All Hallow's Read: A Few Spooky Suggestions for Kids

Last year Neil Gaiman made a a modest proposal and I eagerly responded to it. Since then his idea to give books for Halloween has grown with a site of its own and lots of enthusiasm all over the place. Having had a lot of fun creating a Last Gasp Summer Reading video, Betsy Bird and I decided to support Neil's initiative by making a Spooky Recommendations edition. Enjoy!

Spooky Recommendations for the Halloween Inclined from Elizabeth Bird on Vimeo.

Here are, in order of mention, the books we featured:

• You Will Call Me Drog by Sue Cowing
• Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransome Riggs
• The Chronicles of Harris Burdick by Chris Van Allsburg and others
• Anya's Ghost by Vera Brosgol
• The Inquisitor's Apprentice by Chris Moriarty
• Akata Witch by Nnedi Okorafor
• How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Famous by Georgia Bragg
• Witches: The Absolute True Tale of a Disaster in Salem by Rosalyn Schanzer
• The Mostly True Adventures of Jack by Kelly Barnhill
• A Monster Calls:Inspired by an idea from Siobhan Dowd by Patrick Ness

 

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Comments

[kellas]

02:45 PM on 10/20/2011

Richard Peck has a great series of spooky stories for kids, I used to adore them when I was younger. Especially Ghosts I have Been and The Ghost Belonged to Me.