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HALLOWEEN TALES
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Not Too Scary Stories BOO! Do you like to be scared, but just a little bit? These semi-scary stories are for younger children, mostly in picture book (P) format.
Title		Location in Library
THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY ATTIC by Mercer Mayer		P
	Convinced there is something making noise in the attic at night a brave little girl sneaks up the stairs, lasso in hand, to capture whatever it is.
THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS by Sam McBratmey		P
	An old mouse agrees to show three young mice the "monster" at the top of the stairs.
MONSTER FUN		Family Fun Bag
	Contains: 3 books (Harry and the Terrible Whatzit, Monster Riddles, Where the Wild Things Are); Make-a-Monster Kit; Harry and the Terrible Whatzit Tote; Activity Sheet.
I KNOW A MONSTER by Amy Myers		P
	Each child sitting in a circle adds to the story of a monster.
PIGGIE PIE by Margie Palatini		P
	Gritch the Witch flies to a farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker.
GHOST IN A FOUR-ROOM APARTMENT by Ellen Raskin		P
	A mischievous ghost describes the havoc he creates in the life of a family as more and more relatives keep arriving and add to the confusion.
TELL ME A SCARY STORY - BUT NOT TOO SCARY by Carl Reiner		P
	A little boy has an adventure in the scary basement of his mysterious new neighbor, Mr. Neewollah.
I'M COMING TO GET YOU! by Tony Ross		P
	After eating all the planets in outer space, a horrible monster gets a big surprise when it comes to Earth and tries to capture a little boy.
SCARY TALES		Family Fun Bag
	Contains: 3 books ( There's a Nightmare in My Closet; A Dark, Dark Tale; and The Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer); one black cat, one mouse, one activity sheet, one chest.
ABIYOYO by Pete Seeger		P; Cassette & Book
	Banished from the town for making mischief a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE by Maurice Sendak		P
	The classic story of a little boy, sent to bed without his supper, who sails to the land of the wild things.
THE BIG STEW by Ben Schecter		P
	Two people get carried away making stew and turn into witches.
THERE'S A WITCH UNDER THE STAIRS by Maggie Smith		P
	Frances tries everything to get rid of the witch lurking under the basement stairs.
WHAT'S UNDER MY BED by James Stevenson		P
	Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime.
THE HORRIBLE SPOOKHOUSE by Kicki Stridth		P
	A girl, lost in the woods, wanders into a haunted house where she disappoints the monsters and other inhabitants because she refuses to be frightened of them.
THE TEENY-TINY WOMAN: A GHOST STORY retold by Paul Galdone		P
	A teeny-tiny woman finds a teeny-tiny bone in a churchyard and puts it away in her cupboard before going to sleep.