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Against a backdrop of carousel music, the roar of roller coasters and the shouts of hundreds of costumed children giddy at the thought of Halloween, young children and their families came to Coney Island's famed Luna Park to celebrate the Halloween Harvest Festival -- in true HITN/ELC fashion. The youngsters had to be pried away from playing with puzzles, journal pages, PlaySets and taking pictures with Loula, Elly, Pocoyo and Pato and the astronaut visible only through Augmented Reality! As the children played under the watchful eyes of ELC staff, other staff met with their parents to talk about the work we do and guide them to our website for activities they can do at home with their children. Parents left the HITN/ELC tent with a deep interest in our work, and their children left with a bilingual storybook and a Passport to Fun and Learning that will help guide them to the resources on the ELC website.