STORIES AND POEMS:

A GREAT NIGHT FOR SPOOKS, by Beverley Antonitis ... 2

AUTUMN, by Bee Reaney...................... 14

HELENE, Part II, by Mina Pendo............. 21

HALLOWEEN CONCERT, by Aileen Fisher........ 42

PEDRO’S VOYAGE, by Lillian B. Norton....... 46

LISA AND THE REBEL RAIDERS,

by Elizabeth M. Wilkins.................. 64

KNOWING ABOUT:

NORTH CAROLINA—Tarheel State,

by Artha M. Hornbostel....................; 9

TAKE SPICES, by Marion B. Carr............. 16

FIRST LESSONS IN ITALIAN, Lesson IX,

by Corinna del Greco Lobner............   44

THE NIGHTTIME WORLD OF BATS, by Matt Warner .. 54

CONJURING UP A “GHOST,” by Paul Brock...... 61

OCTOBER CALENDAR—Erie Canal................ 72

PUZZLES, GAMES AND JOKES:

WITCH’S HAT CROSSWORD PUZZLE............... 30

JOKES, by Cracky........................... 31

ANSWERS.....................................41

QUIZ ME??, by Robert Wyndham............... 62

THINGS TO DO:

QUICK ON THE DRAW, by Carl Fallberg ............... 6

JUMPING HOOT OWL, by Neva Schultz.......... 29

TOUCHDOWN CUTOUT, by Neva Schultz.......... 32

JUNIOR ARTISTS AND WRITERS ..............34,40

FLYING-WITCH MOBILE, by Neva Schultz....... 36

COOKING FUN FOR BOYS AND GIRLS,

by Betty Crocker......................... 52