Library Adventures: Spooky

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

Imagined by children, created by Kirklees Libraries.

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Updated September 30, 2025
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Leo : a ghost story
Barnett, Mac
Paper Book
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2015 You would like being friends with Leo. He likes to draw, he makes delicious snacks, and most people can't even see him. Because Leo is also a ghost. When a new family moves into his home and Leo's efforts to welcome them are...
The book that ate my brother
Dahl, Michael
Paper Book
Jack writes a letter to the Librarian because he needs help. His brother has been eaten by a book!
The Graveyard Book
Gaiman, Neil; Riddell, Chris
Paper Book
The original hardcover edition of a perennial favorite, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, which has sold more than one million copies and is the only novel to win both the Newbery Medal and the Carnegie Medal.  Bod is an unusual boy who inhabits an unusual place--he's the only living...
The worlds we leave behind
Harrold, A.F
Paper Book
A Booklist Editor's Choice Title for 2023 From acclaimed author and illustrator pair A.F. Harrold and Levi Pinfold comes another powerful and poignant story about friendship, betrayal, and redemption. Hex doesn't know why he does the things he does...
The worst witch
Murphy, Jill
Paper Book
Ghostlight
Oppel, Kenneth
Paper Book
One teen's summer job scaring tourists with ghost stories takes a terrifying turn when he accidentally summons the spirit of a dead girl--and she has demands. . . .   The award-winning author of Airborn delivers a roller-coaster ride of a story about the wakeful and...
Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse
Riddell, Chris
Paper Book
Full of adventure and humour, Goth Girl and the Ghost of a Mouse is the beautifully illustrated winner of the Costa Award - presented here in a gorgeous hardcover. From Chris Riddell, author of the Ottoline series, it is perfect for fans of Howl's Moving Castle and Netflix's...
How I met my monster
Stine, R. L.
Paper Book
Goosebumps now on Disney+!Noah Bienstock can't help being so shy and nervous; he's always been like that. His best friend, Lissa Gardener, lives in the same building, but aside from her, Noah isn't very popular. So when he learns that the new student in his class is also his neighbor, Noah's...
The haunted mask 2
Stine, R.L.
Paper Book
Goosebumps now on Disney+!How ugly is Carly Beth's Halloween mask? It's so ugly that it almost scared her little brother to death. So terrifying that even her friends are totally freaked out by it. It's the best Halloween mask ever. With yellow-green skin and long animal fangs, the mask...

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