"Dog and Bear are back in three new stories, all with a Halloween theme"--

Second-grader Gus wants a store-bought Halloween costume to wear to school, but because he knows his parents do not believe in buying costumes, he turns to his grandfather for help.

A little pumpkin dreams of the day when he will be a big, fierce, yellow pumpkin who frightens away the field mice as the scarecrow does.

Traces the origin and celebration of Halloween from the ancient Celts and Romans to the present-day collection for UNICEF.

Monster tries on girl, boy, cat, and dog masks at Halloween but since they are all too scary he decides to go as himself.

Illustrations and rhyming text help the reader count the ghosts floating through the neighborhood on Halloween.

On Halloween, a little witch and her baby sister study humans and their mysterious ways.

The angel, ballerina, and cowboy eagerly begin Halloween trick-or-treating, but as the alphabet and the evening end, the witch, xylophone, and yak are ready for sleep.

"Deja and Josiah are seasonal best friends. Every autumn, all through high school, they've worked together at the world's best pumpkin patch. They say good-bye every Halloween, and they're reunited every September 1. But this Halloween is different. Josiah and Deja are finally seniors. It's their last season at the Patch, their last shift together--their last good-bye. Josie's ready to spend the whole night feeling melancholy about it. (He's the melancholy...

A boy who looks ordinary transforms into grumbling Crankenstein when he receives more tricks than treats on Halloween.