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The tailypo: A ghost story

Joanna Galdone - Seabury Press; First Edition edition
Format: Hardcover

A strange varmint haunts the woodsman who lopped off its tail.
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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Megan Lloyd

"A splendiferous Halloween story." - The Horn Book"A great purchase for Halloween or any time of year." - School Library Journal (starred review) Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods,...
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Creepy Carrots!

Aaron Reynolds - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Print book

In this Caldecott Honor-winning picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him.Jasper Rabbit loves carrots - especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school.He eats them going to Little...
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Monsters Eat Whiny Children

Bruce Eric Kaplan - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Format: Hardcover

This cautionary tale about whiny children being eaten by monsters is upended when the monsters cannot decide how best to prepare their meal. A whiny child salad doesn't work because there's paprika in the dressing. A whiny child cake won't do because the flour spills all over...
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Tickle Monster

Edouard Manceau - Abrams Appleseed
Format: Print book

This engaging picture book prompts young children to face their fear of monsters and take charge of the situation! The reader is prompted to tickle various parts of a monster, deconstructing the creature and repurposing his parts into a far less threatening scene. His horns become the moon,...
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's soon to be a highly anticipated feature film!A classic collection of chillingly scary tales, collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by renowned artist Brett Helquist (illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and more!)...
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow: The Headless Horseman

Cathleen Small - Cavendish Square Publishing
Format: Print book

When Ichabod Crane arrives in the quiet village of Sleepy Hollow, he could never anticipate just how restless his life there would become. He settles in to his new home, is well liked by everyone, and tries to make a name for himself by falling in love with the young and wealthy Katrina....
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Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World

Howard Schwartz

"The last thing the young man ever saw was a hideous skull grinning at him, just inches from his face, and long bony fingers closing around his throat" What is real and what is imaginary? Do monsters and wizards lurk in the shadows, along with ghosts and invisible men? Can women turn into...
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The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural

Pat McKissack - Knopf
Format: Print book

Illus. in black-and-white. With an extraordinary gift for suspense, McKissack brings us ten original spine-tingling tales inspired by African-American history and the mystery of that eerie half-hour before nightfall--the dark thirty.
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Ghosts in the White House

Lisa Owings - Bellwether Media
Format: Print book

Presidents of the United States might get some creepy houseguests during their time at the White Houseformer presidents! Find out which presidents have been sighted haunting their old home and what their unfinished business might be in this high-interest title for young readers.
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Ghosts in Prisons

Lisa Owings - Bellwether Media
Format: Print book

People have reported hearing footsteps and seeing shadowy figures at prisons that have been empty for years. Could phantom inmates still roam the halls? Read eerie stories from famous prisons to decide for yourself in this title for reluctant readers.
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Ghosts (Monster Chronicles)

Stephen Krensky - Lerner Publications
Format: Library Binding

Examines the history and folklore surrounding ghosts and discusses how they are portrayed on television, in films, and in literature.
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Short & Shivery

Robert D. San Souci - Yearling
Format: Paperback

Thirty hair-raising tales, selected from international ghostlore, have been skillfully retold especially for young people. Eerie black-and-white illustrations, ghastly details, and strong, shuddery endings make these the kind of stories young readers crave. Famous stories like “The...
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Ghosts

Nadia Higgins - Bellwether Media
Format: Hardcover

"Engaging images accompany information about ghosts. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
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Haunted Houses

Nadia Higgins - Bellwether Media, Inc., 2014.
Format: Hardcover

"Engaging images accompany information about haunted houses. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 2 through 7"--
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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

Michael Ferut - Torque
Format: Print book

"Engaging images accompany information about St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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St. Louis Cemetery No. 1

Michael Ferut - Torque
Format: Print book

"Engaging images accompany information about St. Louis Cemetery No. 1. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--
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The Graveyard Book

Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Hardcover

The original hardcover edition of a perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal. Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place - he's the only living resident...
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Coraline

Neil Gaiman - HarperCollins
Format: Library Binding

The day after they moved in, Coraline went exploring.... In Coraline's family's new flat are twenty-one windows and fourteen doors. Thirteen of the doors open and close.The fourteenth is locked, and on the other side is only a brick wall, until the day Coraline unlocks the door...
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Classic Goosebumps #13: Welcome to Dead House

R.L. Stine - Scholastic Paperbacks
Format: Paperback

Enter at your own Risk: The first ever Goosebumps.Now with creepy bonus features!11-year-old Josh and 12-year-old Amanda just moved into the oldest and weirdest house on the block--the two siblings think it might even be haunted! But of course, their parents don't believe them. You'll...
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House of Stairs

William Sleator - Puffin; Reissue edition
Format: Paperback

One by one, five sixteen-year-old orphans are brought to a strange building. It is not a prison, not a hospital it has no walls, no ceiling, no floor. Nothing but endless flights of stairs leading nowhere ?except back to a strange red machine. The five must learn to love the machine and let it rule...
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Dark Graphic Tales by Edgar Allan Poe: The Gold Bug / the System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether / the Fall of the House of Usher

Denise Despeyroux - Enslow Pub Inc
Format: Book

Edgar Allan Poe goes down in history as the inventor of the detective story and the master of the macabre. Playwright and theater director Denise Despeyroux and illustrator Miquel Serratosa take you on a dark, mysterious journey through three of Poe's short stories: embark on a treasure...
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Tales of Terror from Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe - Knopf Books for Young Readers

Six of Poe’s most macabre tales are presented in this powerfully illustrated edition that comes with an unabridged CD narration of four of the shorter tales. The classic tales included on the 75 minute CD and read by Edward Blake are “The Masque of the Red Death,” “The...
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Doll Bones

Holly Black - Margaret K. McElderry Books
Format: Hardcover

Discover the Newbery Honor winner Doll Bones, from Holly Black, the cocreator of the Spiderwick Chronicles. A Kirkus Reviews Best Book. A School Library Journal Best Book. A BOOKLIST Editor's Choice Books for Youth. A Publishers Weekly Best Children's Book. A NYPL "100 Titles...
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The wish giver: Three tales of Coven Tree

Bill Brittain

When a strange little man comes to the Coven Tree Church Social promising he can give people exactly what they ask for, three young believers-in-magic each make a wish that comes true in the most unexpected way.
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Pripyat: The Chernobyl Ghost Town

Lisa Owings

Most people in Pripyat never expected the day to come when theyd have to flee for their lives. The Soviet Union boasted about the safety of the nuclear city. But in 1986, one of the towns nuclear reactors exploded and released deadly radiation. This title explains the Chernobyl ac
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