If you're planning a camping trip with the kids—whether it's in the forest or backyard camping—picture this scene: Everyone is gathered around the roaring campfire. The marshmallows have been roasted, ...

Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

We've pulled together a list of kid-friendly scary movies, one for every day of this week. All are available to either stream or rent digitally. Ratings range from G to PG. Picks include "Paranorman," ...

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One summer when I was 13 or 14, I began telling scary stories to the younger kids in my neighborhood. I’d sit on our front porch steps after supper and in the growing twilight launch into some shivery ...

In anticipation of Halloween, I just picked up a complete collection of the ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ book series (Alvin Schwartz, 1981; 1984; 1991), which I loved as a kid (despite a few of ...

From haunted history to lighthearted scares, here are Chicago’s best kid-friendly ghost tours to take the whole family to. Chicago’s ghost stories aren’t just for Halloween – they are part of the city ...