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The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsOnce upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard...clomp, clomp, shake, shake, clap, clap.And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life! With bouncy refrains and classic art, this timeless Halloween story is perfect for reading aloud... -
Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds
Rated: 4.28 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsJasper Rabbit is NOT a little bunny anymore. He’s not afraid of the dark, and he’s definitely not afraid of something as silly as underwear. But when the lights go out, suddenly his new big rabbit underwear glows in the dark. A ghoulish, greenish glow. If Jasper didn’t know any better he’d say his undies were a little, well, creepy... -
Battle of the Boss-Monster: A Branches Book by Troy Cummings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line, Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina... -
March of the Vanderpants by Troy Cummings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line Branches, aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina. Branches books help readers grow!In book 12, the S.S.M.P... -
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The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod Journal by Heather Brewer, Z Brewer
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsAt long last, a journal inspired by Heather Brewer's New York Times bestselling series The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod. This iconic journal features quotes from all five books in the series as well as exclusive new secrets in Elysian Code for readers to decipher with an enclosed key. Perfect for veteran minions and new fans alike... -
Haunted House by Jan Pieńkowski
Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsRevisit — if you dare! — one of the best-loved pop-up books of all time, now more gleefully ghoulish then ever with the addition of several spooky surprises.Come in, Doctor. Yes, it is a quaint old place-chilly, though. . . . The owner of the Haunted House is unwell, and it's not surprising... -
Don't Push the Button! by Bill Cotter
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsAn enhanced eBook guaranteed to cause giggles! There’s only one rule in Larry’s book: don’t push the button. (Seriously, don’t even think about it!) It does look kind of nice though…Okay, quick. No one is looking. — push the button. Uh, oh... -
Creepy Crayon! by Aaron Reynolds
Rated: 4.29 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsA #1 New York Times bestseller!From the team behind the New York Times bestselling Creepy Carrots! and Creepy Pair of Underwear! comes the third in this hilariously spooky series about a young rabbit and his peculiar encounters—featuring a sinister crayon!Jasper Rabbit has a he is NOT doing well in school. His spelling tests? Disasters. His math quizzes? Frightening to behold... -
The Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman, Erica Siverman
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 16 ratingsThe 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... -
Monster Notebook by Troy Cummings
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCalling all future members of the Super Secret Monster Patrol! Kids love reading about the wacky monsters that attack Stermont in Troy Cummings' bestselling The Notebook of Doom series. Now fans can own Alexander Bopp's S.S.M.P... -
Old Black Witch! by Wende Devlin, Harry Devlin
Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsNicky and his mom buy an old New England house to turn into a tearoom, never suspecting that it's already occupied by Old Black Witch--who's not about to share it with them. How Nicky and his mom reconcile their differences with Old Black Witch makes for spooky and delicious fun. Full-color illustrations... -
Die Endermen-Invasion: Roman für Minecrafter by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.38 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsWill a griefer destroy Steve’s hope of winning the elite building competition?In this third installment of the Minecraft Gamer’s Adventure series, Steve is invited to participate in an elite building competition on Mushroom Island. His friends�Max, Lucy, and Henry�are impressed and want to join their friend on a journey to the island... -
Pop of the Bumpy Mummy by Troy Cummings, Niloufar Amanzadeh
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA creepy mummy monster is on the loose in Stermont!This series is part of Scholastic's early chapter book line called Branches, which is aimed at newly independent readers. With easy-to-read text, high-interest content, fast-paced plots, and illustrations on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and stamina... -
Sir Simon: Super Scarer by Cale Atkinson
Rated: 4.30 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsA delightful, funny story of friendship, ghost chores, a spooky house and a professional haunter.Meet Sir Simon, Super Scarer. He's a professional ghost who has been transferred to his first house. And just in time! He was getting tired of haunting bus stops and forests and potatoes... -
