Halloween Howls: Spooky Sounds, Stories and Songs [With CD]

Americans who delight in morbid, disturbing and terrifying Halloween fetes will enjoy this brew of classic stories and silly party and costume ideas. Aimed at kids--or juvenile adults--the story selections and movie suggestions don't cross too far onto the dark side; the scariest is probably Bram Stoker's creepy""The Judge's House."" The book comes with an audio CD featuring the requisite Monster Mash and The Addams Family theme songs; readings of""The Raven""; and""spooky sounds from beyond the grave."" With reprints of Poe's""The Tell-Tale Heart"" and R.L. Stine's""The Surprise Guest,"" plus ideas for carving pumpkins and movie suggestions, this book may be quite removed from the first Irish feast of the dead, but it should please modern readers nonetheless.