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What do you think about when you hear Halloween?  Jack-O-Lanterns? Witches, Goblins and Ghosts? Trick-or-Treating?  Did you know that Halloween was actually an Irish holiday to celebrate the fall harvest?  It came to American with the Irish during the Great Potato Famine of 1840’s and was celebrated on the eve of All Saints Day—known as All Hallow’s Eve.  Back then they told spooky stories and lit bonfires to scare away the spirits; around 1900 costumes and parties started.  It wasn’t until the 1950’s (only a little more than 50 years ago) that trick-or-treating became a tradition of the holiday.  Now days, who can think of Halloween without thinking about trick-or-treating? 

1. Piggie Pie*  by Margie Palantini
2. Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night*  by Anne Rockwell
3. Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt*  by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
4. Halloween Hoots and Howls*  by Joan Horton
5. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow*  original by Washington Irving (1820)
6. The Hallo-Wiener^   by Dav Pilkey
7. The Halloween Play  by Felicia Bond
8. Ghosts in the House!  by Kazuno Kohara
9. Halloween Night  by Marjorie Dennis Murray
10. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything^  by Linda Williams
11. Trick of Treat on Monster Street  by Danny Schnitzlein
12. The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches  by Alice Low
13. Come with Me on Halloween by Linda Hoffman Kimball
14. Happy Halloween Stinky Face  by Lisa McCourt
15. Mousekin’s Golden House  by Edna Miller
16. We’re Off to Find the Witch’s House  by Mr. Krieb
17. Mouse’s Halloween Party  by Jeanne Modesitt
18. Fright Night Flight  by Laura Krauss Melmed
19. Halloweenies  by David Wisniewski
20. Ghost Cat and Other Spooky Tales  by James Preller
21. Seriously Spooky Stories  compiled by Chris Powling
22. Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World  selected and retold by Arielle North Olson & Howard Schwartz
23. More Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World selected and retold by Arielle North Olson & Howard Schwartz

Note:  These last two collections are actually scary.  The Horn Book says: “A nail-biting page-turner…”

* also listed on the monthly flyer
^ previously read on StoryLine

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