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With Halloween just around the corner, teens need a few spooky stories to get them in the holiday spirit.

The most fun scary stories to tell are screamers - tales that startle listeners, make them scream, laugh or both. Here are some with tips on how to tell scary stories.

Some ghost stories are classic favorites and fun to share around a campfire, during Halloween or at a sleepover. Following are some stories with scary storytelling tips.

The ten most challenged books of the 21st century as of 2005, to finalize banned books week.

Storytelling is a great way for families to spend a summer evening, especially while gathered around a bonfire or campfire.

Want to get in the Halloween spirit? Try an old-fashioned ghost story like Poe's "The Raven" or Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

From thrillingly creepy to downright disturbing, here's where to read the best horror stories, ghost stories and Gothic tales from classic literature-all online.

Halloween is on the horizon and there are plenty of books to put teens in a mystical mood. The below titles are sure to provide an eerie something for everyone.

Waverly Hills Sanatorium has a collection of ghost stories that has made Louisville, Kentucky one of the most sought after locations for paranormal investigations.

Bruno Bettelheim wrote The Uses of Enchantment in 1976. He suggests that children need dark fairy stories to deal with their inner turmoil and fears about life and death.

The Home and Garden writers have collected the scariest, spookiest, yummiest and craftiest Halloween ideas to celebrate All Hallows Eve in the home or garden landscape.

Beginning with Celts' celebration of Samhain, and its transition to All Hallows' Eve, Halloween has been the source of superstitions about marriage, luck, and death.

Ask students to bring in digital pictures from home. Use the photos to inspire students to write a children's story that will become a PowerPoint presentation.

Need ideas for a child-centered Halloween celebration? Here are the four essential elements for planning the perfect class party!

Introduce outdoor camping to your kids by setting up camp right in your own back yard.

Sponsored by the American Library Association, the 2009 Banned Books Week, running from September 26th through October 3rd, is the 28th of its kind.

Max & Ruby's Halloween DVD is a cute Halloween video of the Nick Jr. show starring Rosemary Wells' bunny siblings, featuring episodes about fun fall activities

Scare up some Halloween fun for the whole family with these ideas.

Looking for a Halloween party idea? Tired of spaghetti worms, grape eyeballs, and fake spiderwebs? Consider alternatives to traditional decorations and party themes!

Everyone likes to feel appreciated and loved. Those warm fuzzies are not only for young kids, but also tweens. Here are some great ways to love your kids.

Helping children with their preschool reading is tough. Boys and girls ages 3 to 5 are just learning to read - here's what to know before choosing a preschool book.

Calico Ghost Town was named for the colors of the rock in hills that surround it. It's a great place for the family to learn the old ways of silver mining first hand.

There are loads of fun events planned for children at the 2009 Cape Town Book Fair.

Sunshine Cleaning is occasionally inconsistent with its tone and reasoning, but unusual circumstances make it interesting. Emily Blunt and Amy Adams shine.

Children love to read books that come in series. These classic authors have created sequential tales featuring a host of memorable animal characters.

After the September 20, 2008 release of Brisingr, young-adult fans of Christopher Paolini's Inheritance Trilogy need something new to read.

Budding DJs looking for an easy and free way to have some virtual turntable scratching fun on their iPhone need to check out Mix Meister Scratch at the App Store.

Get your teens and children involved in creating a haunted house in your basement, garage or back yard this Halloween.

With Halloween just around the corner, parents and teachers can use the holiday to encourage children to read.

Traveling to Niagara Falls, Canada? Close by and worth the visit, Niagara-On-The-Lake beckons the visitor who is looking for a picturesque and distinctive stopover.

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Body language includes stance, gestures and facial expressions. All of these make a huge impact on your audience-even before you say a word.

Effective read aloud time is all about creating a positive reading experience by using read aloud tips and strategies to engage a preschooler.

Spring fever will be hitting the kids soon with a loud chorus of, "Mom, there's nothing to do". Be ready for them with these suggestions from gardening to birdwatching.

The Road is a well respected piece of literature, with a 2007 Pulitzer under its belt. But this piece of high art can also be read as genre fiction.

Spooky fancy dress costumes, mad messy games and scary stories - the perfect ingredients for a classic Halloween party.

In the nineteenth century, Nathaniel Hawthorne explored the supernatural in many of his stories set in Puritan New England.

Door-to-door trick-or-treating is not for everyone. Here are six alternatives for Halloween fun.

Learn The Munsters' suprising connection to Leave it to Beaver and other fun facts about Universal Studios' popular monster family sitcom.

The first book in Bruce Coville's Magic Shop Book series, The Monster's Ring has been thrilling Halloween lovers for decades.

Some of the best scary stores come from American folklore and legend and could be adapted to fit the time and place of the storytelling.

Continuing with their classic films collections, this newest wave of DVD sets include Sci-Fi, Murder Mysteries, and Horror films - four films in each category.

Fifty years ago Rod Serling introduced television viewers to a collection of short video dramas that covered aspects of both the supernatural and science fiction.

With the best of intentions, people frequently challenge and ban books. In 2007, over 420 books were challenged or banned from schools and libraries.

Schools across America employ reading teams to make choices for the best literature available to students, but do they always choose wisely?

Whether you are an author or screenwriter, these nine tips will help you craft your next horror story.