Halloween Book For Kids
Spooky season is just around the corner and what better way to open up October 1st than with a few Halloween books for your little ones! This fun tradition is a great way to build excitement for the upcoming festivities!
From little ones interested in jack-o-lanterns to our older kids more interested in full-size candy bars, these Halloween books are great to read before bed!
This post is all about Halloween books for kids.
Halloween Picture Books
Five Little Pumpkins
by Editors of Silver Dolphin Books; illustrated by Emily Bannister
✓ Board Books
✓ Reading Ages: Baby - 2 YRS
☆ NEW on Amazon
Touch and trace nursery rhymes for this Halloween season is a great way to learn numbers 1-5 and shape awareness. Five Little Pumpkins are a gem to your little one's book collection.
LINK: https://a.co/d/erXMZLv
You're My Little Baby Boo
by Nicola Edwards; illustrated by Natalie Marshall
✓ Board Books
✓ Reading Ages: Baby - 2 YRS
☆ 5 STAR RATING on Amazon
All the Halloween friends come together for Halloween! Friendly ghosts, candy corn, bats and so much more. This was my favorite piece to my boo basket for baby's first Halloween! For every special holiday, I write a small message on the front inner cover on gifted books for memories to last. You will not regret it!
LINK: https://a.co/d/66Ea9bV
Little Blue Truck's Halloween
by Alice Schertle; illustrated by Jill McElmurry
✓ A Lift-The-Flap Book
✓ Reading Ages: Baby - 3 YRS
☆ #1 Best Seller in Children Books on Amazon
It's Halloween! A costume party for Little Blue Truck and all his friends are on the list! Enjoy a Lift-The-Flap book to keep your little one engaged!
LINK: https://a.co/d/07VYN6x
Ghost Afraid of the Dark
by Sara conway; illustrated by Alex Willmore
✓ Board Book
✓ Reading Ages: Baby - 3 YRS
☆ 5 STAR RATING on Amazon
Boo the little shy ghost is trick-or-treating for the first time and is afraid! Do you have a first-time trick-or-treater? A perfect way to introduce the new Halloween tradition to your little ones!
LINK: https://a.co/d/85WUzjp
It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse!
by Laura Numeroff; illustrated by Felicia Bond
✓ Board Book
✓ Reading Ages: 1 - 3 YRS
☆ 5 STAR RATING on Amazon
Join Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie this Halloween season! He is decorating all the pumpkins in the patch but one goes missing.. Where could it be? Perfect read before visiting your local pumpkin patch.
LINK: https://a.co/d/7HaQVjD
Kid's Books
It's the Great Pumpkin, CHARLIE BROWN
by Kara McMahon (adapter), Charles M. Schulz (author); illustrated by Scott Jeralds
✓ Paperback Book
✓ Reading Ages: 2 -5 YRS
☆ 5 STAR RATING on Amazon
It's Halloween and Linus is certain the Great Pumpkin will come this year to bring all the children toys. Celebrate this spooky holiday with a Halloween classic with your little ones!
LINK: https://a.co/d/9Nl9x3t
Halloween Is Coming!
by Cal Everett; illustrated by Lenny Wen
✓ Picture Book
✓ Reading Ages: 2 - 5 YRS
☆ 4.8 STAR RATING on Amazon
Halloween is coming and the streets will have parades, costumed kids and candy! Enjoy this read with your little ones who enjoy costumes and trick-or-treating.
LINK: https://a.co/d/cxqst6L
The Crayons Trick or Treat
by Drew Daywalt; illustrated by Oliver Jeffers
✓ Picture Book
✓ Reading Ages: 3 - 7 YRS
☆ 5 STAR RATING on Amazon
It's the first time the crayons go trick-or-treating and they don't know what to say.
Purple crayon teaches the rest of the crayon box what to say! If you have a little one still learning about the trick-or-treating tradition, this is a great way to get them exicted!
LINK: https://a.co/d/ccTbsfI
The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky
by Jory John; illustrated by Pete Oswald
✓ Sticker Book
✓ Reading Ages: 4 -6 YRS
☆ 5 STAR RATING on Amazon
Bad Seed's favorite holiday is obviously the spooky one and finding the PERFECT costume is on the to-do list but will Bad Seed find it on time?
