Happy Halloween to all of our patrons! We hope that everyone has a lot of fun trick or treating this Friday! On today’s blog, we give some recommendations for Halloween inspired books!

Recommendations for Kids

Chicka Chicka Tricka Treat by Julien Chung

Creepy Crayon by Aaron Reynolds

It’s The Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown by Charles Schulz 

Spookie Pookie by Sandra Boynton

It’s Almost Time for Halloween by Maisha Oso

Peppa’s Magical Halloween  – apart of the Peppa Pig series

Clifford’s Halloween by Norman Bridwell

Arthur’s Halloween by Marc Tolon Brown

Baby Sitter’s Little Sister: Karen’s Ghost by DK Kingst

Recommendations for Teens

Truly Devious Series by Maureen Johnson

A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson

Miss Peregrine Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyers

The Diviner Series by Libba Bray

Pumpkin Heads by Rainbow Rowell

We Were Liars by E. Locheart

Stalking Jack the Ripper by Kerri Manisalco

Sally’s Lament: A Twisted Tale by Mari Mancusi

Recommendations for Adults

Horror’s New Wave by Blumhouse Productions

The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

We Used to Live Here by Marcus Kliewer

Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Practical Magic by Alice Hoffman

The Illustrated Man  by Ray Bradbury

The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule

I’ll Be Gone in the Dark by Michelle McNamara

In Cold Blood by Tuman Capote

Movies To Watch

Beetlejuice 

Hocus Pocus

The Addams Family

Monsters Inc.

Ghostbusters

The Nightmare Before Christmas

Little Shop of Horrors

Wendell & Wild

Hotel Transylvania

Starting on Monday August 31st, the 81st Street Library will be closed as we begin final preparations for the Main Library's Grand Opening on September 9th. The NB Recreation and Library as well as The Guttenberg Resource Center will remain open. If you have any questions about picking up items on hold, please call the library at 201-869-4715.

On Saturday, September 12th at the Main Library is our Health and Wellness Fair! The Health Fair will be held from 10 AM to 2 PM. There will be free shuttle service to the Health Fair. If you have any questions, please call the library.