Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

Depending on the age of your children, Halloween can be a mixed bag. (And no, we’re not talking about the random toothbrush that finds its way into your kid’s trick-or-treating haul.) The very young ...

As October 31 nears, kids are sure to make sure they have picked out their costumes and are trick-or-treating-ready. There's lots more to do to celebrate spooky season with your family too, from ...

Jay Whistler was born to tell tweens spooky stories, and not just because her birthday falls on Halloween. As a kid growing up in suburban Detroit, the middle-grade author says she had her share of ...

WATFORD CITY, N.D. -- It's a gloomy day, the rain is falling, the sky is gray and the trees are stripped from black branches. It's Halloween season and all of the sudden I'm reminded of the old house ...

In anticipation of Halloween, I just picked up a complete collection of the ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ book series (Alvin Schwartz, 1981; 1984; 1991), which I loved as a kid (despite a few of ...