Thursday, October 3, 2024

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


 12The 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



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

 

 

21. Halloween ABC by Sarah Albee
22. Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting

 

 

23.  M is for Monster by Patrick Lewis
 
 
 
 
25.  Pig the Monster by Aaron Blabey
26.  Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds 
 
 
 
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



 
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  
 
 
 
 
 
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.

2 comments:

  1. This is such a fantastic list! We are obsessed with Duck & Goose.

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