5th & 6th Grade Books (J) continued… Children’s Nonfiction (JNF)

Lorey, Dean. Hunters J 398.2 Crum, Shutta. Who Took My Hairy Toe? Charlie learns that the monsters of his nightmares are "Who took my hairy toe?" the creature's voice kept real when he becomes a student at Nightmare Acade- calling, growing louder and louder, closer and closer... my. Series: J 398.2 San Souci, Robert. Cinderella Skeleton Olson, Arielle. More Bones: Scary Stories From Cinderella Skeleton is scorned by her stepsisters, but with Around the World the help of a good witch she steals the heart of Prince Listen! Can you hear the bones beginning to rattle? Charnel.

Pullman, Philip. Clockwork, Or, All Wound Up J 398.2 Kopp, Megan. Scary folktales When Fritz weaves an incredibly chilling story, the In this collection of spine-tingling tales, a woman nightmarish tale comes to life, making matters much encounters a deadly box full of eyeballs and a boy watches worse. as a princess takes off her head.

San Souci, Robert. Dare to Be Scared J 578.65 Johnson, Rebecca L. Zombie makers : true stories San Souci draws on myths, legends, and folktales to of nature's undead create thirteen new stories. Examines real-life accounts of zombies in nature, including Sequels: Double-Dare to Be Scared & Triple-Dare to Be a fly-enslaving fungus, a suicide worm, and a cockroach- Scared taming wasp, and related topics.

Schwartz, Alvin. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories have startling, funny, or surprising endings. Sequels: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark & Scary Stories 3

Somper, Justin. Demons of the Ocean Shipwrecked Connor and Grace are saved by pirates, or Orange Public Library Children’s Services are they vampirates? Series: Vampirates Orange Public Library & History Center

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Picture Books (E) 1st & 2nd Grade Books (EI) 5th & 6th Grade Books (J)

Cronin, Doreen. Click, Clack, Boo! : a Tricky Treat Scary Stories to Read When it's Dark Avi. Seer of Shadows Farmer Brown does not like Halloween, but the animals Encounter a creepy croaker who eats little froggies for A photographer’s apprentice discovers his hold a Halloween party in his barn. supper, and a mysterious man who waves his bloody photographs have an eerie supernatural power. fingers! Includes seven stories. Goodhart, Pippa. Three Little Ghosties Bruchac, Joseph. Skeleton Man Three little ghosties swap stories of their most fright- Schwartz, Alvin. In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary After her parents disappear, Molly must rely on her ening moments. Stories dreams about an old Mohawk story for her safety.

Seven eerie tales about ghosts, skeletons, and strange Sequel: The Return of Skeleton Man Murray, Marjorie. Halloween Night Can a Halloween party be too frightening? happenings offer beginning readers a howling good time. Cascone, Annette. Grave Secrets

While Amanda and her friends prepare to bury a dead Noll, Amanda. I Need My Monster Sierra, Judy. Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers squirrel they find a grave with a doll in it, a discovery Ethan tries out several substitute monsters after his A collection of spooky stories and games based on with links to a scary elderly neighbor. own monster, Gabe, goes on a fishing trip. folklore. Series: Deadtime Stories Polacco, Patricia. The Graves Family Van Leeuwen, Jean. Amanda Pig and the Awful, Scary Funke, Cornelia. Ghosthunters and the When the spooky Graves family moves to town and Monster Incredibly Revolting Ghost tries to fit in with the "normal" residents of Union City, Amanda sees monsters at night, but her family tries to Tom learns the tools of the ghost hunting trade. everyone is in for a few surprises. convince her that there are no monsters. Series: Ghosthunters Sequel: The Graves Family Goes Camping 3rd & 4th Grade Books (JX) Gaiman, Neil. Coraline Rex, Michael. Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a A childhood classic gets a monstrous makeover. Bauer, Marion. The Golden Ghost world where she must challenge a gruesome entity. Delsie and Todd sneak into an abandoned where

Wheeler, Lisa. Boogie Knights Delsie finds a dog that only she can see. Gliori, Debi. Pure Dead Magic When the knights of the castle are awakened by the Series: “Color” Ghost Titus, Pandora, and Damp try to rid their spooky house noise from the Madcap Monster Ball, they decide to Gaiman, Neil. Wolves in the Walls of a new nanny. Series: Pure Dead join the party. Lucy is sure there are wolves living in the walls of her Williams, C. K. A Not Scary Story About Big Scary Greenburg, Dan. The Onts house. Nobody wants to adopt Wally and Cheyenne. Things A little boy walking through an ordinary forest Jones, Diana Wynne. Earwig and the Witch So why do the Mandible sisters want to? encounters an extraordinary monster. Earwig is taken in by foster parents who are actually a Series: Secrets of Dripping Fang

witch and a demon. Hahn, Mary. The Old Willis Place Williams, Linda. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything Primavera, Elise. Fred & Anthony Escape From the Diana releases the spirit of an evil, crazy woman who A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal Netherworld once ruled the old Willis place. with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky Fred and Anthony go to the netherworld where they meet Ibbotson, Eva. Dial-A-Ghost objects that follow her through the dark woods trying ghosts and monsters. A family of nice ghosts protects Oliver, a British to scare her. Series: Fred & Anthony orphan, from the diabolical plans of his evil guardians.

Sage, Angie. My Haunted House Jinks, Catherine. How to Catch a Bogle Araminta doesn’t want to move out of her haunted house. Jem Barbary becomes a bogler's apprentice in 1870's Series: Araminta Spookie London and gets the fright of his life in a city where

Sanvoisin, Eric. The Ink Drinker science clashes with superstition and monsters lurk in A boy who hates books discovers an ink-drinking vampire every alley. in his father's bookshop and follows him underground. Sequel: A Plague of Bogles