten things I love about

Description

"A lively, lighthearted celebration of all the things that make Halloween special! From making a costume and picking pumpkins to making spooky decorations and trick-or-treating"-- "A lively, lighthearted celebration of all the things that make Halloween special! A fun counting element makes this book perfect for reading aloud. This adorable book is a lively, lighthearted celebration of all the things that make Halloween special! From making a costume...

2) 10 trick-or-treaters: a Halloween counting book

Author

Schulman, Janet

Description

Ten trick-or-treaters start out on Halloween night, but they disappear one-by-one as they encounter a spider, a vampire, a ghost, and other scary creatures.

3) The 13 nights of Halloween

Author

Vasilovich, Guy

Formats:

Book, Book (Paperback)

Description

A Halloween version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" featuring macabre gifts such as icky eyeballs, demons dancing, and thirsty vampires.

4) Alison's fierce and ugly Halloween

Author

Bauer, Marion Dane

Series

Alison books (Marion Dane Bauer)

Description

Alison dresses as a fierce and ugly pirate for Halloween, but she is disappointed and angry when everyone says she looks cute.

5) Bad Kitty, scaredy-cat

Author

Series

Bad Kitty (Picture books) volume 4

Description

Bad Kitty is frightened by the creatures on Halloween, but when she sees all the holiday treats she decides to be a very bad kitty and chases the scary creatures away.

6) The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky

Author

Series

Food group series

Formats:

eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle

Description

A #1 New York Times Bestseller!

Based on the New York Times bestselling picture book sensation The Bad Seed, Jory John and Pete Oswald present: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky!

Halloween is the Bad Seed's favorite holiday of the year. But what's a seed to do when he can't find a show-stopping costume for the big night? Postpone trick-or-treating for everyone, of course!

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7) Bears and boos

Author

Parenteau, Shirley

Series

Bears (Shirley Parenteau) volume 7

Description

Big Brown Bear and the four little bears can't wait to dress up for Halloween. Everyone grabs their costumes from the costume box, but oops, in the rush, Floppy is knocked on her furry behind, and now there are no costumes left for her! Fuzzy says she's sorry and offers Floppy a golden gown. Then each of the other bears shares an item with Floppy, and soon she's dressed like a queen just in time for the parade!

8) The beast who couldn't say boo

Author

Series

Honey bear books

Description

Boris, a cuddly beast of the forest, prepares for Boo Day which is the same day that people celebrate Halloween.

9) The big Halloween scare

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Series

SpongeBob SquarePants ready to read volume 1

Description

It's the spookiest night of the year, Halloween! And SpongeBob SquarePants is determined to scare everyone. All he has to do is dress up like the Flying Dutchman. But SpongeBob doesn't realize just how frightening he can be!

10) Big pumpkin

Author

Silverman, Erica

Description

A witch trying to pick a big pumpkin on Halloween discovers the value of cooperation when she gets help from a series of monsters.

Author

Capucilli, Alyssa Satin

Description

"In this version of the classic tale, Stone soup, three witches are looking for a tasty treat on Halloween morning and they find only a small bone in their cupboard. So they decide to go from door to door in their village to find just the right ingredients for their bone soup"--

12) Boo, bunny!

Author

Galbraith, Kathryn Osebold

Description

Two small bunnies face their fears while trick-or-treating on Halloween night.

13) The Boo Crew needs you!

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Description

An interactive picture book in which readers help the Book Crew -- a ghost, skeleton, and vampire-- fix various problems that get in the way of Halloween night fun. Trouble's come to Monster Town, and emergencies abound! There's no time to wait around... get the Boo Crew! Get ready for a spooky interactive story experience with Luna, Bones, and Fang―a ghost, skeleton, and vampire team who need YOUR help fixing all the messes and frights of a...

14) Bruce and the legend of Soggy Hollow

Author

Higgins, Ryan T

Description

"Bruce and the residents of Soggy Hollow tell a spooky story to get into the Halloween spirit"-- "Celebrate all things scary with #1 New York Times best-selling author Ryan T. Higgins's beloved Mother Bruce. Bruce is a bear who does not like holidays, and he really doesn’t like Halloween. His family of mice and geese decides the only way to get Bruce excited about Halloween is to tell a scary story. But their campfire tale takes a turn when a...

15) Chicken on a broom

Author

Lehrhaupt, Adam

Series

I can read book

Description

When Pip's mask goes missing before the Halloween costume party, it's up to Zoey the brave chicken and her sidekick Sam to go looking for it in the spooky barn.

16) Christopher Pumpkin

Author

Description

A growing pumpkin who is rather different from the malevolent pumpkins in a patch that has been conjured by an evil witch recommends yummy cupcakes and friendly hugs over the spooky cobwebs and slimy slugs that are suggested for an upcoming Halloween party.

17) Cinderhazel: the Cinderella of Halloween

Author

Lattimore, Deborah Nourse

Description

An untidy witch named Hazel discovers that Prince Alarming likes dirt as much as she does.

18) Click, clack, boo!: a tricky treat

Author

Series

Click, clack, moo books volume 8

Formats:

Book, Board Book, Early Reader

Description

New York Times bestselling duo Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewins beloved Halloween story is now available as a Level 2 Ready-to-Read! Farmer Brown does not like Halloween. So he draws the shades, puts on his footy pajamas, and climbs into bed. But do you think the barnyard animals have any respect for a man in footy pajamas? No, they do not. For them, the Halloween party has just begun. And we all know these critters far prefer tricks over treats. There...

19) Clifford's Halloween

Author

Bridwell, Norman

Series

Clifford the big red dog (Norman Bridwell)

Description

Clifford was a very scary ghost last Halloween and Emily wonders what he should be this year.

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Description

"When the cookies escape for a Halloween romp, they will have some tricks and treats before the night is through!"--Page 4 of cover.