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The Halloween Picture Show unfolds in a village where every Halloween night, a beloved Shadow Picture Show enchants the children before bed. From the hobbling silhouette of Mother Halloween and her familiars — witches, goblins, bats, and black cats — to glowing jack-o'-lanterns and fortune cakes with hidden charms, the show crackles with seasonal magic. When a girl walks backward with a mirror and...

Moonbabies is a free children's bedtime story about a group of unruly kids whose Halloween mischief leads them straight into a witch's clutches — and off to the moon. There, the stern Moon Man strips away their voices and sets them to work polishing moonlight and eating green cheese. Longing for home, the children must prove they've truly changed before the witch will consider returning them to Ea...

A Mother Goose Halloween is a short children's story in which Mother Goose gathers her eight beloved charges — Bo Peep, Boy Blue, Miss Muffet, Humpty Dumpty, and the rest — to share their own Halloween adventures. Each child reveals a surprising side: quiet Bo Peep chases elves, slow Marjorie Daw suddenly sprints from a white ghost, and brave Miss Muffet finds black cats and owls far more thrillin...

Halloween At The Orphanage is a short story that opens on a disappointing Halloween evening, as the children of an orphanage learn there will be no party this year — the cost of caring for a record number of children has left no money for treats or celebrations. Teddy, Lucy, and the other children try to hide their sadness while devoted caretaker Mother Farley mends socks and quietly shares their...

The Pumpkin Ghosts is a short Halloween story set in the cozy town of Harvest Hollow, where three friends — Jack, Patty, and Gus — gather on a chilly autumn night with pumpkin shells in hand. One by one, they share the haunting fates of three pumpkins: one discarded after a single Halloween night, one baked into a pie with nothing left but its rind, and one sealed away in a can, never given a chan...

Halloween Spirit is a short story for children following a tall, majestic figure in an orange-and-black gown who awakens each October to lead her enchanted kingdom's celebrations. Fearing she has been forgotten, she is soon surrounded by witches, goblins, ghosts, black cats, pumpkin-headed children, and a Story-Teller bearing harvest tales. Each group brings its own magic to the festival, and the...

"Healthy Halloween" by Lenore K. Dolan brings the Health Spirit to life on a crisp autumn night, as she gathers her cheerful army to share the secrets of wellbeing. Frost Spirits dance through October air, Corn Kernels march in red and yellow, rosy Apples champion the famous doctor-away saying, Grapes sing of iron-rich raisins, and Imps of Exercise urge children outdoors. Each character makes a sp...

Halloween Greetings is a short Halloween story about five young friends who transform themselves into living Halloween cards each year, parading through their town with chants, warnings, and spooky verses. One by one, each child steps forward to share a tale — of eerie ghosts in shadows, mischievous imps in pumpkin patches, witches sweeping the sky, creaking doors, and lucky goblins clutching four...

The Halloween Debate is a short story set in an autumn town where a boastful boy declares that girls are too frightened to truly enjoy Halloween. A quick-witted girl in a cape of autumn leaves is not about to let that go unchallenged. She listens to his taunts, smiles coolly, and sets up a little test of courage — one involving a ghost and a very telling shriek. The story builds to a satisfying mo...

The Nine Halloween Letters is a short story in which nine costumed children gather in a moonlit town square, each carrying a carved letter that spells out "Halloween." One by one — from Harriet the laughing witch to Nate the shining knight — they step forward to claim their letter and share what it stands for, weaving together owls, pumpkin lanterns, apple bobbing, and moonlit witches into a playf...

Making Jack-o'-lanterns is a short Halloween story following three schoolboys — Jack, Bill, and Harold — as they carve pumpkins on a chilly Halloween eve. When Harold suggests using their Jack-o'-lanterns to scare the Widow Mitchell, Bill pushes for something better. Jack remembers three newcomer boys living near the tracks who have never seen a Jack-o'-lantern and couldn't bring one to the school...

Jack Frost's Halloween is a short story set in a whimsical woodland where the line between nursery rhyme and fairy tale dissolves on Halloween night. Jack Frost, with his jingling white costume and mischievous grin, wanders lost through October woods — until a cloaked Witch and a cast of legendary Jacks emerge from the shadows. Jack-be-Nimble, Jack-o'-Lantern, Jack Horner, and more each arrive wit...

Halloween Puppet Play is a short story set on a moonlit hill where a Showman presents an eerie cast of puppets — a Witch, a Cat, a Jack-o'-Lantern, and a Brownie — on Halloween night. The Witch grows increasingly frustrated as she demands to know the true meaning of the holiday, only to receive evasive answers. When her patience finally snaps and she threatens to boil them all, the puppets reveal...

