I chose some of our favorite Halloween books, approved by my young son as not scary, just spooky enough for the season. Many are sing-songy rhyming fun books. Most are just cute or silly.
The chapter books at the end of the list are family read-alouds or approved by my older girls.
Some of our favorites are multicultural because we love learning how others celebrate holidays around the world.
Also, check out my book lists about pumpkins and fall and Thanksgiving.
50 Halloween Books for Kids
- ABCs of Halloween by Patricia Reeder Eubank
- Stellaluna by Janell Cannon
- The Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijo
- What Was I Scared Of? by Doctor Seuss
- The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda D. Williams
- Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
- The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree by Stan & Jan Berenstain
- The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone
- Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting
- It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz
- The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey
- A Tiger Called Tomás by Charlotte Zolotov
- Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
- Creepy Pair of Underwear by Aaron Reynolds
- Monster Trucks by Anika Denise
- Behind the Mask by Yangsook Choi
- Monster Academy by Jane Yolen
- Spooky Pookie by Sandra Boynton
- My Monster Mama Loves Me So by Lauren Leuck
- Where is Baby’s Pumpkin? by Karen Katz
- Shy Mama’s Halloween by Anne Broyles
- The Closet Ghosts by Uma Krishnaswami
- The Pomegranate Witch by Denise Doyen
- Shake Dem Halloween Bones by Mike Reed
- Just a Minute: A Trickster Tale and Counting Book by Yuyi Morales
- Halloween Bugs by David A. Carter
- Flashlight Night by Matt Forrest Esenwine
- Boo-La-La Witch Spa by Samantha Berger
- Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler
- Halloween Hustle by Charlotte Gunnufson
- Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O’Connell
- Bonaparte Falls Apart by Margery Cuyler
- The Spider and the Fly by Mary Howitt
- Día de los Muertos by Hannah Eliot
- Where’s My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi
- It’s Raining Bats & Frogs by Rebecca Colby
- How to Catch a Monster by Adam Wallace
- Halloween Loooong Dog by Jessica Neal
- Sweet Dreams, Little Monster by Caroline Bennett
- Día de los Muertos by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
- The Day of the Dead / El Día De Los Muertos: A Bilingual Celebration by Bob Barner
- Ghosts for Breakfast by Stanley Todd Terasaki
- Los Gatos Black on Halloween by Marisa Montes
- Peter Rabbit and the Pumpkin Patch by Beatrix Potter
- Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah Howe
- The Witches by Roald Dahl
- The Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn Keene
- The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury
- The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
- Coraline by Neil Gaiman
What a wonderful list of book. I will pin it on my book board.
These sound like some really great books! Pinned.
My daughter loves The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything!
I can’t recall the name, but my youngest son LOVED a book about a haunted garden and a ghost who came to the window of a young boy and his grandmother saying,
“Pumpkin, pumpkin, pumpkin pie, I must have some before I die.
It must be round and brown as toast or I’ll haunt this earth, a hungry ghost!”
And the fact that he is now 16 makes me wonder what valuable storage space that little poem is occupying in my brain that could be used to keep track of where my car keys are.
Isn’t it funny how our mom brains work?
I recognize many of these books from my teaching days. Stellaluna is one of my favorites! Thank you for sharing at Party In Your PJs!
We don’t do Halloween, but we do love The Monster at the End of this Book! That is such a fun one! Thanks for sharing at Booknificent Thursday on Mommynificent.com!
Tina
Dropping by from TRAFFIC JAM WEEKEND LINKY PARTY 166! A lot of these books are new to me. It’s great to see the variety.
We’re slowly collecting more and more seasonal books for our home library collection. It’s good to own them because you can never find them in the library during the season. Lol! We really enjoyed Where’s my Mummy and Dem Bones. Thanks for sharing your list with us at #LiveLifeWell.
Wow, thanks so much for including “Flashlight Night,” Jennifer! I’m so glad you & your son liked the book…and what an honor to be on a list with folks like Dr. Seuss (my favorite story of his!), Janell Cannon, Neil Gaiman, Charles Schultz, the Berenstains, and so many other amazingly talented folks. Happy Halloween!