12 Spooky Listens That Young Readers Will Love (via Goodreads)

12 Spooky Listens That Young Readers Will Love Posted by Marie on Goodreads on October 12, 2018 Scary stories come to life when they’re read aloud! If you’re looking to get your young reader into the Halloween spirit by discovering more ghoulishly fun tales, we have just the treat. This roundup of audiobooks includes some of the most frightening favorites including Roald Dahl’s The Witches and Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. Each of these spooky picks puts the "super" in supernatural with an average four-star…

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Author/Illustrator : Dan Santat

Dan Santat is the author/illustrator of Sidekicks and the winner of the Silver Medal from the Society of Illustrators for Oh No! (Or How My Science Project Destroyed the World) by Mac Barnett. He is also the creator of the Disney animated hit, The Replacements. Dan lives in Southern California with his wife, two kids, and various pets. His children's book The Adventures of Beekle: The Unimaginary Friend, won the 2015 Caldecott Medal for distinguished illustration. We love his latest…

Author/Illustrator Spotlight : Jennifer Bryant

Jen Bryant writes picture books, novels and poems for readers of all ages. Her biography A River of Words: The Story of William Carlos Williams, illustrated by Melissa Sweet, received a Caldecott Honor. Their second collaboration, A Splash of Red: The Life and Art of Horace Pippin, won an ALA Schneider Family Book Award, the NCTE Orbis Pictus award, and a Sibert Honor. The third Bryant/Sweet book, The Right Word: Peter Mark Roget and His Thesaurus, won the Sibert Medal…

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Author/Illustrator Spotlight : Zachariah O’Hora

Zacharia O'Hora is the illustrator of the New York Times best seller Wolfie the Bunny. His debut as an author, Stop Snoring Bernard! won the 2011 Society of Illustrators Founders Award and was the 2012 State of PA Dept of Ed One book. His follow up, Not Fits Nilson! was named the Huffington Post Best Children's Book of 2013, a Kirkus Best Picture Book of 2013, a New York Public Library Book for Reading and Sharing and was given the PALA…

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