All Hallow's Read for All Hallow's Eve

Courtesy of Neil Gaiman, there is a movement afoot to create a new Hallowe'en tradition of giving scary books. This is not in place of giving out candy to strange children whose parents spent too much money on cheap costumes that their kids will only wear once - it's a way of encouraging . Of course, if you want to give the local trick-or-treaters books, please do. Books of all types are wonderful gateways to learning, and the gift of reading is priceless. But you may want to consider still doing the candy thing, if only to not bring out the neighborhood kids' inner hooligans.