October 
Volusia Reads Stories!
Week of October 27th
October 27th Theme: Silly Spooky Stories
Books for Babies and Toddlers
Spooky Pookie
by Sandra Boynton

Unable to find just the right costume to wear on Halloween, little Pookie tries on a sequence of options before making a creative choice.
Booook! A Spooky High-Contrast Book
by Jannie Ho

BOO-tiful black-and-white patterns and illustrations depict friendly greetings from a cast of not-so-scary Halloween characters, including a bat, skeleton, ghost and an owl, in this high-contrast introduction to Halloween.
Never Touch a Monster!
by Rosie Greening

This touch-and-feel book tells children all about the dangers of touching monsters.
Picture Books
The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
by Jory John

When Bad Seed cannot find an amazing costume for Halloween night, he postpones trick-or-treating for everyone else until he finds the perfect one.
Creepy Crayon!
by Aaron Reynolds

Jasper Rabbit, who is NOT doing well in school, stumbles upon a pointy, perfect purple crayon, who wants to help him, but things take a sinister turn when the purple fiend tries to take over his life.
Spider in the Well
by Jess Hannigan

Breaking News: Wishing Well Broken! The townspeople of Bad Goodsburg are up in arms. With their beloved well busted, none of their important, generous, kindhearted wishes are coming true! Time to send that good-for-nothing Newsboy to investigate.
There's a Monster in Your Book
by Tom Fletcher

An exuberant little monster invites children to tilt, spin and shake the book to tire themselves out before bedtime.
D is for Drool: My Monster Alphabet
by Amanda Noll

When Ethan can't sleep, he doesn't count sheep - he says his ABCs. But in monster-loving Ethan's alphabet, A is for Arms, B is for Belly, C is for Claws, and D is for Drool!
Revenge of the Raccoons
by Vivek Shraya

Rebellious raccoons take back the city in a hilarious urban romp.
Bruce and the Legend of Soggy Hollow
by Ryan T. Higgins

Bruce is a bear who does not like holidays, and he really doesn't like Halloween. His family of mice and geese decides the only way to get Bruce excited about Halloween is to tell a scary story.
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