Spooky Scholastic Books Top 5 MiniSode

The Halloween Podcast by Lyle Perez

Aug 7, 202600:36:03Horror and Paranomal

The Scholastic Book Fair was more than a place to buy books. For many of us, it was where creepy covers, ghost stories, and strange adventures first turned reading into something exciting.

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