North Mankato Taylor Library Storytime

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Library: Haunted House, Haunted Mouse by Judy Cox Witches by Cheryl Christian Twelve Haunted Rooms of Halloween by Macky Pamintuan One Spooky Night by Kate Stone Picky Little Witch by Elizabeth

1 North Mankato Taylor Library Storytime Happy Halloween H Halloween H Stories We Shared: Can You Make a Scary Face? By Jan Thomas Halloween Surprise by Corinne Demas There Was An Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams Pumpkin Trouble by Jan Thomas Halloween books at the North Mankato Taylor Library: Haunted House, Haunted Mouse by Judy Cox Witches by Cheryl Christian Twelve Haunted Rooms of Halloween by Macky Pamintuan One Spooky Night by Kate Stone Picky Little Witch by Elizabeth Brokamp Little Goblins Ten by Pamela Jane Trick or Treat Marley by John Grogan Night of the Pumpkinheads by Michael Rosen Pumpkin Cat by Anne Mortimer Zen Ghosts by Jon Muth Trick or Treat, Old Armadillo by Larry D. Brimner Vampire Boy s Good Night by Lisa Brown Halloween Goodnight by Doug Cushman Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijo Scaredy-cat, Splat by Rob Scotton Too Many Monsters by Robert Neubecker Clifford s First Halloween by Norman Bridwell AlphaOops! By Alethea Kontis Mickey s Halloween Treat by Thea Feldman Spooky, Spooky, Spooky! By Cathhy MacLennan Three Bears Halloween by Kathy Duval Halloween Rescue! By Cynthia Stierle Halloween Surprise (Little Einsteins) Hallo-wiener by Dav Pilkey Handy Manny Halloween Scooby Doo and the Halloween Hotel Haunt Happy Halloween Little Critter! By Mercer Mayer Shake Dem Halloween Bones by W. Nikola-Lisa Halloween House by Erica Silverman Teeny Tiny Ghost by Kay Winters Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll Happy Halloween Wonder Pets! Here Comes Halloween! By Caroline Church Halloween Druscilla s Halloween by Sally Walker And Then Comes Halloween by Tom Brenner 10 Trick-or-Treaters Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman Mouse s First Halloween by Lauren Thompson Haunted Ghoul Bus by Lisa Trumbauer Vunce Upon a Time by J. otto Seibold Josh s Halloween Pumpkin by Kathryn Lay Vera s Halloween by Vera Rosenberry Queen of Halloween by Mary Engelbreit Sweet and Spooky Halloween Boo, Bunny! By Kathryn O. Galbraith Allie Gator s Halloween Hayride Costume Copycat by Maryann Macdonald Pumpkin Hill by Elizabeth Spurr Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk Who Will I Be? By Shirley Neitzel Come With Me on Halloween by Linda H. Kimball Halloween Night by Elizabeth Hatch Trick or Treat Smell My Feet by Lisa Desimini Bumpy Little Pumpkin by Margery Cuyler Halloween Skyride by Elizabeth Spurr ABCs of Halloween by Patti R. Eubank Fierce Yellow Pumpkin by Margaret W. Brown Happy Halloween Emily by Claire Masurel Witch Casts a Spell by Suzanne Williams It s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting

Huge List of Songs and Fingerplays You Might Like to Share: Whisper Listen, listen. ( Hand behind ear) Goblins are there. (Point to the door) Hear them tiptoe To your chair? Don't speak a word.

2 Huge List of Songs and Fingerplays You Might Like to Share: Whisper Listen, listen. ( Hand behind ear) Goblins are there. (Point to the door) Hear them tiptoe To your chair? Don't speak a word. (Finger to lips) Don't go "ah-choo!" ( finger under nose) Don't move about. ( sit very still with arms close to sides) Or they'll get YOU!!! (Shout "you" and Jump up with arms extended) (Say it in a quiet, spooky voice and finish with a shout. The kids love it.) October Time October time is pumpkin time, The nicest time of the year. When all the pumpkins light their eyes (encircle eyes) And grin from ear to ear. (big grin) Because they know at Halloween They'll have lots of fun, Peeking through the windowpanes (put hands over eyes and look) Watching children run! One Little Ghost One little ghost flew down the street. (Wave hand through the air.) "I wonder," he said, "what I will meet-- (Place finger to temple, thinking.) One hairy spider, (Hold up one finger, then move hand like spider.) Two black cats, (Hold up two fingers, then put two fingers from each hand on head for cat ears.) Three wild witches with pointy hats, (Hold up three fingers, then place fingertips of hands together to form hat.) Four old owls in a hollow tree, (Hold up four fingers, then form an oval with both hands for eyes to look through.) And five brother bats to fly with me! (Hold up five fingers, then hook thumbs of both hands together and flap fingers for bat wings.) The Haunted House (Tune of "Wheels on the Bus") The ghost in the house goes "Boo! Boo! Boo!" "Boo! Boo! Boo!, Boo! Boo! Boo!" The ghost in the house goes "Boo! Boo! Boo!" On Halloween. The steps in the house goes "Creek, creek, creek..." The cats in the house go "Meow, meow, meow..." The mice in the house go "Squeak, squeak, squeak.." The people in the house go "Eek, eek, eek..." Once There Was a Pumpkin Once there was a pumpkin (Make small pumpkin with hands) And it grew (Make bigger pumpkin) And grew (Bigger) And grew (Bigger) Now it's a jack-o-lantern And it smiles at you (Point to smile) And you (Point to child) And you! (Point to next child) (I usually speed up and point to all the children). And they point at each other and me!

