Mama Witch stirs up a cauldron of special Halloween soup in an attempt to please her Picky Little Witch. A pinch of snail, salted rock, and goblin tears all make their way into the soup. But will that please the Picky Little Witch?

In Witchy’s creaky old house, cats meow, skeletons rattle, and bats flap!

The first collection of Pennsylvania Dutch scherenschnitte just for Halloween is accompanied by original poetry in the native dialect with an English translation.

Traveling across the country, author Lesley Bannatyne visited and talked with fanatics and fang makers, professional haunters, registered mediums, psychologists, and Halloween enthusiasts ranging from NPR’s Garrison Keillor to Incubus guitarist Mike Einziger and The Simpsons’ “Treehouse of Horror” writer Mike Reiss to find out what the increasingly popular holiday means to people and how they celebrate it.