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This Hotel Is Haunted! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsEach Geronimo Stilton book is fast-paced, with lively full-color art and a unique format kids 7-10 will love.My good friend Hercule Poirat and I were called to investigate mysterious events in the famouse Grand Hotel in New Mouse City. There was a ghost haunting the hotel and scaring guests! It was wearing armor and carrying a ball and chain... -
The Alchemaster's Apprentice by Walter Moers
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 18 ratingsWhen Echo the Crat's mistress dies, he is compelled to sign a contract with Ghoolion the Alchemaster. This fateful document gives Ghoolion the right to kill Echo at the next full moon and render his fat, which he hopes to brew into an immortality potion. But Ghoolion has not reckoned with Echo's talent for survival and his vast ability to make new friends... -
Treasure Hunters in Trouble by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn this fourth installment of the Minecraft Gamer’s Adventure series, Steve receives a distress call from his friends Max, Lucy, and Henry. They have found an abundance of treasure in a temple, but they can’t get out! He immediately sets off for the desert to help his friends. Once Steve gets to them, they will all be rewarded with a supply of emeralds, gold ingots, and many other rare treasures... -
Claw of the Werewolf by Tommy Donbavand
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMake no bones about it! There’s a headhunt underway — and Luke is closing in on the sixth relic — as the Scream Street series screeches ahead! Luke is just one relic away from opening the doorway back to his own world and taking his parents away from the terrors of Scream Street! But this search threatens to plunge him into the most dangerous adventure yet... -
Clash of the Creepers by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe final chapter in the series that began with The Quest for the Diamond Sword—will Steve and his friends find Mine Mountain and get the legendary treasure?When Steve’s friends Max, Lucy, and Henry get their hands on a map with the location of the legendary Mine Mountain, Steve questions if the map is a fake... -
Attack of the Trolls by Tommy Donbavand
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsWhy is our trio beset with trolls? The shrieks keep coming as the spine-tingling series surges ahead! Luke, Resus, and Cleo are eager to begin their new quest. First stop, Count Negatov's castle! As the three make their way through the bleak, murky wilds of Transylvania, it looks like this adventure will be dull, but easy. Until they are kidnapped by trolls... -
Tiny Deaths by Robert Shearman
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsAnalyzing the complexity, absurdity, and blessedness of seemingly ordinary people, this debut collection examines the metaphysical assumptions surrounding death... -
Dead Good Detectives by Jenny McLachlan
Rated: 4.33 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsSid Jones loves hanging out in the graveyard with her best friend Zen - they are desperate to see a real-life ghost!But when Sid accidentally summons a 300-year-old pirate from the dead, it opens the door to the HALFWAY HOUSE - a magical inn FULL of lost souls from across the ages, all trapped there by a sinister landlord... -
Ride for Your Life! by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsBreakout star Creepella von Cacklefur is back in another fur-raising adventure!The fair has come to Mysterious Valley! Creepella is looking to forward a fun, thrilling day of rides and games with her family and friends... -
The Mystery of the Griefer's Mark by Winter Morgan
Rated: 4.25 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsSteve is back and ready for more adventures! But this time the excitement lands closer to home. While walking home from the village, Steve is surprised to hear a loud BOOM! When he returns home, he finds his wheat farm destroyed and a huge crater where the wheat once grew. And his diamond sword is missing! Steve believes it’s the act of a griefer with a lot of TNT... -
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Fright Night by Geronimo Stilton
Rated: 4.20 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsIt's time for Mysterious Valley's most anticipated competition of the year! The mouse who performs the best rhymes for the public and judges will be crowned Greatest Poet. Creepella's father, Boris von Cacklefur, has a secret weapon for the championship this year--he's going to improvise a rap . . -
Frantastic Voyage by Jim Benton
Rated: 4.21 of 5 stars · 24 ratingsFranny's faithful lab assistant, Igor, has swallowed a doomsday device that is ready to go off at any moment! For any regular scientist, there is only one way to get the device out -- um...make that two ways. But Franny K. Stein is no ordinary scientist, so she concocts her own way to get the device back and save her friend... -
The Locker Ate Lucy by Jack Chabert
Rated: 4.26 of 5 stars · 15 ratingsSam Graves's school is ALIVE!In the second book in the Eerie Elementary series, Sam Graves's friend Lucy disappears into her locker! Sam and his friend Antonio follow a trail of clues that leads them through the locker and deep inside the school... -
Any Fin is Possible by Mo O'Hara
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsThe fourth book in the brilliant My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish series – containing two funny (fishy) tales with laugh-out-loud cartoon illustrations that will hook you from the first pageFrankie was a completely normal pet goldfish . . -
Scream Street: Heart of the Mummy by Tommy Donbavand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsScream Street has been shrouded in night for as long as anyone can remember. But things really look black when millions of spiders escape and cover everything with their suffocating webs. Luke Watson (boy-turned-werewolf), vampire Resus, and mummy Cleo are trying to combat the creepy-crawlies as they search for the third relic Luke needs to take his parents home - the heart of an ancient mummy... -
Flesh of the Zombie by Tommy Donbavand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsDeadstock, the world's greatest zombie rock festival, is here. Sir Otto Sneer, however, is not in the mood for dancing - and causes a riot by banishing headlining act Brain Drain. If Luke and his friends want to restore peace to the neighbourhood, they'll have to follow the band - into the darkest depths of the earth... -
Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault by Adam-Troy Castro
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsIn Gustav Gloom and the Nightmare Vault, Fernie and Gustav find themselves battling another shadowy foe--The Shadow Eater. He is after one thing, The Nightmare Vault, which his master, the evil Lord Obsidian, will use to unleash the most terrifying and threatening shadows into the world... -
Scream Street: Skull of the Skeleton by Tommy Donbavand
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsMake no bones about it! There’s a headhunt underway — and Luke is closing in on one of the final relics — as the Scream Street series screeches ahead!None other than the Headless Horseman, the world’s most famous ghost, is appearing at Everwell’s Emporium to launch his new perfume, “Decapitation pour l’Homme... -
Little Witch's Big Night by Deborah Hautzig
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsCarve out family time for this Halloween read with Little Witch!Forced to stay at home on Halloween because she's been too good, Little Witch gives three trick-or-treaters high-flying broomstick rides. Illustrated by Marc Brown, creator of the Arthur books and TV show... -
An Acorn Book- Mister Shivers #1: Beneath The Bed And Other Scary Stories by Max Brallier
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsPick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, and full-color artwork on every spread, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency... -
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Secrets & Spies by Sienna Mercer
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA funny, super-girly story with a vampire bite to it. Sink your teeth into Olivia and Ivy’s fifteenth fright-time adventure.There’s always a lot of stuff to keep hidden in Franklin Grove (like, um, the fact that vampires exist), but suddenly everyone seems to have gone into Secrecy Overdrive!Ivy’s sure that new girl Maya is up to something, and it involves Ivy’s boyfriend, Brendan . . -
Disney: Beauty and the Beast Book of the Film by Walt Disney Company
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Moldilocks and the Three Scares: A Zombie Tale by Lynne Marie
Rated: 4.17 of 5 stars · 6 ratingsA zombie-tastic take on a favorite fairy tale! “A horror spoof with a big heart: Lorenzo’s acrylic and colored pencil cartooning offers a warm glow, and readers will cheer for this undead family that finally feels complete.” —Publishers Weekly Forget Goldilocks and the three bears—MOLDILOCKS and the THREE SCARES are here, in a delightful new version of the popular story... -
30 Tales to Give You Goosebumps by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsCan Jeff convince his parents there's a live mummy in the basement?Is Matt's summer camp being taken over by an evil patch of poison ivy?Will Eric escape from his tank, now that he's been turned into a fish?From an evil baby sister, to a remote control that can control more than just the television set, to a boarding school that's turning kids into robots, here are 30 creepy, spooky stories... -
How I Met My Monster by Amanda Noll
Rated: 4.13 of 5 stars · 8 ratingsOne night, when Ethan reaches under his bed for a toy truck, he finds this note instead: “Monsters! Meet here for final test.” Ethan is sure his parents are trying to trick him into staying under the covers, until he sees five colorful sets of eyes blinking at him from beneath the bed. Soon, a colorful parade of quirky, squeaky little monsters compete to become Ethan’s monster... -
