Spooky Tales

The adventures of the Bailey School Kids.

Low, Pearl.


"Based on the novel by Marcia Thornton Jones & Debbie Dadie." v. number from spine. "The Bailey School Kids take a field trip to a science museum, where they meet Dr. Victor and his hulking assistant, Frank. Secrets lurk behind every door in the spooky old museum. What's Dr. Victor doing in his hidden lab? And could Frank be Frankenstein's monster--even though he loves to plant flowers?"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

"Based on the novel by Marcia Thornton Jones & Debbie Dadie." v. number from spine. "The Bailey School Kids take a field trip to a science museum, where they meet Dr. Victor and his hulking assistant, Frank. Secrets lurk behind every door in the spooky old museum. What's Dr. Victor doing in his hidden lab? And could Frank be Frankenstein's monster--even though he loves to plant flowers?"--Provided by publisher.

Date Published:2022

The Adventures of the Bailey School Kids : Vampires Don't Wear Polka Dots.

Low, Pearl.


"Based on the novel by Marcia Thornton Jones & Debbie Dadie." The hard-to-handle third graders at Bailey Elementary School wonder if their new teacher, Mrs. Jeepers, who just moved from Transylvania and has glowing green eyes, is a vampire.
Date Published:2021

All the lovely bad ones

Hahn, Mary Downing.


"Sandpiper." Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal, May 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2008. Publisher's Weekly, March 2008. Booklist, May 2008. New York Times, June 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2008. Kirkus Review, March 2008. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal. ALA Booklist. Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. Publishers Weekly. Travis and his sister Corey decide to boost business at their grandmother's Vermont inn by staging a few "hauntings" that soon draw tourists from across the country, but when their antics awaken a dark force, they must find a way to put to rest the ghosts they have disturbed.
Date Published:2008

"Sandpiper." Wilson's Children, October 2010. Wilson's Junior High School, November 2008. School Library Journal, May 2008. Book Links (A.L.A.), October 2008. Publisher's Weekly, March 2008. Booklist, May 2008. New York Times, June 2008. Horn Book, October 2008. Bulletin (Center for Children's books), May 2008. Kirkus Review, March 2008. Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal. ALA Booklist. Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. Publishers Weekly. Travis and his sister Corey decide to boost business at their grandmother's Vermont inn by staging a few "hauntings" that soon draw tourists from across the country, but when their antics awaken a dark force, they must find a way to put to rest the ghosts they have disturbed.

Date Published:2008

All the lovely bad ones : a ghost story graphic novel /

Peterson, Scott, 1968-


School Library Journal, July 2023. Kirkus Review, June 2023. School Library Journal. Kirkus Review. "Ages 8-12"--Back cover. "Travis and his sister, Corey, can't resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little 'haunting' of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks have tourists flocking to the inn, and business booms. But Travis and Corey soon find out that theirs aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn. Their thoughtless games have awakened something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep"--Back cover.
Date Published:2023

School Library Journal, July 2023. Kirkus Review, June 2023. School Library Journal. Kirkus Review. "Ages 8-12"--Back cover. "Travis and his sister, Corey, can't resist a good trick. When they learn that their grandmother's quiet Vermont inn, where they're spending the summer, has a history of ghost sightings, they decide to do a little 'haunting' of their own. Before long, their supernatural pranks have tourists flocking to the inn, and business booms. But Travis and Corey soon find out that theirs aren't the only ghosts at Fox Hill Inn. Their thoughtless games have awakened something dangerous, something that should have stayed asleep"--Back cover.

Date Published:2023

Be careful what you wish for

Stine, R. L.


Samantha, the laughingstock of the girl's basketball team, meets someone who can grant her three wishes. She isn't careful what she wishes for and they come true, turning her life into a living nightmare.
Date Published:1993

The Bellwoods Game

Krampien, Celia, 1988-,


A group of sixth graders participating in an annual Halloween tradition to pacify the ghost of Abigail Snook quickly realize that the Bellwoods contains an even bigger threat to their town.
Date Published:2023

The Berenstain Bears : Trick or Treat /

Berenstain, Stan, 1923-2005.