"The Halloween Ghosts" brings readers to Maplewood, where eight eccentric spirits emerge every Halloween beneath the Harvest Moon. Each ghost carries its own peculiar sorrow or whimsy — a forgotten song, weeping flowers, a Thanksgiving turkey, and a dancing cat by the hearth. One by one they announce themselves in verse before melting back into the shadows, leaving the townspeople spellbound. The...

Uncle Wiggily and the Pumpkin is a short story following Uncle Wiggily Longears, a quick-witted old rabbit who sets off in his automobile with Johnnie and Billie Bushytail to find a pumpkin for Mrs. Bushytail's pies. After a generous gift from Grandfather Goosey Gander, the journey turns dangerous when a savage wolf bites a hole in their tire and threatens to eat them. Uncle Wiggily hatches a clev...

"March Of The Scarecrows" by Lenore K. Dolan takes readers into the Great Fields, where a lively troupe of straw-stuffed scarecrows breaks from their solitary posts to march, pair up, and perform for an audience of birds and squirrels. Led by a scarecrow in an oversized straw hat, the group moves through high-stepping routines and low bows, all set to the tune of "The Little Sandman." As October a...

"A Surprise" is a short story that follows a group of acorns buried by a well-meaning chipmunk who plans to return for them in spring. Hidden beneath fallen leaves and snow, the acorns sleep through winter — only to wake with a stirring urge to stretch, crack open, and reach toward the light. As tiny green shoots push through the dark earth into a sunlit world of birdsong and blossoms, Mr. Chipmun...

The Chestnut Boys is a short nature story that follows three tiny brothers sleeping inside a small green house while the world transforms around them. As autumn arrives, the Wind paints their home brown and the mischievous Jack Frost knocks louder and louder at their door, coaxing them out to play. When Mother Nature finally lets them go, the big world proves cold and overwhelming — and the brothe...

"A Halloween Story" by Loretta Ellen Brady follows Babette and Anton, the children of a poor mountain lumberjack, on an extraordinary Halloween night that begins with a carved pumpkin rolling away on its own. When the pumpkin escapes and calls every vegetable in the garden to follow, the siblings plunge into an underground forest teeming with dancing cabbages, mischievous potatoes, and genuine wit...

Uncle Wiggily's Thanksgiving is a short story following the ever-cheerful rabbit Uncle Wiggily, who sets out from his hollow stump bungalow with a basket of frosted cakes to give to anyone with something to be thankful for. Along the way he meets a sick pig, a goat with his head stuck in a fence, and a police dog who hasn't yet made his arrest — each finding their own unexpected reason for gratitu...

"Wait and See" is a short fable about a young beech tree growing beside its mother, troubled by the feeling that it has no purpose. While neighboring oaks, birches, and spruces all contribute something useful to their landowner, the little beech can only watch and wonder. Season by season — through blossoms, prickly husks, and a heavy frost — the mother tree offers the same quiet advice: wait and...

Changing Seasons by Ellen Robena Field follows the life of a magical forest as it moves through the warmth of summer into the golden hues of autumn and the stillness of winter. Children play beneath leaf-strewn trees, bid farewell to bright flowers, and watch as the robin redbreast leaves his nest and the meadows turn brown and quiet. Through each shift in the seasons, the children hold onto a gen...

Uncle Wiggily Goes Chestnutting is a short story by Howard R. Garis in which the kindly old rabbit takes squirrel brothers Johnnie and Billie Bushytail on an autumn drive through the woods to gather chestnuts. When they build a small fire to roast their harvest — and some found apples — a grumpy farmer arrives with a gun, furious that his fruit has been taken. With no time to run, the trio's fate...

"Jack Frost's Cards" is a short fantasy story in which Rudolph, a boy living on a mountain, is summoned by a goblin to witness a secret midnight revel in the forest. There, animals — rabbits, squirrels, bears, and owls — plead with the goblins to delay sending out Jack Frost's cards, the signals that turn the trees brown and announce winter's arrival. What unfolds is a lively negotiation between t...

The Kind Old Oak is a short bedtime story about trust and quiet protection as winter closes in. When a cluster of small violets growing at the foot of an ancient oak tree fear they will not survive the coming cold, the oak makes them a promise — and keeps it. Leaf by leaf, it tucks them safely beneath a crimson blanket while snow and ice rage above. The story follows this tender bond between the f...