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Halloween

B Is for Boo

B Is for Boo

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Introduce your brilliant baby to the ABCs with this illustrated primer about Halloween.

Greg Paprocki's popular retro-style series of sturdy board book alphabet primers expands to introduce brilliant babies and toddlers to one of the most popular holidays on the calendar: Halloween. Just as other books in this series make learning history fun and engaging for children, this volume will fuel the anticipation of your child's first Halloween and help to expand their vocabulary in the process.

B Is for Boo: A Halloween Alphabet features a collection of twenty-six illustrations featuring Halloween-themed concepts, including imaginative costumes, oodles of treats, pumpkins galore, masks and monsters, and haunted houses.

Baby Seraph

Baby Seraph

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It is I - the Mini Baby Seraph! If you're brave enough, you can look me in my big ol' eyes and I will show you the secrets of the universe! I can tell you why you get that feeling you've left the stove on when we both know you've never used it a day in your life! I can answer why 7 ate 9! I can answer the phone for you when you're too scared to pick up! Ok maybe not that last one, but I had you there for a second, didn't I?

BLACK CATS AT HALLOWEEN

BLACK CATS AT HALLOWEEN

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This addition to our popular Shaped Books series is a happy story about the activities of one of Halloween's most iconic figures: the black cat.

This book shows how fully black cats enter into the spirit of Halloween. We see black cats with jack-o-lanterns, witches of all varieties, and owls. They join children in trick-or-treating and do their best to be ""scary "". Some wear costumes in the spirit of the holiday, and some frolic and dance. Black kittens join the celebration with their feline elders. We have illustrated this charming book with a variety of vintage Halloween images, including rare postcards, and featuring iconic Halloween symbology. Like a cat, the book's shape is fun and pleasing, a charming first-step into the world of Halloween through laughter and curiosity.

This book will delight old and young alike with its charm and holiday spirit. It is the perfect way to introduce young children to Halloween with fun and style.
Book of Practical Witchcraft: A Compendium of Spells, Rituals and Occult Knowledge

Book of Practical Witchcraft: A Compendium of Spells, Rituals and Occult Knowledge

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Become a competent, confident spell-worker with this practical guide to witchcraft, presented in a beautiful hardcover with gilded page edges.

Containing an extensive collection of traditional spells and techniques, this guide will help readers attract positive friendships, love and luck as well as promote healing, careers and protection. The Practical Book of Witchcraft is an essential reference for anyone wishing to master the incredible art of wicca and spell-making.

Includes:
- A section on tools used as well as information on how to consecrate them
- Correspondences for different spells
- Rituals for manifesting your wishes

This spell-binding book provides a wonderful introduction into witchcraft and makes a perfect gift.

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Mystic Archives are beautiful hardcover guides which reveal the hidden mysteries of esoteric arts, presented with foil-embossing, Wibalin binding, patterned endpapers and gilded page edges.

Brigid's Lamb

Brigid's Lamb

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Honor Imbolc, the time of renewal and preparation for spring, with Brigid's Lamb. Seeds are stirring in the still-frozen ground, hibernating animals are awakening from slumber, and sheep are giving birth. The word Imbolc is derived from the Gaelic “oimelc” which means “ewe’s milk." The lamb displays a sun on her forehead, symbolizing this festival of fire, and a Triskelion on her side, representing the Celtic interpretation of the three realms of material existence: earth, water, and sky.

Brothers Grimm: A Biography

Brothers Grimm: A Biography

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The first English-language biography in over fifty years to tell the full, vibrant story of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm, known to history as the Brothers Grimm

"Magisterial."--Kirkus Reviews

More than two hundred years ago, the German brothers Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) published a collection of fairy tales that remains famous the world over. It has been translated into some 170 languages--more than any other German book--and the Brothers Grimm are among the top dozen most translated authors in the world. In addition to collecting tales, the Grimms were mythographers, linguists, librarians, civil servants, and above all the closest of brothers, but until now, the full story of their lifelong endeavor to preserve and articulate a German cultural identity has not been well known.

Drawing on deep archival research and decades of scholarship, Ann Schmiesing tells the affecting story of how the Grimms' ambitious projects gave the brothers a sense of self-preservation through the atrocities of the Napoleonic Wars and a series of personal losses. They produced a vast corpus of work on mythology and medieval literature, embarked on a monumental German dictionary project, and broke scholarly ground with Jacob's linguistic discovery known as Grimm's Law. Setting their story against a rich historical backdrop, Schmiesing offers a fresh consideration of the profound and yet complicated legacy of the Brothers Grimm.

Eerie Book

Eerie Book

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A haunting anthology of supernatural stories and the macabre.

First published in 1898, The Eerie Book is a chilling anthology featuring classic gothic authors like Edgar Allan Poe, Mary Shelley, Thomas de Quincey, and Hans Christian Andersen alongside well-known, influential fairy tales and folklore. All the macabre stories and extracts from longer works have hints of the supernatural and many include malevolent spirits and grotesque murders. Yet this varied selection also features melancholy hauntings and poignant memoirs in a fascinating mix of gothic horror and disturbing legend.

In this new compendium, each story is illustrated with a striking engraving by art nouveau artist W.B. Macdougall. Beautifully produced, carefully curated, and timeless, The Eerie Book is the perfect gift for anyone who likes to be haunted by ghost stories. Read it if you dare.

Escape from the Evil Garden Board Game

Escape from the Evil Garden Board Game

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oin a party of unsuspecting gentlefolk fighting to survive an afternoon stroll in The Evil Garden. As you roll the die to make your way through the maze, you’ll encounter plants and animals that want to trap you, crush you, drown you, and carry you away. Search for the safest path, use your character’s traits to your advantage, and decide whether you’ll risk it all in order to sprint ahead. The first person to escape the garden wins!

2–6 players, ages 10+
Playing time 30–60 minutes
Includes double-sided maze game board, instruction booklet, 9 figures, 6 figure stands, 42 encounter cards, 9 character cards, 8 path markers, 6+ tokens, 6 tickets, 1 die

Folk Cards of Destiny

Folk Cards of Destiny

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Harkening back to an era when divination was conducted with playing cards, the Folk Cards of Destiny is sure to occupy a unique and privileged position in any collection. Reflecting the whimsical, everyday scenes and motifs found on some of these early divination cards, this deck provides a fascinating reading experience. Based on an eighteenth-century deck by renowned printer Dondorf, the artwork brings a deep sense of imagination and nostalgia for a style of divinatory reflection that may just open a new chapter in your own

Gorey Dracula Toy Theatre

Gorey Dracula Toy Theatre

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