The Horror at Chiller House by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake a little Horror home with you! Jonathan Chiller has called the kids from books #13-18 back to HorrorLand to collect payment. The only way for the kids to get back home is for them to win at a HorrorLand-style scavenger hunt. They each must find a red chest. Inside, the miniature Horror will act as a portal to send them back home... -
The Little Vampire in the Vale of Doom by Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsAbenteuerurlaub mit Zelt und Schlafsack? Eine Superidee, meint Anton, wenn er den Ferienort selber aussuchen darf! Ganz klar, dass er sich für das Jammertal entscheidet, wo die Vampire nach einem nicht ganz freiwilligen Auszug aus der Gruft Schlotterstein ein Unterkommen gefunden haben. Schließlich hat Anton seine eigene Vorstellung vom Abenteuerurlaub . . -
Slappy New Year! by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsTake a little Horror home with you!Ray Gordon loves to scare his younger brother, Brandon. It's not hard considering Brandon is terrified of everything--loud noises, roller coasters, and especially the wooden dummy, Slappy, that Ray got from Jonahttan Chiller's HorrorLand gift shop. In order to throw his big New Year's Even party, Ray's parents make him promise to leave Brandon alone... -
The 12 Screams of Christmas by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. For the first time ever, it's a Goosebumps Christmas!Kate Welles doesn't want to be special. She just wants to play the lead in her school's Christmas play. Her annoying "friend" Courtney is constantly getting in the way of that... -
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance by Keith Graves
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrank was a monster who wanted to dance. So he put on his hat, and his shoes made in France...and opened a jar and put ants in his pants! So begins this monstrously funny, deliciously disgusting, horrifyingly hilarious story of a monster who follows his dream. Keith Graves' wacky illustrations and laugh-out-loud text will tickle the funny bone and leave readers clamoring for an encore... -
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Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsFrom the bestselling creator of Not Quite Narwhal comes a delightfully spooky story about an old house who wants to be a home…even if her new family isn’t what she expected.House has a problem. She’s a little spooky. She’s a little cobwebby. Oh, no! What if she’s haunted? She’s not sure, but…her hinges creak. Her pipes bang. And on windy days, the branches scritch-scratch at her windows... -
The Monstore by Tara Lazar, James Burks
Rated: 4.10 of 5 stars · 10 ratingsThe Monstore is a one-stop shop for all your monsterly needs in this enormously funny story that’s full of friendly, kooky creatures.At the back of Frankensweet’s Candy Shoppe, under the last box of sour gumballs, there’s a trapdoor. Knock five times fast, hand over the bag of squirmy worms, and you can crawl inside The Monstore. The Monstore is the place to go for all of your monsterly needs... -
Even Monsters Need Haircuts by Matthew McElligott
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsJust before midnight, on the night of a full moon, a young barber stays out past his bedtime to go to work. Although his customers are mostly regulars, they are anything but normal-after all, even monsters need haircuts. Business is steady all night, and this barber is prepared for anything with his scissors, rotting tonic, horn polish, and stink wax... -
The Streets of Panic Park by R.L. Stine
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsIt's the end of the ride--for now! Fright-master R.L. Stine saves the most shocking surprises for last as all of HorrorLand's secrets are revealed!Luke and Lizzie thin they’ll be safe in Panic Park. But they’re wrong. Because Panic Park is home to The Menace, a two-faced villain with a twisted plan to trap them forever... -
Where's My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi
Rated: 4.08 of 5 stars · 12 ratingsThis gently spooky read-aloud treat is also a satisfying bedtime book -- sure to delight the youngest reader on many a deep, dark night.Little Baby Mummy wants just one more game of hide-and-shriek with Big Mama Mummy before bedtime. The night is deep and dark, full of friendly creatures that click their clacky teeth and whoosh past on flippy-floppy wings... -
The Monsters' Monster by Patrick McDonnell
Rated: 4.07 of 5 stars · 14 ratingsOnce upon a time, there were three little rascals who thought they were the BIGGEST, BADDEST monsters around. Then along came an even BIGGER monster who changed their minds. And all it took was two little words.In this playful tale from bestselling picture book author Patrick McDonnell, a very BIG monster shows three very BAD little monsters the power of boundless gratitude...
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