Halloween

Each year the library puts together a ghoulish good time for children and adults with creepy crafts, spooky stories and ghostly games.

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.

The naughtiest unicorn and the spooky surprise / Pip Bird illustrated by David O’Connell.

Bird, Pip, author.

Brick or treat! / by Matt Huntley illustrated by Jason May.

Huntley, Matt, author.

Halloween on the farm [BOARD BOOK] / [Roger Priddy].

Priddy, Roger, author.

Happy Halloweenie [BOARD BOOK] / Katie Vernon.

Vernon, Katie, author, illustrator.

Thomas and Percy’s spooky night [BOARD BOOK] / by Christy Webster based on the story by Peter Gaffney.

Webster, Christy, author.

Trick or treat? It’s Halloween! [BOARD BOOK] / Jo Lodge.

Lodge, Jo, author, illustrator.

The wheels on the costume [BOARD BOOK] / by Cindy Jin illustrated by Lauren Lowen.

Jin, Cindy, author.

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.

“True-ly” Spooky

Haunted Ybor city.

Frethem, Deborah.

Haunted inns, pubs and eateries of St. Augustine / Greg Jenkins.

Jenkins, Greg, 1964-

Ghosts and mysteries of Broward County / Dorothy Salvo Davis + W.C. Madden.

Davis, Dorothy Salvo.

Haunted Pensacola / Alan Brown.

Brown, Alan, 1950 January 12-

A season with the witch : the magic and mayhem of Halloween in Salem, Massachusetts / J. W. Ocker.

Ocker, J. W, author.

America’s most haunted hotels : checking in with uninvited guests / Jamie Davis Whitmer with Robert Whitmer.

Whitmer, Jamie Davis, author.

Life with the afterlife : 13 truths I learned about ghosts / Amy Bruni with Julie Tremaine.

Bruni, Amy, author.

The haunting of Alma Fielding : a true ghost story / Kate Summerscale.

Summerscale, Kate, 1965- author.

St. Augustine’s ghosts : the history behind the hauntings / Karen Harvey.

Harvey, Karen G., 1944- author.

Out of the shadows : six visionary Victorian women in search of a public voice / Emily Midorikawa.

Midorikawa, Emily, author.

Cover art for A haunted road atlas : sinister stops, dangerous destinations, and true crime tales / Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz illustrations by James Mied.

A haunted road atlas : sinister stops, dangerous destinations, and true crime tales / Christine Schiefer and Em Schulz illustrations by James Mied.

Schiefer, Christine, author.

Chasing ghosts : a tour of our fascination with spirits and the supernatural / Marc Hartzman.

Hartzman, Marc, author.

Ghost-hunting for dummies / by Zak Bagans.

Bagans, Zak, 1977- author.

Here & hereafter : how wisdom from the departed can transform your life now / Tyler Henry.

Henry, Tyler, author.

The unwritten book : an investigation / Samantha Hunt.

Hunt, Samantha, author.

In the houses of their dead : the Lincolns, the Booths, and the spirits / Terry Alford.

Alford, Terry, author.

We never die : secrets of the afterlife / Matt Fraser.

Fraser, Matt, author.

Cover art for BuzzFeed unsolved supernatural : 101 true tales of hauntings

BuzzFeed unsolved supernatural : 101 true tales of hauntings, demons, and the paranormal / Ryan Bergara, Shane Madej and Anna Katz.

Bergara, Ryan, author.

Your soul purpose : learn how to access the light within / Kim Russo.

Russo, Kim, author.

Signs : the secret language of the universe / Laura Lynne Jackson.

Jackson, Laura Lynne, author.

The lifetimes when Jesus and Buddha knew each other : a history of mighty companions / Gary R. Renard.

Renard, Gary R., author.

The in-betweens : the spiritualists, mediums, and legends of Camp Etna / Mira Ptacin.

Ptacin, Mira, author.

Good mourning : moving through everyday losses with wisdom from the other side / Theresa Caputo with Kristina Grish.

Caputo, Theresa, author.

Ask your guides : connecting to your divine support system / Sonia Choquette.

Choquette, Sonia.

The happy medium : life lessons from the other side / Kim Russo.

Russo, Kim, author.

Only love is real : a story of soulmates reunited / Brian Weiss.

Weiss, Brian L. (Brian Leslie), 1944-

After this : when life is over, where do we go? / Claire Bidwell Smith.

Smith, Claire Bidwell.

Ghostland : an American history in haunted places / Colin Dickey.

Dickey, Colin, author.

The afterlife of Billy Fingers : how my bad-boy brother proved to me there’s life after death / Annie Kagan.

Kagan, Annie.

Cover art for The Penguin book of the undead : fifteen hundred years of supernatural encounters / edited by Scott G. Bruce translations and renderings into modern English by Scott G. Bruce, unless otherwise

The Penguin book of the undead : fifteen hundred years of supernatural encounters / edited by Scott G. Bruce translations and renderings into modern English by Scott G. Bruce, unless otherwise

Bruce, Scott G. (EDT).

Good grief : heal your soul, honor your loved ones, and learn to live again / the Long Island medium Theresa Caputo with Kristina Grish.

Caputo, Theresa, author.

Testimony of light : an extraordinary message of life after death / Helen Greaves.

Greaves, Helen.

Surviving death : a journalist investigates evidence for an afterlife / Leslie Kean.

Kean, Leslie, author.

Evidence of eternity : communicating with spirits for proof of the afterlife / Mark Anthony, The Psychic Lawyer.

Anthony, Mark, 1960-

Wisdom from your spirit guides : a handbook to contact your soul’s greatest teachers / James Van Praagh.

Van Praagh, James, author.

Guided : reclaiming the intuitive voice of your soul / Hans Christian King.

King, Hans Christian, author.

Already here : a doctor discovers the truth about heaven / Leo Galland, M.D.

Galland, Leo, author.

Where did you go? : a life-changing journey to connect with those we’ve lost / Christina Rasmussen.

Rasmussen, Christina, 1972- author.

Featured Upcoming Events

The Joy of Reading Romance – Spooky Edition

Registration Required

Saturday October 31 2:00pm

Eatonville Branch (Eatonville - Meeting Room)

Event Categories: Authors, Books, Writing; Community & Citizenship

Welcome to our relaxed romance book club! We'll chat about our current reads, share TBR lists, and swap recommendations—no assigned book. Recommended for ages 18 and up.

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