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.
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!
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.
Trick or Treat Safe Zone Events
Creepy Crawlies and Monster Mayhem
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (Children's Department - Ask at Desk)
Event Categories: Arts & Crafting; Games & Activities
Challenge yourself to escape from our monsters and creepy crawlers by conquering games and feats of skill. Enjoy crafts and a photo op once you've mastered the mayhem.
Learn more>Creepy Carnival
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (Palm Room)
Event Categories: Games & Activities
Mix and mingle with our favorite monstrous friends and join in kooky spooky carnival games.
Learn more>Shipwreck Cove
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (Under the Sea - First Floor)
Event Categories: Arts & Crafting; Games & Activities
Get inked up with our resident pirate "tattoo" artist, feed the kraken, create your own treasure map, and enjoy our sensory play station and an ocean-themed floor crossing game.
Learn more>Ghostbusters Meet-and-Greet
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (Melrose Gallery - Second Floor)
Event Categories: Music, Movies, Live Performances
Meet and greet some friendly neighborhood Ghostbusters! Interact with props inspired by the famous movie franchise.
Learn more>Crash Landing in the Creepy Cosmos
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (Club Central)
Event Categories: Arts & Crafting; Games & Activities
Get hands on and investigate an eerie extraterrestrial planet. Take an out-of-this-world photo and then join the space scientists in crafts, games, and sensory activities that encourage exploration!
Learn more>Haunted Hideaway
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (FlexSpace - Second Floor)
Event Categories: Coding & Robotics; Games & Activities
Are you brave enough to enter the Haunted Hideaway? Help us hunt the paranormal, but beware, you might become a monster yourself.
Learn more>Albertson Movie Theater
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (Albertson Room)
Event Categories: Music, Movies, Live Performances
Relax with a selection of family-friendly movies.
Learn more>DJ Musical Act
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (Library Central - First Floor)
Event Categories: Music, Movies, Live Performances
Show off your monster moves and dance along to some kid-friendly music at this DJ dance party.
Learn more>Boo! A Spooky Storytime
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Event Categories: Storytime
Join us for a spooktacular storytime of ghostly proportions! Using nursery rhymes, picture books, songs, your child will be encouraged to develop early literacy skills. First come, first served.
Learn more>Music with Mr. Richard
Trick or Treat Safe Zone
Orlando Public Library (Melrose Stage - Second Floor)
Event Categories: Music, Movies, Live Performances
Sing and dance along to the wacky and weirdly wonderful music of Mr. Richard.
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