all hallows' read http://www.allhallowsread.com Give a book this Halloween Tue, 23 Apr 2013 14:22:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Book Recommendations from HarperCollins Children’s Bookshttp://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/from-harpercollins-childrens-books/ http://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/from-harpercollins-childrens-books/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:34:33 +0000 webgoblin http://www.allhallowsread.com/?p=155354 For pre-schoolers:

  • Ten Little Pumpkins, by Dan Yaccarino
  • 13 Nights of Halloween by Guy Vasilovich
  • The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Gris Grimly
  • Vampire Boy’s Good Night, words and pictures by Lisa Brown

For K-3 / 5-8 year olds:

  • Dear Vampa by Ross Collins new!
  • Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet by Diane DeGroat
  • Halloween Night by Marjorie Dennis Murray & Brandon Dorman
  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything, by Linda Williams
  • The Dangerous Alphabet by Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Gris Grimly
  • The Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman

For Grades 3-6 / 8-12 year olds:

  • The Peculiar by Stefan Bachmann new!
  • The Spindlers by Lauren Oliver new!
  • Always October by Bruce Coville new!
  • Gravediggers: Mountain of Bones by Christopher Krovatin new!
  • The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight by Jack Prelutsky & Arnold Lobel
  • Half-Minute Horrors, edited by Susan Rich
  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, collected by Alvin Schwartz, with new illustrations by Brett Helquist
  • Zombie Chasers, by John Kloepfer, with illustrations by Steve Wolfhard
  • Scary School, by R.L. Stine
  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman

For teens:

  • Carnival of Souls by Melissa Marr new!
  • Don’t Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon new!
  • The Turning by Francine Prose new!
  • Masque of the Red Death by Bethany Griffin new!
  • Possess by Gretchen McNeil new!
  • Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  • The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
  • The Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
  • Dark Eden, Patrick Carman
  • Shadowcry by Jenna Burtenshaw
  • Fat Vampire by Adam Rex
  • Wicked Girls by Stephanie Hemphill
  • Teeth, edited by Ellen Datlow & Terry Windling, with contributions from Cassandra Clare & Holly Black, Neil Gaiman, and Melissa Marr
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]]> http://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/ahr-2012-is-here/feed/ 0 The FAQhttp://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/original-faq/ http://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/original-faq/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:26:12 +0000 webgoblin http://www.allhallowsread.com/?p=155340 So what is All Hallows’ Read?
All Hallows’ Read is a Hallowe’en tradition. It’s simply that in the week of Hallowe’en, or on the night itself, you give someone a scary book.

Scholars have traced its origins as far back as this blog post.

Is this instead of Trick or Treat? Because I don’t want to get egged, and the kids around here are mean.
Not at all. Trick or Treat is Trick or Treat. This is All Hallows’ Read, a great excuse to give someone a book.

You can give out scary books or comics to trick or treaters on Hallowe’en if you want to, obviously. (We recommend looking the child in the eye and saying, “Take it. Read it. Trust me… around here… a book can be… safer than candy.” Then chuckling to yourself, as if remembering something unfortunate that happened to some of the local children only last year.)

What kind of scary book?
An appropriate one. If you’re giving a kid a scary book, make it a kid-appropriate scary book. You wouldn’t give the same kind of scary book to one person than you would another, any more than one book is right for everyone. People like different things.
Do I have to buy it new?
Nope.

Obviously, we support bookshops and authors, but more than that, this is about making a holiday tradition of book-giving. So feel free to give second-hand books or books from your own shelves. And feel just as free to buy a beautiful new book from a small independent bookseller, or from online or… look, there’s no wrong way to buy a book. You can even gift it to their Kindle.

How do I choose an All Hallows’ Read book?
If you do not know what scary book to give someone, talk to a bookseller or a librarian. They like to help. Librarians will not mind even if you admit that you are not planning to take out a book, but instead you are going to buy one and give it to someone.
What about the apostrophe in “All Hallows’ Read”?
We are not sticklers for it. In the Twitter hashtag it has to be #AllHallowsRead. Apostrophise or not. We shall not judge you.
Can it really be that simple?
Not necessarily. It’s All Hallows Read, a tradition we just made up. You can fancy it up as much as you like. Just make sure you give someone a scary book this Hallowe’en…
I would like to contact the web goblin concerning something related to All Hallows Read.
That’s not a question. Never the less, you may do so here.
]]> http://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/original-faq/feed/ 0 Joe Hillhttp://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/joe-hill/ http://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/joe-hill/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:22:57 +0000 webgoblin http://www.allhallowsread.com/?p=155338 “I’m going to adopt this as a Halloween habit and I hope you will too. It ain’t easy to start a new holiday tradition on short notice — we might have to take a couple years to build this one up — but I think it’s worth doing.”

]]> http://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/joe-hill/feed/ 0 Stephen Kinghttp://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/stephen-king/ http://www.allhallowsread.com/2012/10/02/stephen-king/#comments Tue, 02 Oct 2012 01:21:52 +0000 webgoblin http://www.allhallowsread.com/?p=155336 “Science Fiction & Fantasy writer Neil Gaiman put a great idea up on Twitter a few days ago:This year make Halloween All Hallow’s Read. Neil suggests giving someone you love a scary book on the 31st. I think it’s a great idea. It can be one of mine but it doesn’t have to be. Have a great Halloween!”

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