LINK: https://a.co/d/5hSEPiF
If Your Babysitter Is a Bruja
by Ana Siqueira; illustrated by Irena Freitas
✓ Hardcover
✓ Reading Ages: 4 -8 YRS
☆ 4.8 STAR RATING on Amazon
There is a new babysitter this Halloween and she just might be a bruja— a witch! She won't get away with her attacking cats or magic potions!
LINK: https://a.co/d/7UbQboL
Halloween Middle Grade Books
Rowley Jefferson’s Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories
by Jeff Kinney
✓ Hardcover series
✓ Reading Ages: 8 -9 YRS
☆ 4.7 STAR RATING on Amazon
☆ Editors' Pick
Grab a flashlight, crawl under the covers, and dive into the twisted, unexpectedly hilarious world of Rowley Jefferson’s imagination. You’ll meet zombies, vampires, ghosts, and much more in these comically terrifying tales.
LINK: https://a.co/d/9rWlsHV
Dragon Rider
by Cornelia Funke
✓ Paperback series
✓ Reading Ages: 6 -10 YRS
☆ 4.8 STAR RATING on Amazon
☆ #1 New York Times Bestseller
Vampires, witches, magic pumpkins are fun Halloween staples to the season. Dragons can be underrated, however if you're young reader can hold on to a good series, this is a great set for the month of October.
LINK: https://a.co/d/cpsY3Nq
The Girl Who Drank the Moon
by Kelly Barnhill
✓ Paperback
✓ Reading Ages: 8 + YRS
☆ 4.7 STAR RATING on Amazon
☆ A New York Times Bestseller
🏅 Newbery Medal Winner 2017
A kind witch, a swamp monster, a dragon and Luna. A beautiful story of a destined child's adventure. This a must read and highly rated on Amazon for young readers.
LINK: https://a.co/d/boAH6nC
Séance Tea Party
by Reimena Tee
✓ Paperback
✓ Reading Ages: 8- 12 YRS
☆ 4.7 STAR RATING on Amazon
Lora wants to stay a kid forever, and she'll do anything to make that happen . . . including befriending Alexa, the ghost who haunts her house. A middle-grade graphic novel about growing up that's perfect for fans of Ghosts and Making Friends.
LINK: https://a.co/d/em25QEI
Witchlings
by Claribel A. Ortega
✓ Paperback
✓ Reading Ages: 9 - 12 YRS
☆ 4.6 STAR RATING on Amazon
☆ Editors' Pick
Every year, in the magical town of Ravenskill, Witchlings who participate in the Black Moon Ceremony are placed into covens and come into their powers as full-fledged witches. With action-packed adventure, a coven of quirky witchlings, Claribel A. Ortega's signature humor, and girl-power vibes, you won't be able to put down this middle-grade Latine witch story.
LINK: https://a.co/d/b0Z0MtU
Disney Halloween Books
Halloween can hold some of your sweetest memories with your kids. Long lasting traditions of trick-or-treating, costumes, pumpkins patches, and all the fun Fall festivities. If your little one is Disney kid like mine, one of these classic Halloween books will be a great hit coming October 1st!
Top Row
Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
✓ Hardcover Picture Book
✓ 4.9 STAR RATING on Amazon
LINK:
https://a.co/d/505al1P
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
✓ 4.9 STAR RATING on Amazon
The Haunted Mansion
✓ 4.9 STAR RATING on Amazon
Middle Row
COCO
✓ Hardcover Picture Book
✓ 4.9 STAR RATING on Amazon
LINK: https://a.co/d/dRpHlyD
Mickey's Halloween
✓ Lift The Flap Book
✓ 4.8 STAR RATING on Amazon
LINK: https://a.co/d/798DvcW
5-Minute Halloween Stories
✓ Hardcover Picture Book
✓ 4.9 STAR RATING on Amazon
LINK: https://a.co/d/3EntwMa
I Am Sally Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas
✓ Hardcover Picture Book
✓ 5 STAR RATING on Amazon
LINK: https://a.co/d/fvAm36L
You're My Little Nightmare
✓ Hardcover Picture Book
✓ 5 STAR RATING on Amazon
LINK: https://a.co/d/8mGInh2
I Am Jack Skellington
✓ Hardcover Picture Book
✓ 4.8 STAR RATING on Amazon
LINK: https://a.co/d/03Ea2wq