Childrens Halloween

The Halloween Lullaby was originally published in the NoHo Valley News in 1997 and in the Los Angeles club magazine 4- Front. It is also published in the anthology Speculative Poets of Texas 2015. Archived in the UCLA Library of Special Collections.

Give your kids a fright! Haunted houses, prowling monsters, vengeful ghosts, and more are waiting for you. Inside you’ll find 35 original short scary stories for kids, including a room where everything is wrong and you can never leave, a forest guide who leads people on a walk they won’t forget, a monster dining in a graveyard, a ghost ship that hunts down treasure seekers, and a statue that comes to life—for a price. And many more! Just make sure you listen to these stories with the lights on.

Risk-averse Greg Belmont is content with being ordinary. He's got a friend - that's right, just one - at his fancy prep school, and a pretty cool dad (even if he is obsessed with organic soaps that smell like a mix of salted pork and Icelandic bog). The problem is, Greg isn't ordinary... he's actually a fantastical Dwarf! He discovers the truth the day his dad brings home a gross new tea - one that awakens bizarre abilities in Greg. Then a murderous Bro-Troll kidnaps his dad and Greg is whisked away to the Underground, where Dwarves have lived for centuries right beneath Chicago.

Ava seems to stand out at the Halloween party, especially because her witch costume includes a mop instead of a broom.

The castle looms dark against the light of the moon. Giant ravens circle in the sky. The wind whistles through the empty windows. Merlin the magician needs someone to find out what has happened. But who is brave enough to brush the cobwebs aside and go through the heavy doors? Who is smart enough to solve the mystery of how the castle became haunted and return it to its rightful owners? Merlin thinks he knows the answer to these questions.

All Goff wanted was for his essay on witchcraft to be good enough to win a scholarship to a private academy far away from Spraksville, the miserable, spooky little town he is stuck in. But, if he'd known that Spraksville's history of witchcraft was more than just folklore, he never would have experimented with casting a spell in the cemetery at midnight as research to make the essay great.

Everyone knows Fall Hollow is haunted. It has been ever since Abigail Snook went into the woods many years ago, never to be seen again. Since then, it’s tradition for the sixth graders at Beckett Elementary to play the Bellwoods Game on Halloween night. Three kids are chosen to go into the woods. Whoever rings the bell there wins the game and saves the town for another year, but if Abigail’s ghost captures the players first, the spirit is let loose to wreak havoc on Fall Hollow—or so the story goes.

Listen to these spooky & bone-chilling Halloween stories from the best-selling author, Arnie Lightning! These Halloween short stories are quick and easy to listen to and enjoy. You and your children will enjoy the spooky tales!

What's the best day for an alien invasion? Halloween, of course. When Eek and Ack visit Earth during the ghoulish holiday, they fit right in with the other trick-or-treaters. Unfortunately, so does Wolfy the Wolfman! Now, the terrible twosome must fight off this frightful furball or fail to conquer Earth once again.

Perfect for fans of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Goosebumps, this spine-chilling 5-in-1 collection delivers terrifying 50+ tales that will keep kids, teens, and brave adults awake long past bedtime.

A selection of enchanting stories by one of the world's best-loved children's authors, Enid Blyton. Ribby the Gnome has a very bad habit: he always borrows things and never brings them back! But when he takes a wizard's umbrella and doesn't return it, he's in for a horrible surprise. The umbrella is magic, and it is very angry!

Sing along with Julia Donaldson and her latest collection of songs - fun for kids and parents alike. As well as being the UK's most successful picture book author, Julia Donaldson is a gifted songwriter for children. This volume includes nine of her best-loved songs. The songs will be familiar to anyone who has heard them on TV or radio, or enjoyed one of Julia's hugely popular live performances. All nine songs are sung by the author. Now everyone can sing along!

It's Halloween and RJ has come to spend the night with Rebekah and Mouse. What starts out as a quiet night in with scary movies and snacks turns into a visit to one of the scariest haunted houses that the gang has ever encountered. Will they be the only kids to not run away in fear? Or will they have the courage to open the door to the one place that none of their other friends dared to enter?

Luna Lopez wants to be a witch. Pheenie the witch wants to throw a Halloween party. Together this unlikely pair strikes a deal: If Luna helps her pull off the best, most spectacular soiree in the neighborhood, Pheenie will teach her the secrets to her potions and spells. There’s only one problem: Getting this party on track is harder than Luna expected. She’ll have to curb every one of the frazzled witch’s creepy, crawly instincts to make sure the evening is full of both tricks and treats . . . and not a festive flop!

Steve Boswell will never forget Carly Beth's Halloween mask. It was so gross. So terrifying. But this year Steve wants to have the scariest costume on the block. So he gets a mask from the same store where Carly Beth got hers. It looks like a creepy old man. With stringy hair. A wrinkled face. And spiders crawling out of the ears! Steve's definitely got the scariest mask around. Too bad he's starting to feel so old. And so tired. And so evil.

Venture out on Halloween night for some friendly frights! Can you guess what happens when dad and son get to Mrs. McFearsome’s house? Find out in this spooky audiobook about going out to trick-or-treat. Simple sentences will have young learners following along in no time.

Five little pumpkins sitting on a gate. The first one said, "Oh my, it's getting late." Join Pete the Cat as he rocks out to this cool adaptation of the classic Halloween song "Five Little Pumpkins".

After making her escape from The School for Wicked Witches, Ava has realized that it might be the right place for her, after all. But her return isn't triumphant—if anything, she's more behind than ever. When things start to go very wrong at the school, Ava discovers she may be able to save the day...but only if she pairs up with Tinabella, her friend-turned-enemy. What's a young witch to do?

Get ready to enter a world of hidden treasure, magic spells and enchanting tales, all by the world's greatest children's author, Enid Blyton. From wicked witches stealing magical items from the queen, to missing keys to Fairyland, there's magic everywhere in this collection of short stories.

When Froggo hops inside a jack-o’-lantern, he discovers slimy pumpkin guts, slippery seeds, and—best of all—a feast of fluttering bugs drawn to the candlelight. But as the flame flickers low and the night grows cool, Froggo realizes it’s time to leave the glow behind and hop home to the safety of his pond.