Library Adventures: Spooky

Imagined by children, created by Kirklees Libraries.

Library Adventures is a free, year-round reading for pleasure programme for children aged 4-11.

Libraries across Kirklees will host 6 exciting themes chosen by the children of Kirklees.

Animal Planet. Magical Lands. Oceans. Rainforest. Space Explorers. Spooky.

Kirklees.gov.uk/library-adventures

Updated June 19, 2024
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The witches
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, The Witches is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations. This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the...
The baddies
Donaldson, Julia
Paper Book
From the creators of Room on the Broom and The Gruffalo, a perfect read-aloud tale of spooky, silly fun! Oh no! The Baddies are coming! They're the meanest and nastiest ghost, witch, and troll in all the land, and they just love being bad. When a little girl moves into a...
Vlad, the fabulous vampire
Drago, Flavia Z
Paper Book
From the acclaimed author-illustrator of Gustavo, the Shy Ghost comes a charmingly spooky celebration of difference sure to resonate with parents and children alike. Vlad is a vampire with the misfortune of having rosy cheeks that--gasp!--make him look abysmally...
Gustavo the shy ghost
Drago, Flavia Z.
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times bestseller! This winning debut picture book from Mexican artist Flavia Z. Drago about finding the courage to make friends is perfect for the spooky season -- or anytime. Gustavo is good at doing all sorts of ghostly things: walking through...
Leila the Perfect Witch
Drago, Flavia Z.
Paper Book
In this charming picture book from the author-illustrator of Gustavo, The Shy Ghost, a witch who is spellbindingly good at everything discovers that baking is no piece of cake. Leila Wayward is a little witch who excels at everything she does. She's the fastest...
The graveyard book
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
The 10th anniversary edition of The Graveyard Book includes a foreword by Margaret Atwood as well as sketches from the illustrator, handwritten drafts, and Neil Gaiman's Newbery acceptance speech. IT TAKES A GRAVEYARD TO RAISE A CHILD. Nobody Owens, known as Bod, is a...
Coraline
Gaiman, Neil.
Paper Book
When Coraline explores her new home, she steps through a door and into another house just like her own . . . except that it's different. It's a marvelous adventure until Coraline discovers that there's also another mother and another father in the house. They want Coraline to stay with them and...
There's a ghost in this house
Jeffers, Oliver
Paper Book
A captivating and utterly unique picture book with interactive, transparent pages about a girl who lives in a haunted house from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers. A young girl lives in a haunted house, but she has never seen a ghost. Are they white with holes for eyes? Are...
The skull
Klassen, Jon
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times bestseller! A Kirkus Book Prize Finalist! A New York Times Best Children's Chapter Book the Year A Wall Street Journal Best Children's Book of the Year Caldecott Medalist and New York Times best-selling author...
A world full of spooky stories
McAllister, Angela
Paper Book
Get ready for Halloween with this child-friendly collection of spooky stories from all over the world. Feel your pulse race and your skin tingle as you turn the pages of this spine-chilling anthology of spooky stories from around the world. Read all about the...
Dead good detectives
McLachlan, Jenny
Paper Book
From the UK's bestselling author of the Land of Roar series comes this first book in a spooky, swashbuckling duology! Sid Jones and her best friend, Zen, like to play in their local graveyard--but they never expected their ghostly games to suddenly turn real. When Sid accidentally frees...
The ghost of Gosswater
Strange, Lucy
Paper Book
From award winning author Lucy Strange comes a thrilling ghost story about a strong willed heroine who will follow even the most restless spirit in order to untangles the dark mystery of her own past. It's 1899. The Earl of Gosswater has died, and twelve-year-old Agatha has been cast out of her...
Festergrimm
Taylor, Thomas
Paper Book
In the fourth tale in this beloved series, villainous Sebastian Eels returns to Eerie-on-Sea, thrusting Herbie and Violet into a new adventure involving a missing girl, a spooky wax museum, and a dangerous clockwork robot. Herbie Lemon, Lost-and-Founder at the Grand Nautilus...
Malamander
Taylor, Thomas
Paper Book
A quirky, creepy fantasy set in Eerie-on-Sea finds a colorful cast of characters in hot pursuit of a sea monster thought to convey a surprising gift. It's winter in the town of Eerie-on-Sea, where the mist is thick and the salt spray is rattling the windows of the Grand Nautilus...

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