Halloween Books for Children

Scary, Scary Halloween 

In the Haunted House

The 13 Nights of Halloween

BIG Pumpkin

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

Rattlebone Rock

The Halo-Weiner

On Halloween Night

The Perfectly Horrible Halloween

The Teeny Tiny Ghost

There was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat

I'm Not Afraid of This Haunted House

The Pumpkin Fair

Two Little Witches

Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet

One Witch

Miss Fiona's Stupendous Pumpkin Pie

for beginner or early readers --- 

The Ghoul Brothers

Ready Freddy

Horrible Harry

Nate The Great

The Best/Worst Halloween Ever

The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches

Creepy Crawly Critters

Fluffy 

Alexandria Tutoring Consortium Seeks Volunteers

The Alexandria Tutoring Consortium (ATC) is seeking volunteers to help kindergarten and first grade students in ACPS acquire literacy skills. The ATC is a nonprofit with a mission to have all students reading at or above grade level by the end of third grade. If you have a love of children, a love of reading and are dependable, we invite you to tutor with ATC.

Volunteers receive training and an orientation to the school before before they begin tutoring. For tutors of first graders in Book Buddies, lesson plans and materials targeted at your child's reading needs are provided by ATC coordinators. For tutors of kindergartners in Reading Readiness, goals and materials to use to reach those goals are provided by ATC coordinators.

For more information, contact Gwen Mullen at 703-549-6670 ext. (119) or visit the ATC's website at: http://alexandriatutors.org

To register, visit: http://alexandriatutors.org/TutorRegister.php

Volunteers Needed

Volunteers are needed to register families to receive gifts from the Annual Holiday Sharing Program operated by the City of Alexandria’s Department of Community and Human Services (DCHS). Registration will be held at 2525 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, VA 22301 on the following dates:

• Saturday, October 10, 17, and 24 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. 
• Sunday, October 11 and 18 from Noon to 4 p.m.

Volunteers will take information from the parent of an eligible family and enter it in the wish list database. No computer experience is necessary. Spanish speakers are particularly encouraged to assist. Older high school students are welcome. Please plan to arrive 15 minutes early.

For more information and to sign up, visit Volunteer Alexandria.