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

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!
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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:

  • 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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