The Best Halloween Books for Kids

 

Halloween is fast approaching! It's a great time of the year to curl up with the little one in your life and share a slightly spooky or festive Halloween read. Today I am highlighting my favorite Halloween picture books as well as some favorites for beginner readers.

 

My Favorite Picture Books for Halloween:

1.  It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Lauren Numeroff

2.  Eeek! Halloween! by Sandra Boynton

 

3.  It's the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz

4.  Biscuit's Pet and Play Halloween by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

5.  The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat by Stan and Jan Berenstain

6.  Where is Baby's Pumpkin? by Karen Katz

7.  Five Little Pumpkins by Ben Mantle

8.  One, Two....Boo! by Kristen L. Depken

 

10.  Happy Halloween, Stinky Face by Lisa McCourt

11.  Room on the Broom by Julie Donaldson

 12.  The Little Shop of Monsters by R.L. Stine

13.  The Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk by Stan and Jan Berenstain

 

 

 

 

13.  The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg

14. Duck and Goose: Find a Pumpkin by Tad Hills

15. Creepy Pair of Underwear! by Aaron Reynolds

16.  Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell

 

 

17.  Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White

18. The Big Book of Monsters by Hal Johnson

 

 

19.  Little Blue Truck's Halloween by Alice Schertle

20. Curious George Haunted Halloween by H.A. Rey

 

 

21. Halloween ABC by Sarah Albee

22. Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting

 

 

23.  M is for Monster by Patrick Lewis

24.  The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky by Jory John

 

 

 

 

25.  Pig the Monster by Aaron Blabey

26.  Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds 

 

 

 

27. The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams

28.  The Crayons Trick or Treat by Drew Daywalt

 

 

 

 

29.  I Spy Spooky Night by Jean Marzollo

30.  How to Catch a Monster by Adam Wallace

31.  How to Catch a Witch by Adam Wallace

 

My Favorite Books for Halloween: Beginner Chapter Books

 

 

 

1.  A Ghost Named Fred by Nathaniel Benchley

2.  A Good Night for Ghosts by Mary Pope Osborne

 

 

 

3.  The Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve by Mary Pope Osborne

4.  Vlad the World's Worst Vampire by Anna Wilson

 

5.  Shadow in the Woods and Other Scary Stories by Max Brallier

6.  Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat

7.  The Notebook of Doom series by Troy Cummings

8.  Polly and Buster series by Sally Rippin

9.  In a Dark, Dark Room by Alvin Schwartz

10. The School is Alive! by Jack Chabert  

 

 

 

 

 

11. Sleepy Hollow Sleepover by Ron Roy

12.  The Haunted Hotel by Ron Roy 

 

 

 

13.  Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

What are some of your favorite children books for Halloween? Let me know in the comments below.