MONSTERS BASH!!

This Saturday, October 31st, the Children's Room will be having a monstrous amount of fun from 11-12 pm. Come for crafts, games and treats.  

For kids 4 and up.  

A HALLOWEEN SCAVENGER HUNT

What's Halloween without a black cat?  Well, Bad Kitty is roaming around the Children's Room so come and look for him during this week's Halloween scavenger hunt.  Everyone can join in the hunt from Saturday - Sunday 10/25 - 11/2 all day long.

Ask at the desk in the Children's Room for the game.

THE SCAVENGER HUNT IS ON!

Don't miss our Bad Kitty Scavenger Hunt during Halloween week, Mon.- Sun. 10/27- 11/2 all day.

Bad Kitty is wreaking havoc throughout the Children's Room.  Come and get him.

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

ZOMBIES FOR HALLOWEEN!

If you're feeling the need for some fresh zombie reads this Halloween season but don't want to be scared out of your mind, try a few of these titles:
  
Enter the Zombie is new in the Nathan Abercrombie, Accidental Zombie series where Nathan's secret status as a zombie is in danger.  

In Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things Dinkin is afraid of everything but ghosts and zombies.  

In the latest title in the Pals in Peril series, Zombie Mommy, Lilly's mom is possessed by a zombie that wants to take over the world.  


Remember, don't read at night and keep the lights on while you sleep otherwise creepy things might visit you this Hallow's Eve. 

For readers in 4th and up.

CEMETERIES + SKULLS = SAMMY KEYES

Sammy is back with another thrilling mystery. She and her friends decide to take a shortcut through the town cemetery after trick-or-treating on Halloween and they run into "a beast". Scared witless, they run home. But instead of candy, they find their sack filled with two skulls.

Hmm... what did Sammy get her friends into this time?

Sammy Keyes and the Night of Skulls by Wendelin van Draanen is perfect for readers 6th-8th. You don't have to read this just during Halloween time though.

STUEY LEWIS WANTS TO READ

Stuey is worried. He's been in second grade for two whole days, yet he still can't read! It seems that even hanging out with his very best friend makes him feel stressed about reading. It's a good thing he has a very understanding teacher and his favorite holiday, Halloween, just around the corner to help him cope.

The One and Only Stuey Lewis by Jane Schoenberg is light-hearted beginning chapter book for readers in 2nd-3rd grades about a boy learning to read, his friends and family.

MAKE A MASK

WHEN: Saturday, October 30, 2:00 p.m.

WHERE: Central Library Children's Room
222 East Harvard Street
Glendale, Ca 91205

For children ages four and older and their families, come and make a mask, share some Halloween stories and treats.

PUPPET SHOW THIS SATURDAY!

Join us this Sat., Oct. 31, 2009 at 2pm

for a free puppet show "The Pirate's Tattoo" presented by Moodoo Puppets. This special program is for children ages 4 and up. Children are welcome to come in costumes.

Glendale Central Library (upstairs in the auditorium)

222 E Harvard St.

Glendale, CA 91205(818) 548-2035

THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER!

This book made me LOL so much that I began to question my own state of mind. The story is about the Herdmans, who have always caused way too much trouble in their town... stealing candy, painting over things that are not theirs, terrorizing their neighborhood in ways that are mischievous and unforgiving.

The mayor of the city thinks that he has had enough of their antics and decides to cancel Halloween all together in order to punish them. However, what the mayor does not know is that the Herdmans are one group that will always find ways to make the worst of things to the best of things. They find clever ways to do almost everything and more. You will laugh out loud reading this book from the first page until the last word of the last page.

THE BEST HALLOWEEN EVER by BARBARA ROBINSON

For grades 4th and older.

HALLOWEEN READS

My Dog's a Scaredy Cat: A Halloween Tail by Henry Winkler

The tenth in the Hank Zipzer series. This time Hank and his friends set out to make the scariest haunted house ever to impress everyone this Halloween. For 4th -6th

Sammy Keyes and the Skeleton Man by Wendelin Van Draanen

It's Halloween and Sammy and her friends are trick-or-treating when they are almost run down by someone in a skeleton costume. Once again Sammy is thrown into a middle of a mystery goes off in search of who tied up "Frankenstein" and what did the skeleton steal? For 6th - 8th

Which Witch? by Eva Ibbotson

Which witch will the Wizard marry? All the local witches compete to be the great wizard's wife and they create the most amazing magic to impress him. But one beautiful witch can only make beautiful white magic and not black magic like the others. Does she stand a chance? For 4th -6th

Whispering to Witches by Anna Dale

On his way to vacation with this mom and stepfamily, Joe accidentally stumbles upon a coven of witches among the human population and is pulled into a mystery to help them find a missing magical page. For 6th - 8th

All Hallows' Eve by Vivian Vande Velde

Set on Halloween Eve this collection of short stories will scare you with tales of murder, cemeteries and the dead (or is it the undead?). For 6th - 8th

Witch Child by Celia Rees

The diary of a young girl escaping one witch hunt in the Old World only to find that she must hide her true nature once she arrives in 1659 Salem. Witches are blamed for everything that is wrong and she must hide her abilities from the villagers who have taken her in. For 6th - 8th

SEEDS SEEDS PUMPKIN SEEDS!

This is just the perfect story to read since Halloween is just around the corner. Before you carve the pumpkin, go ahead and guess how many seeds are in it. MARGARET McNAMARA who is the author of HOW MANY SEEDS IN A PUMPKIN? says , "small things have a lot going on inside of them." You will be surprised to find out that some of the bigger pumpkins do not have as much seeds as some of the smaller once. There are also some other important facts that you will find out about them before you purchase your Halloween pumpkin for this year. The illustrations are done by G. BRIAN KARAS with very soft colors that will make your eyes relaxed and calm.

For ages four and older.