All Hallow's Read

I've spoken here before about All Hallow's Read. Here's a video of Neil Gaiman explaining what All Hallow's Read is about (click here if you can't see the video or it doesn't work properly):



So in the spirit of All Hallow's Read, here are some books that can be found in the Marshall Lane library that can be checked out and shared with a reading buddy.

Story Collections:

Half Minute Horrors, edited by Susan Rich

Don't Open the Door After the Sun Goes Down, by Al Carusone, illustrated by Andrew Glass

The Dark-thirty, by Pat McKissack, illustrated by Brian J. Pinkney

Things That Go Bump in the Night, edited by Jane Yolen and Martin H. Greenberg

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz, illustrated by Stephen Gamell

Tales for the Midnight Hour, by J. D. Stamper

Troll's Eye View, edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling.

Picture Books:

Night of the Gargoyles, by Eve Bunting, illustrated by David Wiesner

The Dangerous Alphabet, by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Gris Grimly

The Wolves in the Walls, by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Dave McKean

There's a Nightmare in my Closet, by Mercer Mayer

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, by Adam Rex

The Spider and the Fly, by Mary Botham Howitt, illustrated by Tony DiTerlizzi

Novels:

The Seer of Shadows, by Avi

The Light, by D. J. MacHale

The Ghost Road, by Tony Abbott

Bunnicula Meets Edgar Allan Crow, by James Howe, illustrated by Eric Fortune

Coraline, by Neil Gaiman

The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman

The Blue Ghost, by Marion Dane Bauer

The Ghost of Crutchfield Hall, by Mary Downing Hahn

Dying to Meet You, by Kate Klise

There's a Dead Person Following My Sister Around, by Vivian Vande Velde

Graphic Novels:

Babymouse; Monster Mash, by Jenifer L. Holm

Coraline, by P. Craig Russell and Neil Gaiman

Ghostopolis, by Doug TenNapel

Goosebumps; Creepy Creatures, by R. L. Stine

Murder & Myster, by Mike Vosburg

Classics:

Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural, by Robert Louis Stevenson

The Raven and Other Poems and Stories, by Edgar Allen Poe

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving

The Invisible Man, by H. G. Wells

War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells

Eight Tales of Terror, by Edgar Allan Poe

Some of these books are already on display in the front display case in the library. Come in a check some out. There are even more scary books in the library than what's on the list above. Ask me where you can find them. And share a scary story with a loved one today!

New Books! And a sock.

Yesterday, a box of books from Junior Library Guild arrived at the library! Yay! Here's what came:

These awesome books are brought to you by our generous Marshall Lane PTA, whom I'd like to thank for providing the library with funds again this year to buy materials for our library. And here is the sock I was knitting at the PTA meeting last week:

A couple of other things I'd like to share with you. I know I've mentioned Mo Willems' Blog before but I want to mention it again because recently he had Eric Carle and his wife over for dinner and doodles and he shares pictures of the doodles.

Also, we are almost into October now so it's time to think about All Hallow's Read again. Why not give someone you love a scary book to read?

One last thing! Tom Angleberger, author of The Strange Tale of Origami Yoda and Darth Paper Stikes Back is going to be at Hicklebee's tomorrow, September 29 at 3:00 and will be talking about his books and signing books afterwards.

All Hallows Read

So I don't think it's any great secret that Neil Gaiman is one of my favorite authors. Here is a picture of him (which I took from his blog) having ice cream with one of my other favorite authors Daniel Handler. Because he is one of my faves, I read his blog and follow him on Twitter. This past week, Mr. Gaiman suggested that Halloween should be a book giving holiday, but not just any kind of book, specifically scary books! You can read about his idea here on his blog.

I think this is a marvelous idea! One of my favorite scary books from when I was a kid was 'Tales for the Midnight Hour' by J. B. Stamper. This was a collection of scary short stories that were great for reading out loud during sleepovers or campouts, especially if there were younger kids around! Muahahaha! I don't know what ever happened to that book, not many of my books stayed with me from childhood. To my delight several years ago, I found an old beat up copy of this very same book on the paperback rack of my own Marshall Lane Library! Oh joy! I checked it out right then and reread the whole thing. The stories are not as scary as they once were but they brought back a lot of memories! I love how in so many of the stories people are driven insane from fear. That was my favorite outcome. Anyway, in the spirit of Book 0r Treat, I'm making 'Tales for the Midnight Hour' my pick of the week and I'm going to order a few copies from Amazon to give away.

I hope this inspires you to give a scary book to a loved one this Halloween.

And tell me about your favorite scary books, did they give you chills? Did they give you nightmares? Were you afraid to look under your bed?