Since our blog debuted in 2017, we have published 500+ posts. While some of you may have been with us from the start (thank you, loyal readers!), others may have joined us more recently.
So, we’re highlighting periodically some of the posts that have garnered a lot of views or that address topics of continuing interest in the current moment — posts that you may have missed or that you might want to revisit.
Today, as Halloween approaches, we look back to one of our first posts from October 2016, republished in 2017: “14 Halloween Children’s Books to Set Your Pumpkins on Edge.”
As the post explains,
It’s that time of year again — the time when the dead raise the living, when unremembered trauma traps a ghost, when even the timid John Pig invites a witch and her friends in for a party, when children battle malevolent ghosts in a parallel London, and, of course, when carrots intimidate rabbits! In celebration of Halloween, some of Kansas State University’s Children’s Literature faculty suggest books that frighten and books that brighten (not all of our recommendations are scary).
See the full post at “”14 Halloween Children’s Books to Set Your Pumpkins on Edge” to learn more — and as the post reminds us, “And look out for that carrot! No, NO — the carrot behind you!”
— Karin Westman, Department Head
