A toy skeleton at Halloween provides menace and mystery. In this rhythmic story, an unsuspecting brother and sister bring a toy skeleton home from the harvest fair. They name it Fred McFee and hang it from a sycamore tree. Soon, eerie things begin to happen. And then on Halloween night, Fred vanishes!

On Halloween night, a not-so-scary skeleton, who just wants a friend, accidentally scares a group of trick-or-treaters.

A brief introduction to the human skeletal system.

"Catrina, a Mexican skeleton, searches for just the right outfit to wear to a Day of the Dead dance in this bilingual picture book for children ages 5-8"--

Bone is as embedded in our culture as it is in our bodies. Our species has made instruments and jewelry from bone, treated the dead like collectors' items, put our faith in skull bumps as guides to human behavior, and arranged skeletons into macabre tributes to the afterlife. Switek makes a compelling case for getting better acquainted with our skeletons, in all their surprising roles. Bridging the worlds of paleontology, anthropology, medicine, and...

Skelly the skeleton girl finds a bone lying on the floor of her house and wonders where it came from, and when she finally finds the answer she is pleasantly surprised.

"A skeleton band supplies words and music to the well-known song based on a much-loved African-American spiritual. Children will enjoy learning about the human body and having their funny bones tickled at the same time"--Container.

An introduction to the human skeletal system, explaining how the 206 bones of the skeleton join together, how they grow, how they help make blood, what happens when they break, and how they mend.

Looking for a soup bone on Halloween, a little old lady finds a hungry skeleton instead.

Three skeletons--a grownup, a child, and a dog--take a walk at night through a dark town.