🎃 This Halloween we know you will be celebrating differently. You may not be able to go trick or treating and attend spooky Halloween parties but you can create an excellent atmosphere at home, reading spooky, scary and ghostly 👻 stories under torchlight🔦. All of our libraries have an excellent selection of Halloween 🎃 related books.
You can still dig out your costumes, pop on your masks and celebrate virtually! Keep your eyes 👀 peeled on our Facebook and Instagram pages for special Halloween crafts, story times and puzzles.
All the books featured in the image above are available to borrow through Slough Libraries.
You can come into your local Slough Library and browse and issue books Mon-Fri 10am-4pm and Sat 10am-2pm for 15 minutes. Remember to bring your Library card and a face mask.
Alternatively, request through Click & Collect, you just need your Library card number and PIN.
https://slough.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/HOME
You can join Slough Libraries online and you will be given a temporary card number with your chosen personal identification number (PIN). Go to this link:
https://slough.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/MSGTRN/WPAC/JOIN
Kanopy is the free on-demand film and documentary streaming platform available with Slough Library membership. This Halloween why not watch a movie or an animated storytime on Kanopy Kids as a family? Kanopy also features a great selection of animated fairytales and over 200 picture book titles that have been adapted as short films. Kanopy can be streamed on computer, tablet and smartphone, so it's possible to have a storytime anytime, anyplace! Here are some of our handpicked Halloween favs!
Creepy Carrots
In this hilarious picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him.
The Lost Letter
This is the short tale of a young boy as he prepares his neighborhood for Christmas. That is until he confronts the one lady who doesn't want the holiday to come at all.
The Halloween Horror Story
No one loves Halloween more than Atticus so he's delighted to be starring in the school play, written especially for Halloween. But when Atticus' mother gets a job in Singapore, he discovers that the day of the play will be his last day of school, forever.
A Very Brave Witch
One Halloween, a little witch decides she'd finally like to see what this special night is about. As soon as she makes a new friend, she discusses how much fun trick or treating with humans can be.
The Day Of The Dead
Follow two youngsters in a celebration of their ancestors on this vibrant Latin American holiday.
Dem Bones
A skeleton band supplies words and music to the well-known song based on the African-American spiritual.
The Boy in the Bubble
Rupert, a ten year old boy, falls hopelessly in love for the first time. When it all goes terribly wrong, he wishes never to experience heartache again. Turning to a book of magic, he invokes a spell to shield him from emotion forever. Winner of Best Animation and nominated for Best Short Film at the 2012 Irish Film and Television Awards.
For Kanopy access:
Setting up Kanopy On a computer
Go to the Kanopy website https://slough.kanopy.com/
Click the white ‘Log in’ button in the top right-hand corner of the screen
Click ‘Don’t have an account yet? Get Started’
Click ‘Find your library’
Start typing ‘Slough Libraries’ and select ‘Slough Libraries - United Kingdom’ when it appears as a drop-down option
Enter your library card number and click the red ‘Continue’ button
Fill in the registration form
Kanopy will send an email to the address you provided. Click the orange ‘Verify email’ button in this email
'Slough Libraries’ Kanopy service will now be available to use.