TRICK OR REATERS: HALLOWEEN LITERACY
Best Users: School Librarians, Educators, Public Librarians, Families
Best Audience: Children Grades 00-06
TRICK OR REATERS
While we might not be going door to door this year, we can go book by book.
TRICK OR REATERS is a national effort to promote literacy at Halloween by connecting trick-or-treaters (ages 4-12) to our free collection of over 100 scary, mysterious, and fantastical book teasers and the engaging activities and book recommendations that accompany them.
This year Trick or Reaters is sponsored by Spooky Middle Grade, a group of middle grade authors working to prove that spooky stories serve an important role all year round.
SHARING WITH STUDENTS OR PATRONS
As in previous years, we have a whole collection of customizable or ready-made flyers for you to hand out here.
If you are communicating digitally, here are two images you are welcome to use:
SPOOKY MIDDLE GRADE GIVEAWAY WINNER
FRIGHTFULLY GOOD! The authors of Spooky Middle Grade donated over 20 middle grade novels to a winning school or library!
The winning box included…
Samantha Clark’s The Beast, the Boy and the Boat
Victoria Piontek’s The Spirit of Cattail County
Kim Venterlla’s Secret Life of Sam
Tania Hackett’s Warren 13
Sarah Cannon’s Oddity
Janet Fox’s Artifact Hunters
Janet Fox’s Charmed Children of Rookskill Castle
Adrianna Cuevas Henderson’s Total Eclipse of Nestor Lopez
Jacqueline West’s The Books of Elsewhere
Lorien Lawrence’s The Stitchers
Josh Roberts’s The Witches of Willow Cove
Cynthia Reeg’s Monster or Die series
Sheri Larsen’s Motley Education
Anige Smibert’s The Ghosts series
David Nelson’s Playground of Doom
Lisa Schmid’s Ollie Oxley and the Ghost
Brad McLelland’s Legends Trilogy
Jonathan Rosen’s Night of the Living Cuddle Bunnies
Congrats to Neosho School District’s Ms. Bartley for winning this frightful box! She said, “It is simply a boo-tiful idea! What lasts longer and is so much better than candy? Books, books, books! No tricks just treats, please!”
