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From books and CDs to DVDs and games, your local library can put the scare in your step this Halloween season. Boo!
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By Jenn Danko

Are you ready to get spooked this Halloween? Your local library offers plenty of tricks and treats. Read, listen, create and watch — all at your own risk!

Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
From Warner Home Video

What happens when a nervous groom forgets his wedding vows during his rehearsal ceremony? He practices for the real deal, even ceremoniously putting the wedding ring on a finger-shaped stick. The only problem: The stick is actually the rotted finger of a murdered girl who is now a zombie. Now the zombie says she’s Victor’s lawfully wedded wife, and Victor is in for one scary wedding night!
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
From Warner Home Video
Celebrate Halloween with the Peanuts gang, as Linus stakes out the pumpkin patch in hopes of catching a peek of the mysterious Great Pumpkin. Charlie Brown is in the mix too, trying to spook his friends with his ghost costume. Meanwhile, Snoopy crashes a Halloween party along with Linus’ pumpkin-patch vigil, making for nonstop Halloween howls.
The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad
From Walt Disney Home Video
Walt Disney brings two classic scary stories to the screen in this animated movie. Retelling the tale of The Wind in the Willows and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, the characters will cast a spooky spell over your All Hallows Eve.
Who Let the Ghosts Out? (Mostly Ghostly)
By R.L. Stine
Max is an 11-year-old boy with an older brother who picks on him; a father who wants to send him to military school, and worst of all, he lives inside a haunted house! When he meets his house ghosts Nicky and Tara, they team up against an evil ghost named Phears, who is intent on destroying them at all costs.
Horrible Harry at Halloween
By Suzy Kline and Frank Remkiewicz
Horrible Harry is at it again, and this time, he’s solving the mystery of the missing pixie. Dressed as a sergeant for his third-grade Halloween party, Harry’s costume comes to life when he hunts down the thief who stole Mary’s pixie dust. This holiday mystery will keep you guessing until the turn of the last page.
EEK! Stories to Make You Shriek: Creep Show
By Jennifer Dussling and Jeff Spackman
When a young boy is lured into an old theater, he finds more than a few scary movies on the reels. Try as he might, he can’t stay away — even as he encounters some frightening tales!
Goblins in the Castle
By Bruce and Kathleen Coville
Toad-in-a-Cage Castle is filled with secrets — including hidden passages that lead to every room, the long stairway that winds down to the dungeon, and the weird creature named Igor who lives there. But, it is the mysterious noises — the strange moans that drift through the halls at night — that bother William the most. What comes next? Read this scary tale to find out!
Bunnicula: The Celery Stalks at Midnight
By James Howe
The devious vampire bunny Bunnicula is back — and this time he’s turning vegetables into zombies! As the cat and dog team of Chester, Harold and Howie try to hunt down the missing Bunnicula, they aim to save the neighborhood from a vampire takeover. You’ll love sinking your imagination into this scary romp brimming with savory, supernatural elements. Yum!
Halloween Fun: Activity Book
By Clare Beaton
Learn to make witches brew, “ghostie toasties,” bat and cat costumes or Halloween mini lanterns. The Halloween Fun: Activity Book is loaded with bright, colorful pictures to guide your way. There’s a whole section on Ghostly Games that make for fun with mom, dad or your friends at school. Complete with recipes, games, projects and even a scary poem, this book will have you and your family staying up late into the night for spooky, Halloween fun!
Boo, Cackle, Trick or Treat
Music by Sue Schnitzer
Whether you are at a Halloween party or carving a jack-o-lantern at your kitchen table, Boo, Cackle, Trick or Treat will lend a spooky-silly soundtrack to your holiday festivities. There’s even a slightly scary telling of the classic tale Bloody Finger.

Did you get through this list and can’t get enough? Visit your local library to find out about their special Halloween programs, but be warned, it may be scary!

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