From: James Elliott <j_c_elliott>
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 13:27:54 -0400

oh, I just remembered:

Jack Perlutsky has a book of Halloween poems: "It's Halloween" -- great for the younger audiences.

James Elliott Gadsden County Public Library System 341 E. Jefferson Street Quincy, FL. 32351-2531

(850) 627-7106

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? Andrew CARNEGIE

Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.
? Groucho MARX


>From: "Nancy Silverrod" <nsilverrod at sfpl.org>
>To: <ccbc-net at ccbc.education.wisc.edu>
>Subject: [CCBC-Net] scary stories
>Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2005 12:45:28 -0700
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>For the very young, I've always liked Mercer Mayer's "There's a
>Nightmare in My Closet" and the sequel, "There's an Alligator Under My
>Bed."
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>Edgar Allan Poe is always a good choice for upper elementary and middle
>school, along with Washington Irving's Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
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>I can't remember if anyone mentioned Patricia McKissack's "The Dark
>Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural," and James Haskins' The
>Headless Haunt and Other African-American Ghost Stories."
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>And there's an interesting ghost story for teens that just came out: "A
>Certain Slant of Light" by Laura Whitcomb. Not exactly scary, but eerie
>and thought-provoking.
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>Nancy Silverrod, Librarian
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>San Francisco Public Library
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>100 Larkin St.
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>San Francisco, CA 94102
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>415-557-4417
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>nsilverrod at sfpl.org
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>Books are the bees which carry the quickening pollen from one to another
>mind. -James Russell Lowell, poet, editor, and diplomat (1819-1891)
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