Here are two more Great Pumpkin Day movie suggestions:
Ghostbusters.
Might be too scary for the youngest among us, but a classic gem. And for something friendly for all ages and entirely new for most of us:
Kiki's Delivery Service.
It tells the story of a little witch-in-training, Kiki, and her cat, Jiji. For Kiki to establish herself as a full witch, they venture out on a traditional quest of leaving home to spend a year alone in a new town. Kiki ends up running an air-delivery service and catches the eye of a boy named Tombo, who joins the adventure. It's by most fabulous Japanese director, Hayao Miyazaki, and, while it's an anime, you don't have to be an anime fan to enjoy this film. It's truly beautiful, and the English dub features the familiar (well, at least for Americans) voices of Kirsten Dunst (as Kiki), Phil Hartman (Jiji), Matthew Lawrence (Tombo), Janeane Garofalo, Debbie Reynolds, et al.
And as for books, here's a non-fiction book that is absolutely fascinating:
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach
It speaks in great detail about the history and various uses of the human form/cadaver -- body farms, medical applications, even human crash dummies. This was enlightening for me, and I know several bookworms who actually consider it their favorite book of all time, but it's not for anyone skittish about death/dying, or anyone with a weak stomach when it comes to discussing the "unrefined" like cadavers. After all, that's what the book is about. When viewed in a festive light, this book could have a bizarre Halloween edge to it.