Great Halloween Books for Kids
These are some of the favorite Halloween books we've read to the kids over the years -- what are your favorites?
We've always loved this great book about meeting new friends and overcoming obstacles -- and the repetition and the rhyming makes it ideal for ages 2-7, I'd say.
One of my kids' preschool classes did a class "play" around this book -- it's super cute performed that way or just read together.
We randomly found this book on the shelf at the Brooklyn Public Library and it's always been one of our favorites -- the little vampire loves candy and needs to go trick or treating (for the very first time!) to get it!
Who doesn't love Mad Libs?
My little boys always loved Little Blue Truck -- and while this Halloween one isn't quite as clever as the original book, it's a solid Halloween option.
This board book is a great one to sing to toddlers!
If you've got a fan of Peppa Pig, this Halloween party themed book is a must!
Anonymous says
One Witch and Room on the Broom! My kids loooove our collection of Halloween books- every day when they get home from daycare, my oldest says “is it still Halloween?!” and runs upstairs to her book pile.
Anonymous says
With the caveat that we read holiday books all year round (my kids selected The Night Before Christmas as a bedtime story last night), here are my favorite Halloween-themed ones. They are all short, which is my most favorite thing. :)
Teeny Tiny Ghost
Five Little Pumpkins
Little Blue Truck Halloween
Good Night Little Monsters
GCA says
Spooky Pookie! We got to the point where my 2yo could recite it and complete the lines…
AwayEmily says
My 2.5 and 4.5yo both like Mouse and Mole: A Perfect Halloween and Duck and Goose: Honk Quack Boo!
We also read Halloween books year-round, the 2yo in particular is obsessed with skeletons.
Anonymous says
I hate Room on the Broom. I bought it online from my local used bookstore during lockdown in an attempt to support small business and hated it so much I ended up hiding it from my child. #momoftheyear
I’m kind of a grinch about Halloween so we don’t really do anything to celebrate except trick-or-treating, but we’ve bought Peppa books for other holidays and special occasions and have been really happy with them, so I bet the Halloween Peppa is nice too. I personally don’t find the show that annoying (I like that there’s no singing) but the books are even sweeter and less annoying than the show. Although you don’t get the cute British accents.
Anon says
There is a set of older Curious George tabbed board books for a bunch of holidays. The “Happy Halloween Curious George” book is cute and gets reread each year even though my kids are now in elementary school. (We still read together before bed most nights, although the oldest is starting to read her own book during that time.)
They also have books in that series for Thanksgiving and Christmas, but also Hanukkah and Ramadan and a couple other random ones like St Patricks Day.
Anonymous says
Too Many Pumpkins by Laura White is the best Halloween book ever. About a woman who turns her sad childhood memories into an opportunity to help her neighbors. Highly recommend.