Tricks And Treats

With this great guide to celebrating the spirit (and spirits) of Halloween, no special magic is needed to enjoy the latest trend in family fun. Tricks & Treats has tons of great ideas for Halloween costumes, decorations, parties and tempting fun foods. Over 50 projects.

A Halloween costume party for a group of Magi just wouldn’t be the same without an interruption by the forces of darkness. But Amanda will have her night of tricks and treats, even if it means fighting in costume. After a long absence from Earth, Amanda returns to New York on a more permanent basis. Keen to reconnect with her friends, she comes up with the idea of a costume party on Halloween. The plans are laid, and a house is booked in Salem for some seasonal fun and games with all her old friends. But elsewhere, some local dark Magi have other ideas for All Hallows Eve and plan to take advantage of the newly accessible spirit realm to summon a Denzin of the Aetheric. Amanda and friends must deal with this new threat before it hurts anyone if she’s going to stand any chance of going trick or treating. But she’s never encountered a spirit like this before, and it might be more than a match for her… This is a short tale of Halloween fun, magic and adventure in the Magi Saga universe.

Ghouliana takes Mischief Night to a whole new level with this special Halloween edition of the hit coloring book series! Expect more tricks than treats from bestselling artist Alan Robert as you color each of these GOREgeously drawn macabre masterpieces. While you fill your jack 'o lantern to the brim with delicious delights, keep an eye out for all of Ghouliana's contaminated candies before you take a fatal bite. She has already dismantled Christmas with The Beauty of Horror: Ghosts of Christmas coloring book, now it's time to turn Hallow's Eve on its head with these brand-new FANGtastic designs. Trick Or Treaters beware! These 7" x 7", one-sided, perforated pages allow you to decorate your haunt with your horrific creations for everyone to see!

30 CRIME AND MYSTERY STORIES GOOD TO THE LAST LINE... The McGuffin has long been a staple tool in any crime and mystery writer’s arsenal. A perfectly placed last line of a short story can pull together subtle plot threads into a devastating dénouement or give everything that came before it a brand-new meaning, sometimes even reshaping the story entirely for the reader. Joe Gores and Bill Pronzini, two of the most talented mystery writers of the 20th century, joined forces to assemble the very best McGuffin stories by such celebrated authors as Anthony Boucher, Harlan Ellison, Joe L. Hensley, Edward D. Hoch, John Lutz, John D. MacDonald, and Donald E. Westlake. They, along with 24 more authors, have created some of the very best mystery stories that often save their best twists for the very last line...

The Turtles find out the Purple Dragons have stolen candy from kids.

There is a big Halloween Party at the Gotham City Museum, and Harley Quinn sees the party as an opportunity to steal some of the Museum's treasures--and it is up to Batman and Nightwing to prevent her from unleashing chaos on the innocent party guests.

Unmask the haunted history of Halloween in this fact-tastic, nonfiction Level 3 Ready-to-Read, part of a new series all about the history of fun stuff! Did you know that hundreds of years ago, people would carve Jack-O’-Lanterns out of turnips and potatoes? Or that today, Americans spend nearly two billion dollars each year on Halloween candy? Learn all about the not-so-scary history of Halloween in this fun, fact-filled book. A special section at the back of the book includes relevant info on subjects like social studies and science, and there’s even a fun quiz so you can test yourself to see what you’ve learned!

The turtles are trick-or-treating and find some kids that need help.

Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books. A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing and reading together. A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey. It's Halloween. With a bag full of tricks and the best costume in town, Henry can't wait to go trick or treating. But, oh the shame! Surely Mum doesn't expect him to go out with Peter dressed as a fluffy pink bunny?

Bobby Quinn is shy. In fact, he's so shy, he has trouble making friends. But that changes when he gets a squirmy little puppy for his birthday. Unlike Bobby, Lucy isn't shy at all. And to his surprise, she keeps dragging him into all sorts of adventures—and friendships, too! In this heart warming story of a boy and beagle's friendship, Ilene Cooper begins the series that has charmed young readers and dog lovers alike.