Spooktacular Suggestions for Halloween
Halloween is almost here and this year we’ve collated a FANG-tastic selection of our favourite reads to get you into the SPIRIT!
Petrifying Picture Books
1. A Werewolf Named Oliver James
This enchanting tale of a young boy who becomes a werewolf one moonlit night is brimming with beautiful illustrations. A must-read with your little ones this Halloween!
2. Mopoke
A stylish debut from an exciting new author who captures the hilarious tale of an owl searching for peace in the noisy jungle and combines it with fabulous contemporary graphics. A Halloween treat for fans of Jon Klassen and Chris Haughton.
3. Mary McScary
Mary McScary spends her days being scary. She scares her mum, her dad, her pets, and even a balloon! But Mary has met her match when her cousin Harry McScary comes to visit. He’s not afraid of anything, until Mary finds a way to give Harry the scare of his life… A wildly funny new picture book by two award-winning talents.
4. Ten Flying Broomsticks
Trick or treat! We’d all like a Halloween treat please – and you’ve found one in this merry counting rhyme. Ten magical brooms are flying through the air. Each one needs to find a witch to make a perfect pair. Rhyme along, and give a little cheer each time a broom finds a witch to ride it.
5. Superbat
Pat the bat decides to be special… a SUPERBAT! But he soon realises this is harder than it looks… Pat is starting to think that he will never stand out – until a family of mice see him for what he really is… A HERO! A hilarious, heart-warming and strikingly illustrated debut picture book by a brilliant new talent, Matt Carr.
Chilling Chapter Books
1. The Bella Broomstick Series
Perfect for fans of The Worst Witch, the Bella Broomstick series is a real Halloween treat! A delightfully witchy series, full of doodle illustrations and themes of friendship and fitting in. Bella will have young readers bewitched from the very first page!
2.The Foxcraft Trilogy
Full of heart, fantasy, and adventure, the Foxcraft trilogy follows Isla, a young fox whose world is shattered when her family suddenly vanishes. A heart-stopping and heart-warming animal adventure sure to delight readers of all ages! Fans of Watership Down and Redwall, this is the Halloween read for you!
3. The How to Catch a Witch series
Perfect for fans of The Worst Witch and The Secret of Platform 13, the How to Catch a Witch series is definitely more treat than trick! Charlie and her family have moved from the big city to a country village, and everything feels wrong. But everything begins to change when Charlie discovers her own magical heritage…
4. The Alfie Bloom Series
Alfie Bloom is just an ordinary boy. Until he receives a letter summoning him to raven-like solicitor Caspian Bone’s office. Here, Alfie learns that he has inherited a castle. And through mysterious circumstances surrounding his birth, he has also been entrusted as the caretaker of a centuries-old magic. Enter a world of magical adventure!
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Horrible Histories
Its history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know how sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack? Or how Romans told the future with dead chickens? Or the nasty things Victorians did to children? Treat yourself to a Horrible Halloween with foul facts from all eras!
Terrifying Teen & Young Adult Reads
1. Ink
Picture a world where your every action, every deed, every significant moment is tattooed on your skin for ever. When Leora’s father dies, she is determined to see him remembered forever. But when she discovers that his ink has been edited and his book is incomplete, she wonders whether she ever knew him at all. Fans of Daughter of Smoke and Bone and Red Queen will devour this bold YA treat.
2. Show Stopper
All the pace, action and danger of The Hunger Games, all the star-crossed romance of Noughts and Crosses. A dazzling, high-octane read filled with death-defying acrobatics, circus crowds with an appetite for disaster, and two forbidden teenage lovers trying to escape the shackles of their very different lives.
3. The Sin Eater’s Daughter Trilogy
Twylla has a gift – or a curse. She can kill with a single touch. Now she’s the court executioner, compelled to do the queen’s bidding – and marry the prince. But when she meets a rebellious guard, Twylla starts to question everything she’s been told… Death, defeat and bitter betrayal: it’s the series that’s usurped the YA fantasy throne!
4. All the Crooked Saints
Maggie Stiefvater has been called ‘a master storyteller’ by USA Today and ‘wildly imaginative’ by Entertainment Weekly. Now, with All the Crooked Saints, she gives us the extraordinary story of an extraordinary family, a masterful tale of love, fear, darkness, and redemption.
5. Scholastic Gothic Classics
Have you started collecting our gorgeous Gothic classics? From the timeless tale of The Hound of the Baskervilles to the eerie story of Jane Eyre, this All Hallow’s Eve is the perfect opportunity to become reacquainted with these giants of Gothic literary fiction.
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