DON’T PUSH THE BUTTON: A HALLOWEEN TREAT
By Bill Cotter

Whether you're looking for a Halloween book for toddlers or an interactive book for preschoolers, Don't Push the Button! A Halloween Treat is a must-have for any household. From the brilliant author and illustrator Bill Cotter comes one of the year's best Halloween books for kids. Everyone knows that trick-or-treating is the best part of Halloween. But that one house looks kind of scary...wait, why are you walking toward the creepy house?! Whatever you do, do NOT ring that doorbell!

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THE ROOM ON A BROOM 

This rollicking, rhyming tale from master storyteller Julia Donaldson is the perfect Halloween read-aloud for the youngest listeners. A friendly witch, a hungry dragon, and a muddy monster learn about friendship, and readers will delight in the surprising (and not too scary) ending.

Note: The movie The Room on a Broom on Netflix is super cute for little ones.

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THE SECRET HALLOWEEN COSTUME

Charlotte is a young witch. For Halloween, her family insists she must wear her darkest clothes and scariest makeup. After all, a witch must be spooky! But Charlotte doesn't want to follow tradition - she wants to wear something that reflects who she is. She asks her grandmother to sew her a secret costume... But what will it be?

An adorable Halloween story about an enthusiastic little witch who follows her heart and inspires others to do the same!

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SUPERBAT

It's a bird! It's a plane! No, wait...it's a bat...in a bright superhero outfit and cape? It's Superbat!

Pat is an ordinary bat who wants nothing more than to be special. But when he proclaims himself a superbat, the other bats laugh and say that anything he can do, like fly and navigate through the dark, things they can do too. Disheartened that his friends have the same superpowers as him, Pat is ready to rip off his cape and throw it away when suddenly his supersonic hearing picks up a terrified cry. A cat has trapped a poor mouse! Without a second thought, Pat quickly flies across the city using his echolocation and saves the mouse from the big, bad cat. His friends, who followed to watch, realize that Pat does have an amazing superpower: courage!

A playful twist on the superhero theme, Matt Carr's debut picture book is perfect for anyone who has ever felt just out of place. Matt introduces some real bat characteristics in this superhero adventure, as well as some bat facts in the back of the book!

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN STINKY FACE

Stinky Face can't wait for this Halloween adventure! Stinky Face is getting ready for Halloween when he has a question--which of course Mama knows the perfect answer to! Even though Stinky Face can think of a million things that could go wrong while trick-or-treating, Mama knows that no matter what happens, he's going to have the best night ever. That is if he can settle on a costume! A funny, Halloween adventure perfect for trick-or-treaters everywhere!

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For Big Kids
THE WITCHES

This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the most dangerous of all living creatures on earth. There's nothing they hate so much as children, and they work all kinds of terrifying spells to get rid of them. Her grandson listens closely to Grandmamma's stories—but nothing can prepare him for the day he comes face-to-face with The Grand High Witch herself!

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For Big Kids
SCARY STORIES TO TELL IN THE DARK

Older children will be frightened and thrilled by Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. This book contains some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge and supernatural events of all time. Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen and narrow escapes from death—they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories. Make sure you read these books with the light ON!

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For Adults
THE SOUTHERN BOOK CLUB’S GUIDE TO SLAYING VAMPIRES

Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias meet Dracula in this Southern-flavored supernatural thriller set in the '90s about a women's book club that must protect its suburban community from a mysterious and handsome stranger who turns out to be a blood-sucking fiend.

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Podcast Pick
UNSPOOKABLE

Unspookable is a family friendly look at the histories and mysteries behind your favorite scary stories, myths and urban legends. Each week host Elise Parisian discusses such topics as Bloody Mary, Charlie Charlie, and Ouija Boards to find the stories behind the scares.

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