Darker adaptations of familiar nursery rhymes.

    All he has to do is dress up like the Flying Dutchman. But SpongeBob doesn't realize just how scary he can look. Join the gang from Bikini Bottom in this spooky Haloween tale!

    Behind each spooky door lurks a different Halloween pop-up surprise....Trick-or-treating becomes spine-tingling fun with the ghostly, ghouly Bugs inside!

    The books include simple step-by-step black and white illustrations to follow to make the learning process easy and fun. Once these titles have been mastered the budding young artists will be ready and prepared to try some amazing drawings of their own!

    From the creation of a giant Pooh-monster in FrankenPooh to a retelling of Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas-these tales are all guaranteed to give you the goosebumps! Also included are seven brand-new stories. Follow Mike and Sulley-the lovable scarers from Monsters Inc.-as they try to find a slumber party located in a very spooky house. Join Buzz and Jessie, from Toy Story 2, on their mission to rescue Woody from a dark and scary backyard. This collection is perfect to read aloud-whether you're around the campfire or at bedtime.

    "Creak . . . creak . . . creak . . . Now he's going up the steps -- but this skeleton isn't looking for what you'd expect. There are both snickers and shivers awaiting readers in this wickedly funny rhyming story that is sure to tickle funny bones.

    This book is suitable for ages 4 to 8 years.

    Fine book, with the notation that the CD envelope at rear pastedown has been opened and the CD presumably has been played. Both are, of course, present. See scans. Lacks the dustjacket. New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2003. Square quarto, glossy boards illustrated by James Bennett, who did the interior work as well. Fine book, as noted above. CD offers Carl Reiner's reading of the story. See scans. LG12

    Nothing to play with, no books on the shelves, Just 10 little mummies wrapped up in themselves. "This is the pits!" said a mummy one day. "I am bored stiff. Let's go outside and play! For the first time in prehistory ten adorable mummies are painting the town red. But what is there to paint in ancient Egypt? Find out in this refreshingly funny counting book, where the counting goes backwards from ten down to one little mummy. (Hint: some of the fun involves pyramids and a sphinx!) With a minimalist approach and a deep, distinctive palate, G. Brian Karas tickles the funny bone in this debut counting book by Philip Yates.

    

    Collects monster tales from around the world.

    In 2001 Meltzer was the recipient of the American Library Association's Laura Ingalls Wilder Award, honoring his lifetime body of work, and he has twice been nominated for the National Book Award.

    D. Schindler to create the perfect picture book about a pumpkin on the run. When Buck, Billy, and their little sister Lil spy the biggest pumpkin they've ever seen, they can't resist. Buck and Billy try to roll the pumpkin down the hill to show everyone, but it's too big! Before they know it, it's bumping and thumping and rolling out of control down the hillside. It busts through Momma Baxter's sty and makes her think of pumpkin pie. It knocks over Grandpa Baxter and makes him think of pumpkin soup. And when Poppa Baxter finally stops it in a pumpkin bed, all he can think of is pumpkin bread.

    This encyclopedia of Halloween includes major entries such as: Samhain, the Celtic ancestor of Halloween; skeletons, a universally recognized symbol of death; the Day of the Dead, the Mexican holiday that is often compared to Halloween; and the jack-o'-lantern.

    Now a much larger fragment that weaves occult thrills into its haunting study of a reluctant spirit medium, it tantalizes with the unfulfilled promise of what might have been the author's magnum opus. Set in Brooklyn in the 1930s, it relates a sad interval in the life of 18-year-old Claire Nielsen, the oldest of three children being groomed by their determined mother, Morna, to follow in her footsteps as a spirit medium. As depicted by Matheson, spiritualism is indistinguishable from a religious calling, and Morna is a frighteningly fanatical exponent who threatens Claire with hellfire and damnation when she pleads to be relieved of her vocation. Coerced into sitting for seances that make her physically ill, Claire soon finds herself a conduit for ectoplasmic manifestations of the spirit world whose revolting intimacy and intrusive physicality amount to sexual violation. Matheson's rigorous research of spiritualist phenomena informs every aspect of the tale, imbuing its convincingly described supernatural moments with both awe and terror and shaping its characters as unique people who believe unquestioningly in the marvels of the afterlife. At the very least, this gripping tale synchs with his paranormal thriller Hell House and anecdotal nonfiction volume Mediums Rare. But it also hits a high-water mark as an exercise in the modern gothic.

    They find the streets filled with trick-or-treaters dragging bags of candy. Leading a ragtag troupe of their farm buddies, Minnie and Moo join the festivities, performing hilarious tricks to earn their treats.One of the scariest nights of the year turns into one of the funniest in the latest beginning reader by Denys Cazet!

    Preschoolers will have fun helping the gang decorate for their Halloween party, choose the right costumes, go trick-or-treating, and count the number of treats in their goody bags. With hidden surprises under the flaps and two full pages of stickers, this sturdy board book is filled with hours of interactive andArthur’s Spookiest Hallowen.

    How the Berenstain Bears Saved Christmas is the story of the year when it seems everyone in Bear Country has gone Christmas–crazy, and Mama Bear is concerned the true holiday spirit has been lost. Santa worries also, and is ready to cancel Christmas! Now it's up to the Berenstain Bears to change his mind.How can Santa's sleigh land with no snow? How can he fit down all those skinny chimneys? Answers to these and other questions about the true meaning of Christmas are revealed in The Berenstain Bears Meet Santa Bear. In The Berenstain Bears' Thanksgiving the Bear family happily prepares their holiday feast, but danger lurks. The legendary monster, Bigpaw, is coming to Bear Country and it's up to Brother and Sister Bear to save the day.In The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin the Bear family may not win the blue ribbon in the pumpkin contest at the Thanksgiving Festival, but they do remember all that there is to be thankful for. And in The Berenstain Bears' Comic Valentine, the day of Brother Bear's championship hockey game has arrived. It's also the day he finds out the identity of his secret admirer. Who can she be? Brother is in for a big surprise!

    Readers go on an adventure to a spooky house where they run into their favorite Halloween friends along the way. Illustrated by Charles Reasoner.

    Hours of spine-tingling, frightening fun for kids 8-12.