A.J. and the other students at Ella Mentry School brave trick-or-treating at the school secretary's house, even though it is supposedly haunted.

"Verses written to the tune of The Ants Go Marching describe an ever-increasing parade of ghosts, witches, and other spooky creatures as they haunt a school on Halloween"--

It's Halloween and Hot Rod Hamster is going to a party! But first, he must come up with a costume that's fun and spooky enough to win the contest.

Dragon has a busy and fun-filled Halloween, turning six small pumpkins into one big jack-o-lantern, going to a costume party, and taking a spooky walk in the woods.

The dinosaurs enjoy a variety of Halloween activities, including visiting a haunted house, carving pumpkins, and trick-or-treating.

When trick-or-treaters let their imaginations run wild, ordinary backyard items seem spooky, so that a mud puddle looks like a swamp and tree branches look like skeletons.

Simple variations on the traditional cumulative rhyme.

Text bubbles and activities invite readers to make connections and draw conclusions from the story about a group of children who set out to find a ghost.

"Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, on a woodsy path near her cottage, with the wind whipping about and the moonlight just winking through the trees, the little old lady heard ... CLOMP, CLOMP; SHAKE, SHAKE; CLAP, CLAP and ... the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life!"

Illustrations and simple, rhyming text explores what would happen if animals celebrated Halloween.