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Autumn

10/24/2008

A fun side of spooky
Publishers know children love Halloween, so every fall they come out with a slew of fun and spooky books to read in October.

Haffenreffer Museum plans Day of the Dead activities
Traditionally, El Dia de los Muertos (the Day of the Dead) is observed on Nov. 1 and 2. But this year, Rhode Islanders can get a head start on the holiday, which commemorates loved ones who have passed away, by visiting the Haffenreffer Museum of Anthropology gallery at Brown University.

Pumpkin-throwing event should be a real smash
Storm the castle!

Spook up your home for Halloween
Before you know it, trick-or-treating monsters will be lumbering through your neighborhood, hungry for a sugar fix — the only salve for their dark, tormented souls.

Scarecrows far afield
CHICAGO — It’s an ongoing game of cat and mouse: The farmer tries a new method of frightening away crop-destroying birds.

Halloween items are much prized
Among the holidays collectors love the most, Halloween ranks second only to Christmas. The older and rarer a Halloween collectible, the higher its price. Composition or cardboard candy containers made in Germany in the 1920s and ’30s were sold across the United States. They’re collector favorites today. They came in all kinds of shapes, including cats, pumpkins, tomatoes, witches, skeletons and devils. A painted and flocked composition black cat made in Germany in the early 1920s opens at the neck to hold candy. It sold for $403 at an auction last spring. Other Halloween candy containers were made of pressed cardboard, glass, paper, painted plaster or wood.

06/10/2008

Obama books pouring forth from all sides
Several works about Sen. Barack Obama, the Democrats’ presumptive presidential candidate, are planned for the summer and fall, from children’s stories and photographs to attacks from both the left and the right.