More books to match your costume

My post on finding a book to match your costume is featured in this morning's ALSC blog. Here are a few more ideas:

Zombies in Love

This funny music video by my nephew Joseph Anderson features music by his band Bananas, with a guest appearance by the lovely Kayla. My niece Mary Anderson shot the video. She's a studio art major at NYU. I'm such a proud auntie.

Joe Bananas

If you love zombies, check out these books about the undead:

Curran, Robert. The Zombie Handbook: [an Essential Guide to Zombies And, More Importantly, How to Avoid Them]. Hauppauge, NY: Barron's, 2011. Print. 

Jones, Jen. The Girl's Guide to Zombies: Everything Vital About These Undead Monsters. 

Mankato, Minn: Capstone Press, 2011. Print. 

 Grahame-Smith, Seth, Tony Lee, Cliff Richards, and Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel. New York: Del Rey, 2010. Print.

A book to match your costume

Myers, Christopher. Black Cat. New York: Scholastic Press, 1999. Print.

Lots of parents come to the library this time of year searching for books to match their children's costumes. Here are a few of my favorite pairings:

For the Egyptian princess:

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Climo, Shirley, and Ruth Heller. The Egyptian Cinderella. New York: Crowell, 1989. Print.

For the Tin Man:

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Baum, Frank J, and W W. Denslow. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. George M. Hill Company, 1900.Print.

For the fairy princess:

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Owen, Robert. The Golden Book of Peter Pan. Newnes, 1965. Print.
(Visit ProjectGutenburg.org for a free e-book of the unabridged, original story by J.M. Barrie.)

For Ben Franklin:

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Schanzer, Rosalyn. How Ben Franklin Stole the Lightning. New York: HarperCollins, 2003. Print.

The possibilities are endless! Of course, we also get parents who ask us for last minute costume ideas. A ghost is pretty easy:

Bridwell, Norman. Clifford's Halloween. New York: Scholastic

All dressed up

Halloween, circa 1967. I was a China doll and Dad was el Diablo.

Princess, 1969.

Guilford Indian, 1981

Madrigal Singers, 1982.

Flamenco dancer, 1983

Cavegirl, 1994.


Crayon, 1995.

Arthur, 1997.


Disney, 2001. My friend and I weren't dressed up, and we didn't know these guys. The bee was following us around, calling out "You bee-long to me" and "Bee my honey." The cow kept his mouth shut, thank goodness.

The Dewey Decimal System. 2006 or 2007.

Cat, 2009

Snooki, 2010.

Police officer, 2011.