Selection of movies and books to spend a terrifyingly fun Halloween at home

If your little ones have grown fangs, woke up pale or with nails in their heads, don't

are crying out for a scary Halloween.

For the celebration, we propose you some terrifyingly great movies and books, but nothing works if it is not accompanied with chestnuts,

, donuts or baked sweet potatoes

for everyone!

In Transylvania, surrounded by the Carpathian mountains, away from garlic and crosses is the

little vampire

Lurks in hiding to scare a redheaded girl, and ... "

a vampire

".

And, sure enough, she trembled, but with laughter.

Your new friend will have to help really scary because the

in

of

is falling.

by José Carlos Andrés y Gómez is a beautiful illustrated album for people over three years old.

And if you want to spend the day or the night in a good mood,

It will not fail you

available in Spanish, Catalan and Galician.

One dark night two skeletons are about to walk a dog skeleton, playing with him they throw a stick and the dog skeleton hits a trunk against a tree.

The skeleton dog ends up being a mountain of bones.

And what will the two skeletons do now, will they know how to put bone by bone and rebuild the dog skeleton?

Since they know little about anatomy, they may turn the dog upside down.

And to have a great time (over six years old) with a peculiar friend, it is mandatory to meet

.

She lives in Villa Decadente with her aunt Angustias and her puppy Mustio.

Mortina wants to have friends but Angustias won't let her: she would scare people because she is ... a zombie girl.

So she will take advantage of this night, Halloween night, to go out (Mortina is not confined, okay?) And make

.

Mortina sells like hotcakes and there are already six books in the collection.

Sinister smiles assured.

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“A reading that cannot be missed on a spectacular Halloween night is

written by the great Margarita del Mazo.

We recognize that we have a weakness for this story and we never tire of recommending it in the bookstore ”.

Alma de Miguel runs the Carmen Bookstore in Parla.

She tells us that

is the favorite story of her eight-year-old daughter Paula.

“The fearsome

, the one who never cut his nails and was obsessed with hunting children for his pantry, does not know that his next victim, the cunning Blanca, will prevent him from eating it and will help him give his life a turn of 360 degrees.

And it is that so much time obsessed believing to be a witch Pirujo and without looking in the mirror, makes him forget who he really is.

For Alma's celebration to be round, the movie and the popcorn cannot be missed, so invite the little children to see

and, for those over 8 years old,

,

and of course

.

From Jérez, Julia Gómez, from the beautiful children's bookstore The Tree of Words tells us: “We must not forget that although this festival has been Americanized, the Day of the Dead is celebrated here.

The loss of those loved ones who have left and who have left us a great void.

More than ever the subject of death is present because of Covid-19, and there is no better way than to heal that pain than with a story.

He would propose

where he masterfully teaches us, through forest animals, how the people we love, even if they have left, are still alive in our hearts ”.

The bookseller Julia Gómez talks about fear.

A feeling that produces vertigo, tingling and a love-hate relationship for the little ones (watching a movie with an open hand, half covering their eyes).

"The wolves, witches and bad guys in stories are necessary, as Bruno Bettelheim already stated in the

since they help us face our fears in our imaginary and then be able to face the monsters that haunt us in real life.

It is important not to sweeten the stories too much or we will create young people of glass and without resources to live in reality ”.

In Esplugas de Llobregat they are going to have a movie.

Ana Cuesta is the bookseller of a beautiful place called Cuca de Llum: "I am going to celebrate a

with my 5 and 7 year old daughters. We are going to dress up as witches, we will make cookies shaped like cats, bats and ghosts. We will listen to songs like

Mecano

,

. And we will play with the stickers from the books

And

Usborne. From movies I recommend

,

Ana B. Vizuete from the Veo Leo children's bookstore in Illescas is going to prepare a very special dinner.

“The Rotten Asparagus restaurant celebrates its great annual banquet attended by the most horrifying beings in the world: the witch, the vampire, the demon, the mummy.

The great chef Lotten Gocrudo has cooked his most disgusting recipes for his guests.

When everyone is ready to taste their dishes, a very unpleasant smell passes in front of them.

It is the food that the chef has prepared for the last guest ... but who will this guest be?

Everyone ends up upset when they realize that this guest is a child. "

Ana adds that

is a very visual story in which the little ones can interact by uncovering each diner's tray with a flap.

"We laugh a lot because, for example, the mummy has a succulent menu with a pyramid of pharaoh's eyes, giant fly brain cake with beetle cream ...

We can't forget about our

Alena Pons is an expert in juvenile literature and the author of

the wonderful novel about an ice skater.

Alena recommends us for lovers of witchcraft

by Andrea Izquierdo.

Helen Parker is an ordinary girl until a lunar ray turns her into a magician.

From that moment on, his life changes forever: schools of magic, fantastic creatures and many nods to Harry Potter on the streets of New York.

For these days of the dead,

by Beatriz Esteban can also be a success.

Bree is a girl who returns to her hometown of Ireland after a family tragedy in search of peace and tranquility, and what she finds are light bulbs that break, words that appear in mirrors and presences that freeze the blood.

And for fans of teenage horror Alena Pons proposes

, in which Deja and Josie are soul mates who only share two months a year: when they work in a pumpkin patch until Halloween arrives.

This year will be the last they share and they are willing to make today, Halloween night, completely magical.

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