Monsters can be sweet, giggly, stinky, scary, or creepy. Which kind of monsters do your kids prefer? (I prefer cute and ...

How scary do you like your stories? That’s a bit like asking people how spicy they like their food. For some readers, a little shudder goes a long way. For others, it has to be chilling to be ...

For fans of: Come Closer by Sara Gran and The Wakening by JG Faherty Incidents Around the House gives a whole new meaning to ...

“Kids love getting scared,” said Anna Bloom, senior editor at Scholastic, in a recent interview with PW about the rise of horror fiction for young readers. “[It’s] one of those evergreen categories ...

In anticipation of Halloween, we’ve rounded up a number of new and festive books for young readers, including atmospheric picture books, chilling middle grade tales, ghostly graphic novels, and more.

Halloween is already right around the corner! Our Halloween books in the Young Readers’ Room at A.K. Smiley Public Library are so popular, they barely hit the shelves before they’re snatched up. Here ...