Event Pictures: Jack-o-lantern Spectacular

Every year, on Halloween, we like to go to the Jack-o-lantern Spectacular at Roger Williams Park Zoo. We make a date out of it with dinner out and then a viewing of the pumpkins.

Here are some photos I took of the night:

I loved this camping scene

This Celtics scene was great! 

Lots of pumpkins in the trees

And lots of face pumpkins

I loved the way they worked the fountain into this one

Scary!

A cute tiger

This was probably my favorite pumpkin - can't you just imagine a Hallmark movie in the backgrounds

Paris is always a good idea

The wonder of Stonehenge 

A different sort of pumpkin

Niagara Falls 

I loved this face

An Owl

More faces

So many pumpkins up high

I love the lights here

Funny Grave

Funny Grave

Finale

Finale

Finale

Have you ever been? What do you normally do on Halloween?

Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Freebie

 This week is a Halloween Freebie and I'm using it to share thrillers in my TBR list.

Have you read any of these?

Top Ten Tuesday: Halloween Freebie

 This week's topic is anything Halloween. I had fun putting together my Favorite Fall Words, so I went with spooky words. I'm not a fan of scary things. And these words can send a shiver down my spine...

Spooky Creepy Words:

Are their words you don't like?

TikTok: Halloween Cards

I have a sale going on in my Etsy Shop - for Halloween and Fall goodies!

Take a look: 

@yabooknerdlibrarian Halloween cards available in my Etsy shop! Link in the bio #halloween #thisishallowen #halloweencards #etsy #etsyshop #craftersoftiktok ♬ Fall October Halloween horror classic(177261) - rareNote

The sale goes until next week. Check it out. 

Halloween Board Books

Today I'm chatting about some delightful Halloween Board Books - some purchased for the library and some sent for review. 

Baby gets ready for Halloween in this super adorable picture book. I love the illustrations here. 

A cute book about what animals say at Halloween. Plus there's a mirror in the back for fun with readers. 

So much fun packed in to this book and so many new words to learn. I loved the showcasing of the Action Words and the Feeling Words. And the illustrations are really cute! I'm looking forward to getting more of these for the library's collection! 

A fun Halloween twist on a classic tale.

* sent for review

This book celebrates all the best parts of fall - including carving pumpkins. These illustrations are charming and adorable. I'm looking forward to the winter story!

* sent for review

Learn how to hide a ghost in this spooky fun story. The Lift the Flaps make this one harder for libraries to circulate. But the book is super fun and would make a great gift. 

* Sent for review

Trick or Treat around this neighborhood of monsters in the spooky adorable book. Again, these flaps are tricky for little fingers and libraries. Again perfect for a gift. I love how the houses are all unique and perfect for the monster inside. I wish there could be a Christmas version of this book because it would also be super cute.

* Sent for review.

Shop Small Gift Ideas (4)

 Since the holidays will be here before you know it, I thought I would share some cute gift ideas.

Instead of shopping online at places like Amazon, why not shop local?

If you have awesome local businesses, grab items from their stores of gift cards.

If you're shopping for people outside our area, why not get something super cute on Etsy?

I'm going to highlight a new suggestion each week. 

And if you want to support me (Thank you!), I do have a small Etsy shop.

 Happy Halloween!

Because of the holiday, I'm sharing one of my favorite shops and a print from a classic Halloween movie.

(I have 3 prints  - 2 Christmas and 1 Winter - but I have so many favorites)

The shop is HNIllustration. 

I have to confess that the Christmas prints are my favorite. But I also love the bookish ones and fashion/city ones. 

In My Shop: Halloween Items

Halloween is around the corner and I have some fun items in my shop!

Halloween Cards:

I have separate cards

Bundle:

Décor:

Coffin:

Duct Tape Pumpkin: