Find spooky programming and catalog picks at your community library all October long!
Happening at Your Library
BEAVERCREEK
We Read Dead People: a Literary Ghost Walk
Friday, Oct. 4 • 7 – 8pm
Tour the library after dark, and meet the hosts of famous authors who have come back to tell their spooky stories.
CEDARVILLE
Pottery Painting – Halloween
Saturday, Oct. 19 • 10:30 – 11:30am
Let your creative juices flow while you paint a Halloween-themed ceramic piece! Reg. required.
FAIRBORN
Drop-in Halloween Fun
All Day – Fri. Oct. 11, Sat. Oct. 12, Sun. Oct. 13
Enjoy a special take-and-make craft, snack, and scavenger hunt during Fairborn’s Halloween Festival. For all ages.
JAMESTOWN
Pumpkin Decorating Contest
All day – Monday, Oct. 7
Enter our pumpkin decorating contest for a chance to win a prize. Drop off 10/7 – 10/24. Voting 10/25 – 10/31
WINTERS-BELLBROOK
Peep Haunted Houses
Friday, Oct. 25 • 6 – 7pm
Eat these Peep houses… if you dare! For families. Reg. required.
XENIA @ REACH
Spooky Cupcake Decorating
Saturday, Oct. 26 • 11am – Noon
Decorate spooky cupcakes – just in time for Halloween! Each person gets 4 cupcakes! All ages. Reg. required.
YELLOW SPRINGS
Harry Potter Trivia Night
Thursday, Oct. 10 • 5 – 7pm
Calling all wizards and muggles (if you dare) for a fun night of trivia.
AND SO MANY MORE THEMED PROGRAMS HAPPENING THIS MONTH!
From the Catalog
Make your October Spookier!
I love, love, love Halloween! I have been known to dress my dogs up in costumes, and I spend all of October watching scary and/or Halloween movies, listening to Bette Midler singing “I Put a Spell on You,” making Halloween cards, and reading Halloween/spooky-themed books. I figure you do similar things, and I thought I’d share some of the library’s great Halloween spooky/cute collection to aid you in creating your spooky vibe. May all your October days be frightful!
The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice
The Café Between Pumpkin and Pie
How to Haunt your House Halloween Craft Fun
Lily Vanilli in … A Zombie Ate My Cupcake!
Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas
Tim Burton’s the Nightmare Before Christmas
The Unofficial Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Cookbook
The Unofficial Hocus Pocus Cookbook
Sweetly Spooky Picture Books for the Kids
Most kids love Halloween, and yours are probably already planning their costumes and dreaming of the candy they will receive. Make all of October Halloween-themed and read these picture book with the kids this spooky season.
The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
How Do Dinosaurs Say Trick or Treat?
The Little Witch Who Lost Her Broom!