Spooky Fall MultiMedia Materials
Add a little fun to your fall lessons
Not so spooky big books
The Apple Pie Tree (250020)
Zoe Hall; 480L
Describes an apple tree as it grows leaves and flowers and then produces its fruit, while in its branches robins make a nest, lay eggs, and raise a family. Includes a recipe for apple pie.
I am an apple (250062)
Jean Marzollo; 310L
Depicts a bud on an apple tree as it grows into an apple, ripens, is harvested, and provides seeds as a promise for the future.
It's Pumpkin Time! (250014 )
Zoe Hall; Lexile: 530L
In this playful and exuberant celebration of the joys of growing things, vibrant, boldly designed cut-paper illustrations and text tell the story of a sister and brother who plant a pumpkin patch for Halloween.
Pumpkin Pumpkin (250016)
Jeanne Titherington; Lexile: 370L
A book that celebrates the life and growth of a pumpkin. Contents: 1 big book, 1 teacher's guide, and 25 individual classroom books.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves (250080)
Lucille Colandro; AD350L
Our favorite old lady is back and swallowing autumn items! That wild old lady is back swallowing fall-themed items. What can you make from leaves, clothes, a pumpkin, and rope? That's right, a scarecrow! Perfect for back-to-school time.
We're Going on a Leaf Hunt (250064)
Steve Metzger; AD410L
Singing the tune of a popular song, three friends enjoy a big adventure hiking through the forest collecting leaves of all kinds and colors.
A Good Night Walk (250058)
Elisha Cooper; Lexile not available
As a child and parent walk down the block to the bay and turn to walk back home, evening falls upon the neighborhood. As the walk begins, the squirrels are in the yards, the boys are mowing lawns, a neighbor is baking a pie, and someone is mailing a letter. When the child and parent turn to walk back home, the apple pie is down from the windowsill, the leaves are raked up, and the postman has picked up.
A Tree for all Seasons (250041)
Robin Bernard; 510L
Get a bird's eye view of the big changes that the season bring by watching a tree over time. Climb through the pages of this big book to explore the parts of a tree and understand their functions.
Caps, Hats, Socks, and Mittens: A Book About the Four Seasons (250001)
Louise W. Borden; 320L
A celebration of the sights, smells, and sensations of the four seasons, from winter's steaming mugs of hot cocoa to the golden colors of autumn.
Mysterious Multiple Books!
Blackberries in the Dark (350601)
Mavis Jukes; Lexile: 500L
Austin's visit to his grandmother's is the first since Grandpa died. Austin notices Grandpa's things but feels the emptiness of his absence. This spare story vividly captures the emotions of painful times and shows how they ease with sharing and remembering. Boy and grandfather were close, but boy and grandmother seem destined to be just as close, with Grandpa's memory to bind them. Poignant and perceptive, this has impressive resonance, and readers won't easily shed its warm afterglow.
The Eerie Canal (350054)
Jack Reber; Lexile: N/A; Primary & Intermediate Grades
Two ten-year-olds on a class trip to the Erie Canal find themselves transported back in time to the canal of 1829. Dragged aboard a canal boat, the boy and girl experience adventures getting through each day by blending into its tempo and chores while trying to find a way back to the present.
The House of Dies Drear (350093)
Vigrinia Hamilton; Lexile: 670L; Intermediate & Junior Grades,
This spellbinding tale of spooky suspense gives young adults an unforgettable history lesson about the Underground Railroad. National Book Award winner Virginia Hamilton brings her special storytelling tats to this story of a black family discovering ghostly secrets in their Civil War-era house.
The Adirondack Kids #7: Mystery of the Missing Moose (350237)
Gary VanRiper & Justin VanRiper; Lexile: NONE; Intermediate & Junior Grades
Justin Robert has the camera. Nick Barnes has the binoculars. And Jackie Salsberry has the common sense! One animal adventure leads to another as the Adirondack kids search Eagle Bay for a missing moose, and are led into a series of unexpected wildlife encounters all along the way.
The Dark Pond (350243)
Joseph Bruchac; Lexile: 820L; Intermediate & Junior Grades
After he feels a mysterious pull drawing him toward a dark, shadowy pond in the woods, Armie looks to old Native American tales for guidance about the dangerous monster lurking in the water.
The Graveyard Book (350275)
Neil Gaiman; Lexile: 820L; Intermediate & Junior Grades
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a perfectly normal boy. Well, he would be perfectly normal if he didn't live in a graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the world of the dead.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (350599)
Ransom Riggs; Lexile: 890L; Intermediate, Junior & Senior Grades
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive. ??A spine-tingling fantasy illustrated with haunting vintage photography, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children will delight adults, teens, and anyone who relishes an adventure in the shadows.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (GRAPHIC NOVEL) (350602)
Ransom Riggs; Lexile: N/A; Intermediate, Junior & Senior Grades
Presents a graphic novel adaption of Ransom Riggs' "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" in which sixteen-year-old Jacob, having traveled to a remote island after a family tragedy, discovers an abandoned orphanage, and, after some investigating, he learns the children who lived there may have been dangerous and quarantined and may also still be alive.
SPOOKY DVD's {for primary grades}
THE MAGIC SCHOOL BUS: CREEPY, CRAWLY FUN! (020603)
The kids are all ears as they explore the musical mysteries of sound during a spooky trip INSIDE THE HAUNTED HOUSE! Next, things really start GOING BATTY when a lesson about nocturnal creatures convinces Ralphie that Ms. Frizzle is... a vampire! Finally, the kids are zapped into a monster movie, where they discover the ingenious hunting skills of spiders in SPINS A WEB!
SLIGHTLY SCARY STORIES FOR HALLOWEEN (020124)
This DVD contains three Halloween Stories: 1) By the Light of the Halloween Moon (7 min.), 2) What's Under My Bed? (8 min.), 3) Teeny-Tiny and the Witch Woman (14 min.). A brave young girl fends off witches, ghouls, and ghosts in the spirited romp by the light of the spooky Halloween moon. Grandpa tells his two young house guests about the time he was afraid of the dark and about other figments of his imagination. A boy outsmarts an old witch-woman before she can have him and his brothers for dinner.
HOLIDAYS FOR CHILDREN: HALLOWEEN (021403)
Halloween is known as the holiday of witches, jack o' lanterns and trick-or-treating, but its history is much more complex. This program explores several folk traditions from Costa Rica, Mexico and Ireland to explain the origin of traditional Halloween symbols, costumes, the custom of trick-or-treating and why Halloween is a time to celebrate and honor the memory of loved ones past. The importance of Halloween safety is also discussed. Children learn how to create a papier-mche mask, and Irish folk singers perform to make this program an exciting, informative adventure.
Jackdaws & Streaming
JACKDAWS
Salem Village and the Witch Hysteria (750008)
Junior / Senior Grades
In the year 1692, the Massachusetts Bay Colony was thrust into the midst of the worst outbreak of witchcraft that the New World ever witnessed. Beginning in the house of the minister at Salem Village, where his daughter and niece were convulsed in strange fits, the hysteria spread throughout much of Massachusetts, sending civil, religious and normal life into confusion. Many believed that the Devil himself was attacking the Colony, and with innocent young girls crying out against suspects and over forty persons confessing to being witches, a special court was set up to seek out the guilty. This Jackdaw, through original documents and broadsheets, explores background, events and personalities involved in this, the most famous series of witchcraft trials in history.
STREAMING MATERIALS
{Search the following terms for wonderful streaming materials}
Halloween
Halloween Safety
Holiday Facts & Fun: Halloween
By The Light of The Halloween Moon
Halloween Spooky Science Special
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
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