It's Better With Two! Stories Featuring Twins

All of these books feature twins in the stories.  Here's a few of our favorites . . . .

The Magic Half by Annie Barrows

Eleven-year-old Miri Gill feels left out in her family, which has two sets of twins and her, until she travels back in time to 1935 and discovers Molly, her own lost twin, and brings her back to the present day.

The Tapper Twins Go to War (With Each Other) by Geoff Rodkey

An oral history that reports, through transcribed recordings, text messages, photographs, illustrations, screenshots, and more, an epic prank war between twelve-year-old twins Reese and Claudia Tapper of New York City.

Denis Ever After by Tony Abbott

This bittersweet middle grade novel follows the ghost of Denis Egan as he teams up with his living twin brother to solve the mystery of his death.

Witch Twins by Adele Griffin

Troubled about being separated at school and preoccupied with sabotaging their father's marriage, ten-year-old witches, Claire and Luna, have little time to think of something good, smart and tricky to do that will finally make them one-star witches.

More Books --

Bhai for Now by Maleeha Siddiqui

Capitol Chase by Matthew Landis

Cosmic Commandos by Chris Eliopoulos

Double, Double, Twins and Trouble by Luna Graves

Double Vision by Tia Mowry

The Fowl Twins by Eoin Colfer

The Hunt for the Hollower by Callie C. Miller

Jake and Lilly by Jerry Spinelli

Journey Across the Hidden Islands by Sarah Beth Durst

Shira & Esther's Double Dream Debut by Anna E. Jordan 

The Templeton Twins Have an Idea by Ellis Weiner

The Two and Only Kelly Twins by Johanna Hurwitz

Zombies, Werewolves, and Vampires -- Oh My!

Children love scary stories -- just look at the popularity of the Goosebumps series.  Here are some of my favorite monster books for kids . . . .

Dinkin Dings and the Frightening Things by Guy Bass
Young Dinkin Dings, who is afraid of literally everything, is certain that his new next-door neighbors are flesh-eating alien space zombies.

ParaNorman by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel

Misunderstood eleven-year-old Norman Babcock must take on witches, zombies, and the school bully to save his town from a witch that cursed his town.

Vampire Island by Adele Griffin

Siblings Maddy, Lexie, and Hudson Livingstone, who are vampire-fruit bat hybrids, struggle to adjust to living as humans in New York City while maintaining their individual vampire strengths.

Mosnterland by James Crowley

Chased into the woods by neighborhood bullies who are after his Halloween candy, fifth grader Charlie Cooper quickly gets lost and finds his way into Vampyreishtat--or Monsterland, an uncharted land where werewolves, mummies, and vampires live freely--and with the help of the Monster of all Monsters, Charlie hopes he will find his cousin Billy who disappeared a year ago.

Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paulo Bacigalupi

While practicing for their next baseball game, thirteen-year-old friends Rabi, Miguel, and Joe discover that the nefarious activities of the Delbe, Iowa, meatpacking plant have caused cows to turn into zombies.

More Monster Books --

100% Wolf by Jayne Lyons

The City of Ink Drinkers by Eric Sanvoisin

Case File 13: Zombie Kid by J. Scott Savage

Dr. Critchlore's School for Minions by Sheila Grau

Literally Disturbed: Tales to Keep You Up at Night by Ben H. Winters

My Zombie Hamster by Havelock McCreely

Notes from a Hairy-Not-Scary Werewolf by Tim Collins

Notes from a Totally Lame Vampire by Tim Collins

The One Safe Place by Tania Unsworth

A Taste for Red by Lewis Harris
Vampire State Building by Elizabeth Levy
The Wavering Werewolf by David Lubar

Check these books out on display at the Arnold Branch through November 24, 2017.