Spooky Stories: Top Halloween Reads

Ann Holeman, manager of the King’s English Bookstore, reveals the top Halloween reads for the 2007 season.

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Top Halloween Picks for 2007

1. Frankie Stein, Lola M. Schaefer—Marshall Cavendish, $14.99

2. The Poison Apples, Lily Archer—Fiewel and Friends, $16.95

3. The Witch with a Twitch, Layn Marlow, Tiger Tales, $6.95

4. You Read to Me I’ll Read to Your: Very Short Scary Tales to Read Together, Mary Ann Hoberman—Little, Brown, $16.99

5. Passion and Poison, Janice M. Del Negro—Marshall Cavendish, $16.99

6. Halloween Pie, Michael O. Tunnell—Boyds Mills, $8.95

7. Winnie the Witch, Valerie Thomas—HarperCollins, $14.99

8. The Witch Who Wanted to Be a Princess, Lois Grambling—Charlesbridge, $6.95

9. The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, retold by Gris Grimly—Atheneum, $16.99

10. Seek & Find Spooky Spot, Kidslabel—Chronicle, $12.95

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The King’s English has been Salt Lake’s literary resource for independent minds since 1977. We have the most comprehensive children’s book selection in the state of Utah as well as mysteries, new fiction, poetry, literary nonfiction, nature, and western writers. Located in a beautiful residential neighborhood of Salt Lake City, the store provides services to people anywhere in the world. If you are in town, drop by; there are chairs scattered throughout eight book-packed rooms.