I Am A Pumpkin I am a pumpkin big and round Once upon a time I grew on the ground Abut now I have mouth, two eyes and a nose What are they for, do you suppose?

The Halloween Party (Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb) Pump-kins have such hap-py grins, hap-py grins, hap-py grins. Pump-kins have such hap-py grins. It's Hal-low-een at last.

Ghosts have come to school to-day, school to-day, school to-day. Ghosts have come to school to-day. It's Hal-low-een at last. Witch-es have their witch-es brooms, witch-es brooms, witch-es brooms.

One was a fat one, one was a skinny one, And one was in between, one was in between.

3 I Am A Pumpkin I am a pumpkin big and round Once upon a time I grew on the ground Abut now I have mouth, two eyes and a nose What are they for, do you suppose? When I have a candle inside, shining bright I'll be a jack-o-lantern on Halloween night! The Halloween Party (Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb) Pump-kins have such hap-py grins, hap-py grins, hap-py grins. Pump-kins have such hap-py grins. It's Hal-low-een at last. Cats have come with long, black tails, long, black tails, long, black tails. Cats have come with long, black tails. It's Hal-low-een at last. Ghosts have come to school to-day, school to-day, school to-day. Ghosts have come to school to-day. It's Hal-low-een at last. Witch-es have their witch-es brooms, witch-es brooms, witch-es brooms. Witch-es have their witch-es brooms. It's Hal-low-een at last. Three Green Goblins (Tune: Are You Sleeping?) Three green goblins, three green goblins, Danced on Halloween, danced on Halloween. One was a fat one, one was a skinny one, And one was in between, one was in between. Halloween (tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb) Halloween is coming soon, Coming soon, coming soon Halloween is coming soon, Boo, boo, boo! See the owl flying high Flying high, flying high See the owl flying high, Hoot, hoot, hoot! See the pumpkin glowing bright, Glowing bright, glowing bright, See the pumpkin glowing bright, On this Halloween night! Children laughing, having fun, Having fun, having fun, Children laughing, having fun Giggle, giggle, giggle Halloween is here today, Here today, here today Halloween is here today, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!!

Black Cat (Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb) We saw a black cat, black cat, black cat. We saw a black cat on Halloween. He was stretching his paws, his paws, his paws.

BOO BOO BOO BOO BOO BOO Trick or treating, trick or treating.

Night. I sneak up on the porch, I knock right on the door. I fill my sack with lots of treats, and dash away for more. (Repeat) Five Little Pumpkins.

4 Black Cat (Tune: Mary Had a Little Lamb) We saw a black cat, black cat, black cat. We saw a black cat on Halloween. He was stretching his paws, his paws, his paws. He was stretching his paws on Halloween. Trick or Treating (Tune: Are You Sleeping?) Trick or treating, trick or treating. BOO BOO BOO BOO BOO BOO Trick or treating, trick or treating. I scare you I scare you Trick or Treat (Tune: Looby Lou ) Here we go trick-or-treat, here we go trick-or-treat, Here we come down the street, all on a Halloween Night. I sneak up on the porch, I knock right on the door. I fill my sack with lots of treats, and dash away for more. (Repeat) Five Little Pumpkins... (Hold up fingers for pumpkins) Sitting on a wall; (have a child sit down) Tip and Fall; (have child tip over) Rolling down the street; (child rolls on floor) Trick or Treat!!! Three Little Witches... (Use fingers for numbers) One little, Two little, Three little witches, Fly over haystacks, fly over ditches, Slid down moonbeams without any hitches, Hay Ho Halloween's here. JACK-O-POEM (Mke a construction paper or paper plate face for each expression with corresponding drawing of face, staple it to a tongue depressor, and then use expressive voices while holding up the face that goes with the poem. We also wrote the names of the faces on the back.) I am Jack-o-Happy (use very happy voice) I am Jack-o-Sad ( use crying, whiney voice) I am Jack-o-Sleepy (use yawning, sleepy voice) I am Jack-o-Mad (use growling, angry voice) I am Jack-o-Pieces (use broken word, cut word voice) I am Jack-o-Small (use teeniest tiny voice) I am Jack-o-Pie, the Best of them All! ( use most normal voice)

5 The Alphabet Song a-b-c-d-e-f-g h-i-j-k-lmnop q-r-s t-u-v w-x y and z Now I know my ABCs Next time won t you sing with me. mzimmermann@nmlibrary.org

A goblin lives in our house, in our house, in our house. A goblin lives in our house, all the year round. He bumps, and he jumps, and he thumps, and

A goblin lives in our house, in our house, in our house. A goblin lives in our house, all the year round. He bumps, and he jumps, and he thumps, and he stumps. He knocks, and he rocks, and he rattles at