Now kids don't have to wait until All Hallows' Eve to enjoy skeletons, haunted houses, jack-o'-lanterns, and creepy creatures such as vampires, werewolves, and witches. This giant-sized goodie bag is filled with coloring and doodle pages, matching games, riddles, crosswords, and more. Plus, there are step-by-step instructions on how to draw ghosts, goblins, and other Halloween characters, complete with blank practice pages.

Boynton celebrates Halloween! A new addition to the Boynton on Board series, with over 21 million copies sold, Eek! Halloween! is all treat and no tricks, a journey with Boynton and her nutty characters through the tradition of Halloween. It starts with an uh-oh—the chickens are nervous! Strange things are happening. One chicken saw a pumpkin with flickering eyes, another spied a mouse of enormous size. They all saw a wizard and a witch, and a spooky robot. “WHAT’S GOING ON HERE? WHAT DOES IT MEAN? / Relax, silly chickens! It’s HALLOWEEN!” Oversized lap edition also available—perfect for reading aloud!

A little bat uses brains over brawn in this not-so-scary Halloween picture book. The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine. It’s so big the ghost can’t move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there’ll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day. How can the tiny bat succeed where bigger and strong spooky creatures have failed? You'll be surprised!

Grounded in the oral storytelling tradition, this riveting retelling of a traditional ghost story follows a big, strong man as he spends a night in a mysterious deserted mansion. Full color.

Carve out family time for this Step 1 Step into Reading early reader! Read along as a boy and his family visit a pumpkin patch to pick out perfect autumn gourds! Buoyant rhymes and joyful art evoke the excitement of the season. Pumpkins big and pumpkins small. There are so many—I want them all! Step 1 Readers feature big type and easy words for children who know the alphabet and are eager to begin reading. Rhyme and rhythmic text paired with picture clues help children decode the story.

A first edition of The Halloween Encyclopedia was published by McFarland in 2003 (Booklist: "a worthy addition to public and school libraries as well as the reference shelves of journalists and leaders of community events"); it was the first encyclopedic reference book on the cultural phenomenon (which also deals with such related holidays as Britain's Guy Fawkes Day, Mexico's Dia de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, and the Celtic celebration Samhain). Now updated to 2010, this second edition includes more than 50 new entries, covering subjects ranging from Folk Art to African American legends. Many existing entries have been expanded and revised, with new entries ("Chronology of Halloween" and "Halloween in Literature and the Arts") in both appendices. Also featured are more than a dozen new illustrations, and an expanded bibliography.

From adorable pumpkin families and classic jack-o-lanterns to down-right scary giant spiders (eek!), the All You Frightfully Fun Halloween Handbook packs in more cute and creepy crafts for tabletops, porches and yards than you'llhave room to display. Kids and adults alike will marvel at the ingenious storybook costumes, like Charlotte the Spider and Curious George, and shiver at the sight of our graveyard-chic décor. The best part? Every idea comes with simple instructions and a clear list of budget-friendly supplies you'll find online or at nearby stores. And since no holiday celebration is complete without delicious food for the whole family, our dozens of recipes for appetizers, main dishes, sides and, of course, desserts, will satisfy even the hungriest vampires or zombies in your brood. We've even included easy-bake treats so you can use up all that leftover candy (Mmmm... Milky Way Pudding!). No matter whether you're gathering toddlers, teens or adults for your annual spookfest, the All You Frightfully Fun Halloween Handbook offers low-cost, big-bang ideas to ensure everyone a hauntingly good time.

Filled with seasonal fun for little ones, this engaging board book with touch-and-feel elements introduces Baby to all the wonderful delights of Halloween.

Little Scribbles, BIG character! The newest entry in the ingeniously entertaining series has something special for kids: SPOOKLEY. Everyone’s favorite pumpkin stars in an engaging activity board book filled with mazes to solve, pictures to complete, dot-to-dots to connect, and lots more. Youngsters will take out the crayons (bound right into the back cover) and help Spookley find his friends, give an enormous pumpkin a face, and color in all the variously-shaped pumpkins in the patch. What a Halloween treat!

Claudette wants nothing more than to slay a giant but her little village is too safe and quiet.