The Berenstain Bear cubs have an adventure on Halloween night that proves Mother's adage, "Appearances can be deceiving.".
Date Published:1989

The best Halloween ever

Robinson, Barbara, 1927-


Worst is crossed out on t.p. and replaced with best. Wilson's Children. School Library Journal. Horn Book Starred. The six horrible Herdman children create mayhem during Halloween.
Date Published:2004

The biggest pumpkin ever

Kroll, Steven.


"Cartwheel books." Wilson's Children. School Library Journal. Booklist. Two mice, each without the other's knowledge, help a pumpkin grow into "the biggest pumpkin ever"--but for different purposes.
Date Published:1984

The bones of Fred McFee

Bunting, Eve, 1928-


"Ages 5 to 8"--Dust cover. Wilson's Children. School Library Journal. Pub Weekly. A toy skeleton at Halloween provides menace and mystery.
Date Published:2002

Clifford's Halloween

Bridwell, Norman.


Halloween is Emily Elizabeth's favorite holiday and she knows what her costume will be but she can't find one for Clifford.
Date Published:1986

Closed for the season

Hahn, Mary Downing.


School Library Journal, September 2009. Horn Book, October 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2009. Kirkus Review, May 2009. Library Media Connection, October 2009. School Library Journal. Horn Book. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. School Library Journal. Voice of Youth Advocates. When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.
Date Published:2009

School Library Journal, September 2009. Horn Book, October 2009. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), October 2009. Kirkus Review, May 2009. Library Media Connection, October 2009. School Library Journal. Horn Book. Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.). Horn Book. Kirkus Reviews. School Library Journal. Voice of Youth Advocates. When thirteen-year-old Logan and his family move into a run-down old house in rural Virginia, he discovers that a woman was murdered there and becomes involved with his neighbor Arthur in a dangerous investigation to try to uncover the killer.

Date Published:2009

The Collected



Date Published:2020

The collector

Kahler, A. R.


"By Alex A. Kahler writing as K. R. Alexander"--T.p. verso. Kirkus Review, June 2018. Kirkus Review. "Josie must discover the connection between a strange house in the woods, her grandmother's stories, and missing children, or risk losing her sister to dark magic."--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2018

The collector

Slater, David Michael,


Spotlight. The Mattigan kids have solved the mystery of their monsters' history and their own, but then they learn there's an evil and mysterious creature coming for them.
Date Published:2024

Corduroy's best Halloween ever!


"Some material in this book was first published in Corduroy's Halloween in 1995 by Viking"--P. facing t.p. Corduroy works hard to come up with a great Halloween costume, but gives up his costume when his friend Puppy's costume falls apart.
Date Published:2001

Crandalls' castle

Wright, Betty Ren.


Wilson's Children. Wilson's Junior High School. School Library Journal. Charli's impulsive uncle, Will Crandall, decides to buy the town's abandoned, possibly haunted castle and fix it up as a bed-and-breakfast, but Charli and Sophia, a clairvoyant orphan who has come to stay with the Crandall family, know his plan is somehow dangerous.
Date Published:2003

Creepy crayon!

Reynolds, Aaron, 1970-


Kirkus Starred, June 2022. Booklist, July 2022. Kirkus Starred. Booklist. ALA Booklist. Kirkus Reviews. Horn Book. "When Jasper Rabbit finds a purple crayon willing to do his schoolwork for him, he is elated--at first"--Provided by publisher.
Date Published:2022

The Cursed Moon

Angela Cervantes.



Date Published:2023

Deep and dark and dangerous : a ghost story /

Hahn, Mary Downing.


School Library Journal. Booklist. Horn Book. When thirteen-year-old Ali spends the summer with her aunt and cousin at the family's vacation home, she stumbles upon a secret that her mother and aunt have been hiding for over thirty years.
Date Published:2007