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.
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.
“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-
America’s most haunted hotels : checking in with uninvited guests / Jamie Davis Whitmer with Robert Whitmer.
Whitmer, Jamie Davis, 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.
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.
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.
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 in-betweens : the spiritualists, mediums, and legends of Camp Etna / Mira Ptacin.
Ptacin, Mira, author.
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.
Surviving death : a journalist investigates evidence for an afterlife / Leslie Kean.
Kean, Leslie, author.
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
Southwest Branch (Southwest - Ask at Desk)
Event Categories: Storytime
Build baby’s first literacy skills with songs, rhymes and stories. Recommended for ages 0-18 months.
Winter Garden Branch (Winter Garden - Program Area)
Event Categories: Games & Activities
Hunt for clues, crack puzzles, and join forces to figure out the mystery. Recommended for ages 6-12. Registration required.
Sewing – Owl Friend (2 Parts)
Intermediate Level
West Oaks Branch and Genealogy Center (West Oaks - Technology Classroom)
Event Categories: Arts & Crafting; Life Skills; Maker/DIY
Practice machine and hand sewing to whip up an adorable owl friend just in time for spooky season. Happy to sit in a window or a table, this little owl is weighted and features button eyes.
Washington Park Branch (Washington Park - Technology Classroom)
Event Categories: Arts & Crafting
Learn how to weave a web like a spider as you create a spooky fiber art masterpiece. Recommended for ages 13-18. Registration required.
Winter Garden Branch (Winter Garden - Technology Lab)
Event Categories: Arts & Crafting; Maker/DIY
Master the Corner-to-Corner (C2C) crochet technique by stitching a spooky Halloween Coaster! Learn diagonal increases, color changes, and graph reading in one quick project.
“A creepy story, great for a kid who likes spooky. If you’re little one is scared easy, or has troubles sleeping you may want to come back to this book another time.” – OCLS Staff
“Excellent for fans of “Hereditary”! Visually stunning, “Talk to Me” is a compelling story about the lengths people go to when faced with grief. Terrifying jump scares and cult classic potential!” – OCLS Staff