Halloween Fun: Kids

Illinois is known for its icy winters. However, there are things far more chilling than the cold. Moans echo in the woods. Restless spirits haunt the living. Uncovering these nightmares will chill you to the bone! Get ready to read four terrifying tales about Illinois's spookiest spots!

Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house.

"If you're feeling brave, turn the page. A game of hide-and-seek goes on far too long ... A look-alike doll makes itself right at home ... A school talent show act leaves the audience aghast ... And a summer at camp takes a turn for the braaaains ... This collection of all-new spooky stories is sure to keep readers up past their bedimes"--Dust jacket flap.

An illustrated, interactive story with a narrator who invites the reader to meet a vast array of pet monsters, such as the Yucky Mucky twins, and choose one to take home.

A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty -- the half hour before sunset -- when ghosts seem all too believable.

Presents the author's retellings of fifteen traditional tales heard during his childhood in southern Texas.

Eleven-year-old Corinne must call on her courage and an ancient magic to stop an evil spirit and save her island home.