A Halloween version of "The Twelve Days of Christmas," featuring such seasonal gifts as bats, goblins, spiders, worms, and ghosts.

October the 31st - All Hallows' Eve The full moon is bright, The werewolves are in sight. The mummies are out of their tombs, To find you, hiding in your rooms. The witches and ghosts and ghouls are here, To become the nightmares that you fear. They march and stride to give us all a fright, We know many dreadful things happen on Halloween night. But what can be more fun? For there to be thirty-one. 31 Nights of Halloween brings together thirty-one frightful tales from the worlds most talented ghouls. Each story is guaranteed to send chills down your back and make your blood run cold. With one chilling tale for each night in the month of October, you won't want to go out trick-or-treating this Halloween. So turn off the lights, crawl into your beds and begin to read, if you think you can survive. Table of Contents 1st Night: A Pity Party of Monstrous Proportions By Patrick Shand 2nd Night: Middleton's Gym By Terry Alexander 3rd Night: Four Nights By Rebecca Carter 4th Night: Candy Ban By Maurice Vaughan 5th Night: A Night's Work By Diandra Linnemann 6th Night: Zombies Don't Trick or Treat By Rusty Fischer 7th Night: Driving Alone By Jimalyn Lawless 8th Night: The Spell By Lyle Perez-Tinics 9th Night: Lights Out Kevin Walsh 10Th Night: Lorelie By J. Rodimus Fowler 11th Night: Wretched By R. M. Cochran 12th Night: Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater By S.J. Caunt 13th Night: The Journey Home By Shawn M. Riddle 14th Night: The Bully Minder By S. S. Michaels 15th Night: Something is Out there By Nathan Correll 16th Night: The Licked Hand By Mark Goddard 17Th Night: Chewy Ones By Jeff Szpirglas 18Th Night: The Initiation By Michael C. Dick 19th Night: The Life and Loss of Miss Elizibeth Prince By J. Rodimus Fowler 20th Night: The Ghost of Gertrude Garvey By Patrick Shand 21st Night: The Heart Fixer By Rhiannon Mills 22nd Night: Equinox By Geoffery Crescent 23rd Night: Trick or Cheat By Rebecca Snow 24th Night: Bets Beware By L.J. Landstrom 25th Night: The Damned By Shawn M. Riddle 26th Night: In a Cat's Eye By Louise Herring-Jones 27th Night: The Full Moon By Stuart Conover 28th Night: Check Your Candy By Eloise J. Knapp 29th Night: Lighthouse By Benny Alano 30th Night: Bloody Bones By Diandra Linnemann 31st Night: Wail By Kate Jonez Bonus Stories In the Dead House By S. S. Michaels The Monster Under my Bed By Bryan Medof Thirteen By Joe Dibuduo & Kate Robinson

Celebrate the spookiest of holidays with a countdown calendar filled with hand-selected surprises from the residents of Halloween Town! This is Halloween . . . and it’s all in one place! Count down to the most festive of holidays in Halloween Town with the gloriously ghastly gifts in this countdown calendar. With secret gift pockets to explore every day, you can start your holiday celebration a couple weeks early, or whenever you want! COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: Uncover a new surprise in the thirteen days leading to Halloween Town’s favorite holiday! HAUNT THE HALLS: Includes stickers, ornaments, and holiday decorations to display or share with friends. CAPTIVATING CONTENT: Discover mini-books on entertaining subjects, themed recipe cards, and more surprises sprinkled throughout the month. MEMORABLE MOMENTS: Relive favorite memories from the classic film with new treats to enjoy! ENTERTAINING GIFT: Spread some haunting holiday joy among family and friends with Disney Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas: 13 Frights of Halloween.

The 13 Nights of Halloween is a story that will have you and your children laughing out loud. As you turn the pages, more and more characters appear; find out what they are doing now. This Halloween bring new light to the things that go bump in the night. Beware kiddies! Hide your candy from the Goblins and look out for Witches flying above. This Halloween tale is one that all will love!

Open the secret pockets to reveal 13 hauntingly entertaining Hocus Pocus surprises every day (or night) leading up to Halloween! The Sanderson Sisters have come to haunt your holiday with mini books, mementos, decorations, and other tricks and treats! Why celebrate Halloween only one night a year when the 13 nights leading up to All Hallow’s Eve can be filled with bewitching fun? Enjoy daily surprises with Max and Dani Dennison, Thackery Binx, and more with Hocus Pocus: 13 Frights of Halloween. 13 SCARY SURPRISES: Collect sinister stickers, games, and holiday decorations to display or share with friends. COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN: Uncover a new surprise every day in the thirteen days leading up to Halloween! BEWITCHING DELIGHTS: Discover mini-books, themed recipe cards, and more! MEMORABLE MOMENTS: Relive favorite memories from the classic film Hocus Pocus with favorite quotes and scenes. NEW TRADITION Start a new Halloween routine with a daily surprise!

On the first night of Halloween, what does your mummy give you? A bright, shiny Skeleton Key, of course! In fact, for each of the thirteen nights leading up to the big night, your mummy is ready with gifts that include everything from singing skulls to demons dancing to icky eyeballs. The spookier and slimier, the better! From debut author-illustrator Guy Vasilovich comes a picture book that is sure to inspire even the youngest readers to start the creepy countdown to Halloween. Sing along to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” as you get ready for the scariest—and silliest—night of the year.

Following the pattern of the folk song, Twelve days of Christmas, a goblin guy gives his goblin gal a different present each of the thirteen nights of Halloween.