Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Ivy Howland (left) and Kenai Community Library children's librarian James Adcox work on pumpkin sculptures during a pumpkin-carving session on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Kenai. Other Halloween activities at the Kenai library include a literary haunted house - inspired by horror classics such as "Frankenstein," "Dracula," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" - open from 4 p.m to 6 p.m on Wednesday and Monday, and from 4 p.m to 5:30 p.m on Friday.

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Ivy Howland (left) and Kenai Community Library children's librarian James Adcox work on pumpkin sculptures during a pumpkin-carving session on Tuesday, Oct. 25 in Kenai. Other Halloween activities at the Kenai library include a literary haunted house - inspired by horror classics such as "Frankenstein," "Dracula," "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow," and Edgar Allen Poe's "The Raven" - open from 4 p.m to 6 p.m on Wednesday and Monday, and from 4 p.m to 5:30 p.m on Friday.

Photos: Ghoulish gourds

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Community Library children's librarian James Adcox examines a skull he's carved out of a pumpkin during a pumpkin-carving session on Tuesday Oct. 25 at the library in Kenai.

Photo by Ben Boettger/Peninsula Clarion Kenai Community Library children’s librarian James Adcox examines a skull he’s carved out of a pumpkin during a pumpkin-carving session on Tuesday Oct. 25 at the library in Kenai.

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