Hallow-Read Challenge

Join the BCLS Hallow-Read Challenge on Beanstack, the online reading tracker, from October 1-31. Participants of all ages will earn digital badges as they complete reading and spooky-themed activities! Log into your existing Beanstack account or create one, either online or with Beanstack’s mobile app available for free through the App Store or Google Play. The mobile app features a barcode scanner to easily log books for all readers in the family on an account.

Check out the BCLS All Hallows Read video playlist featuring library staff reading popular spooky stories! Listening to these stories count as reading, so make sure to log the story on Beanstack!

Halloween Stories

The Crayons Trick or Treat

Drew Daywalt

Creepy Crayon!

Aaron Reynolds

Disney Baby Here Comes Halloween

Disney Books

First Broom

Kallie George

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Spooky Books for Kids

Go Away, Big Green Monster!

Ed Emerley

There’s a Ghost in this House

Oliver Jeffers

Ghosts in the House!

Kazuno Kohara

There’s a Nightmare in My Closet

Mercer Mayer

The Too-Scary Story

Bethanie Murguia

Lulu Goes to Witch School

Jane O’Connor

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Scary Graphic Novels

Baba Yaga’s Assistant

Marika McCoola and Emily Carroll

Beetle & the Hollowbones

Aliza Layne

Camp Midnight

Steven T. Seagle and Jason Adam Katzenstein

Coraline

Neil Gaiman and P. Craig Russell

The Creeps: Night of the Frankenfrogs

Chris Schweizer

Fake Blood

Whitney Gardner

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Witchy Nonfiction

Rebel Witch: Carve the Craft that’s Yours Alone

Kelly-Ann Maddox

In Defense of Witches: The Legacy of the Witch Hunts and Why Women are Still on Trial

Mona Chollet

The Ruin of all Witches: Life and Death in the New World

Malcolm Gaskill

The Green Witch’s Garden: Your Complete Guide to Creating and Cultivating a Magical Garden Space

Arin Murphy-Hiscock

The Witch's Path: Advancing Your Path at Every Level

Thorn Mooney

Entering Hekate's Garden: The Magick, Medicine, & Mystery of Plant Spirit Witchcraft

Cyndi Brannen

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Coming Soon: Pre-registration available for the Genre Bingo Challenge happening November 1-December 31, 2023

Challenge yourself to read beyond what you can imagine! Stretch your reading skills and explore new genres, or specific types of books. Expanding what you read can strengthen your reading comprehension and spark your imagination! Read new books and complete activities to earn digital Bingo!