Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Dress up and trick or treat at Orlando Public Library and Orange County Regional History Center on Saturday, October 26, 2024, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Create creepy crafts and complete a scavenger hunt! Visit the Orange County Regional History Center’s Events page for more Halloween fun. Recommended for families with children 0-12.
Bring your own candy bags. Costumes must be family-friendly. Costumes may not contain props or accessories that resemble or could be mistaken for real weapons. Adults may not wear costume masks that conceal their entire face.
Musical DJ - Library Central Stage | 10:00 a.m.
Boo! A Spooky Storytime - Papa Bear | 10:00 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m.
Music with Mr. Richard - Melrose Stage | 1:00 p.m.
Ghostbusters Meet-and-Greet - Melrose Gallery | 10:00 a.m.
Meet a Surprise Guest - Book Arch | 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m.
Look for our costumed mascot, Squirt, on each floor and submit your scavenger hunt tally for a prize! Don't forget to visit the History Center next-door for more scavenger hunt fun and prizes!
Submit your scavenger hunt tally!
Spooky kids stories
The baddies / by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Axel Scheffler.
Donaldson, Julia, author.
The boo crew needs you! / words by Vicky Fang pictures by Saoirse Lou.
Fang, Vicky, author.
Confessions of a candy snatcher / Phoebe Sinclair illustrated by Theodore Taylor III.
Sinclair, Phoebe, author.
Ellie’s spooky surprise / by Callie Barkley illustrated by Tracy Bishop.
Barkley, Callie, author.
Ghosts, toast, and other hazards / Susan Tan.
Tan, Susan, author.
Menacing manor / Kiersten White.
White, Kiersten, author.
Bunso meets a mumu / written & illustrated by Rev Valdez.
Valdez, Rev, author, illustrator.
Monsterious. Escape from Grimstone Manor / Matt McMann.
McMann, Matt, author.
Nightmare island / Shakirah Bourne.
Bourne, Shakirah, author.
The story of Gumluck the wizard / Adam Rex.
Rex, Adam, author, illustrator.
The Bellwoods Game / Celia Krampien.
Krampien, Celia, 1988- author, illustrator.
Brick dust and bones / M. R. Fournet.
Fournet, M. R., author.
Ghosts bite back / Alex Foulkes.
Foulkes, Alex, author.
Haru, zombie dog hero / Ellen Oh.
Oh, Ellen, author.
Never a doll moment / by Andres Miedoso illustrated by Victor Rivas.
Miedoso, Andres, author.
The skull : a Tyrolean folktale / Jon Klassen.
Klassen, Jon, author, illustrator.
The horrible bag of terrible things / Rob Renzetti.
Renzetti, Robert, author.
Monster vs. boy / Karen Krossing.
Krossing, Karen, 1965- author.
Peril at Price Manor / Laura Parnum.
Parnum, Laura, author.
The lost library / Rebecca Stead and Wendy Mass.
Stead, Rebecca, author.
Gallowgate / K.R. Alexander.
Alexander, K. R., 1986- author.
Serwa Boateng’s guide to witchcraft and mayhem / by Roseanne A. Brown.
Brown, Roseanne A., author.
Don’t want to be your monster / Deke Moulton.
Moulton, Deke, author.
The nightmare house / Sarah Allen.
Allen, Sarah Elisabeth, author.
Bruce and the legend of Soggy Hollow / Ryan T. Higgins.
Higgins, Ryan T., author, illustrator.
Grumpy monkey don’t be scared / by Suzanne Lang illustrated by Max Lang.
Lang, Suzanne, author.
How to spook a ghost / written by Sue Fliess illustrated by Simona Sanfilippo.
Fliess, Sue, author.
Witch & wombat / by Ashley Belote.
Belote, Ashley, author, illustrator.
Enola Holmes and the mark of the mongoose / Nancy Springer.
Springer, Nancy, author.
Nightmare king / Daka Hermon.
Hermon, Daka, author.
Dr. Seuss’s Horton hears a boo! / by Wade Bradford illustrated by Tom Brannon.
Bradford, Wade, author.
The goblin twins / by Frances Cha illustrated by Jaime Kim.
Cha, Frances, author.
Meowl-o-ween / Diane Muldrow illustrated by Tiffany Chen.
Muldrow, Diane, author.
Deephaven / Ethan M. Aldridge.
Aldridge, Ethan M., author, illustrator.
Frances and the werewolves of the Black Forest / Refe Tuma.
Tuma, Refe, author.
Friiight night / R.L. Stine.
Stine, R. L., author.
It found us / Lindsay Currie.
Currie, Lindsay, author.
Brick or treat! / by Matt Huntley illustrated by Jason May.
Huntley, Matt, author.
![Cover art for Halloween on the farm [BOARD BOOK] / [Roger Priddy].](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cover-art-1684492963.jpeg)
Halloween on the farm [BOARD BOOK] / [Roger Priddy].
Priddy, Roger, author.
![Cover art for Happy Halloweenie [BOARD BOOK] / Katie Vernon.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cover-art-9781665930604.jpeg)
Happy Halloweenie [BOARD BOOK] / Katie Vernon.
Vernon, Katie, author, illustrator.
![Cover art for Thomas and Percy's spooky night [BOARD BOOK] / by Christy Webster based on the story by Peter Gaffney.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/cover-art-9780593483367.jpeg)
Thomas and Percy’s spooky night [BOARD BOOK] / by Christy Webster based on the story by Peter Gaffney.
Webster, Christy, author.
![Cover art for Trick or treat? It's Halloween! [BOARD BOOK] / Jo Lodge.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cover-art-9781914912825.jpeg)
Trick or treat? It’s Halloween! [BOARD BOOK] / Jo Lodge.
Lodge, Jo, author, illustrator.
![Cover art for The wheels on the costume [BOARD BOOK] / by Cindy Jin illustrated by Lauren Lowen.](https://ocls.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/cover-art-9781665937795.jpeg)
Where do diggers trick-or-treat? / by Brianna Caplan Sayres illustrated by Christian Slade.
Sayres, Brianna Caplan, author.
I don’t want to read this book aloud / written by Max Greenfield illustrated by Mike Lowery.
Greenfield, Max, 1980- author.
I am (not) scared / by Anna Kang illustrated by Christopher Weyant.
Kang, Anna, author.
Trick or treat, pout-pout fish [BOARD BOOK] / Deborah Diesen pictures by Dan Hanna.
Diesen, Deborah, author.
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Did you find all the costumed characters in the building? Share your answer with the Prize Station table on the first floor to win a prize! Don't forget to visit the History Center next-door for more scavenger hunt fun and prizes!
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