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Writers in Costumes October 31, 2014 – Posted in: Content, infographics

Need a last minute Halloween costume? Or just something to file away for a future engagement? Here’s an infographic of well known writers playing dress up courtesy of Essay Mama. h/t Electric Literature

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A visual tour of Halloween in America during the first half of the 20th century October 28, 2014 – Posted in: Content, In the Stacks, Photography, Special Collections

Children dressed up in costumes for Halloween. from the Daily Reflector (Greenville, N.C.), 1950’s What better way to wrap up  American Archives month then with a Halloween stroll through the Digital Public Library of America. From turn of the century Hallow’een postcards through photos from the 1950’s we get a taste of Halloween in America during the first half of the 20th century. From the small town to the segregated South to the Japanese American internment camps of WWII Halloween…

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Five Book Salute to Halloween October 10, 2014 – Posted in: Content, Of Interest: Featured Books / Reviews

Are you ready to get your spook on? October is here and that can only mean that Halloween is right around the corner. Here are a few bookish goodies to help you get in the mood. The Penguin Book of Witches. Edited by Katherine Howe, 2014. Who better to give us a bit of witch history than Katherine Howe, a direct descendant of three accused Salem witches. Starting with the few scant mentions of witches…

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Sabrina Zbasnik’s All Hallows Read Posters October 15, 2013 – Posted in: graphic design, posters, Reading / Literacy

It started in 2011 when Sabrina Zbasnik got “a crazy idea” to design some posters for Halloween in the “Get Kids to Read” vein using the stars of the classic monster films. Then in 2012 Zbasnik was at it again, this time featuring the creepy denizens of the animal world. and now her 2013 set of posters are available featuring Edgar Allen Poe and company All images are available for download and public use.  

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