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The Best Children’s Halloween Books
“What are the best Children’s books about Halloween?” We looked at 414 of the top Kids Halloween books, aggregating and ranking them so we could answer that very question!
The top 28 titles, all appearing on 4 or more “Best Kids Halloween” book lists, are ranked below by how many lists they appear on. The remaining 375+ titles, as well as the lists we used are in alphabetical order at the bottom of the page.
Happy Scrolling!
Top 28 Best Children’s Halloween Books
28 .) At the Old Haunted House written by Helen Ketteman
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Line Up The Books
- Parenting Chaos
- Where Imagination Grows
Many creatures live at the old haunted house with their children, including one small witch, two little monsters, three kittens, four goblins, five werewolves and more. When the neighborhood children come trick-or-treating, they are invited inside for a fun party with all.…
27 .) Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever! written by Don Freeman
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- My Bored Toddler
- Parenting Chaos
- Up Parent
Corduroy must decide on his costume in order to enjoy one of his favorite holidays with his friends.
26 .) Creepy Carrots! written by Aaron Reynolds
Lists It Appears On:
- Goodreads
- Marin Mommies
- Thought Co.
- Where Imagination Grows
The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the fattest and crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes.
25 .) Dem Bones written by Bob Barner
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Riot 2
- Line Up The Books
- Parenting Chaos
- Pre-K Pages
A rendition of a traditional African American spiritual.
24 .) Eek! Halloween! written by Sandra Boynton
Lists It Appears On:
- Chapters
- Line Up The Books
- Parenting Chaos
- Working Mother
There’s a big round moon in a dark, dark sky. The chickens are nervous. Witches, wizards, robots, and an alarmingly enormous mouse (eek!) are prowling around town tonight, and it’s up to the chickens to get to the bottom of it — that is, if they can uncover their eyes long enough!
23 .) Goodnight Goon: A Petrifying Parody written by Michael Rex
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Riot 2
- Goodreads
- Line Up The Books
- Up Parent
A young monster says goodnight to all of the other monsters in his bedroom.
22 .) Halloween ABC written by Eve Merriam
Lists It Appears On:
- Colours Of Us
- Goodreads
- Parenting Chaos
- Up Parent
A poem for each letter of the alphabet introduces a different, spooky aspect of Halloween.
21 .) Leo: A Ghost Story written by Mac Barnett, illustrated by Christian Robinson
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Riot
- PDX Parent
- Slate
- We Are Teachers
Leo is a friendly house ghost–but when a family moves into his house, and tries to get rid of him, he leaves and roams the city looking for a friend.
20 .) Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark written by Alvin Schwartz
Lists It Appears On:
- Fatherly
- Goodreads
- Marin Mommies
- Time Out
Stories of ghosts and witches, “jump” stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
19 .) Spooky Pookie written by Sandra Boynton
Lists It Appears On:
- Chapters
- Line Up The Books
- Marin Mommies
- Parenting Chaos
What does little Pookie want to be for Halloween this year? It’s so hard to choose.
18 .) The Spooky Wheels on the Bus written by J. Elizabeth Mills
Lists It Appears On:
- Chapters
- My Bored Toddler
- Parenting Chaos
- Up Parent
A new version of the classic children’s song with scary verses about Halloween.
17 .) What Was I Scared Of?: A Glow-in-the-Dark Encounter written by Dr. Seuss
Lists It Appears On:
- Family Education
- Parenting Chaos
- reality To Dream
- Thought Co.
The narrator is frightened by a pair of pale green pants with no one inside that seems to be following him, until the two meet and discover that they have nothing to fear.
16 .) Clifford’s Halloween written by Norman Bridwell
Lists It Appears On:
- Family Education
- Goodreads
- Parenting Chaos
- Up Parent
- Where Imagination Grows
Clifford was a very scary ghost last Halloween and Emily wonders what he should be this year.
15 .) Five Little Pumpkins written by Dan Yaccarino
Lists It Appears On:
- Bustle
- Goodreads
- Pre-K Pages
- RD
- Up Parent
Five little pumpkins play with a ghost on Halloween.
14 .) Ghosts in the House written by Kazuno Kohara
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Riot
- Goodreads
- Imagination Soup
- Slate
- SLJ
Tired of living in a haunted house, a young witch captures, washes, and turns her pesky ghosts into curtains and a tablecloth.
13 .) Little Boo written by Stephen Wunderli
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Riot
- Life Listened
- Line Up The Books
- Pre-K Pages
- SLJ
A pumpkin seed tries unsuccessfully to be scary until it grows into a pumpkin and Halloween arrives.
12 .) Pumpkin Soup written by Helen Cooper
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Riot 2
- Goodreads
- Life Listened
- Marin Mommies
- Parenting Chaos
The Cat and the Squirrel come to blows with the Duck in arguing about who will perform what duty in preparing their pumpkin soup, and they almost lose the Duck’s friendship when he decides to leave them.
11 .) The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin written by Sonali Fry
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Chapters
- My Bored Toddler
- Parenting Chaos
- Up Parent
In a variation of the nursery rhyme “The Itsy Bitsy Spider,” a jack-o-lantern encounters a goblin and a witch while trying to roll back to his family on Halloween.
10 .) Coraline written by Neil Gaiman
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Fatherly
- Marin Mommies
- PDX Parent
- The School Run
- Time Out
Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others.
9 .) Los Gatos Black on Halloween written by Marisa Montes
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Colours Of Us
- Goodreads
- SLJ
- Thought Co.
- Where Imagination Grows
Easy to read, rhyming text about Halloween night incorporates Spanish words, from las brujas riding their broomsticks to los monstruos whose monstrous ball is interrupted by a true horror.
8 .) Scary, Scary Halloween written by Eve Bunting
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Riot 2
- Bustle
- Family Education
- Goodreads
- Parenting Chaos
- Up Parent
A band of trick-or-treaters and a mother cat and her kittens spend a very scary Halloween.
7 .) The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat written by Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Chapters
- Goodreads
- Parenting Chaos
- Thought Co.
- Up Parent
The Berenstain Bear cubs have an adventure on Halloween night that proves Mother’s adage, “Appearances can be deceiving.”
6 .) The Monster at the End of This Book written by Jon Stone
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Family Education
- Goodreads
- Parenting Chaos
- RD
- Time Out
Grover worries page by page about meeting the monster at the end of this book.
5 .) Little Blue Truck’s Halloween written by Alice Schertle
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Chapters
- Marin Mommies
- Parenting Chaos
- Time Out
- Up Parent
- Working Mother
Little Blue Truck is picking up his animal friends for a Halloween costume party in this lift-the-flap board book.
4 .) The Witches written by Roald Dahl
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Bustle
- Fatherly
- Marin Mommies
- PDX Parent
- The School Run
- Time Out
A young boy and his Norwegian grandmother, who is an expert on witches, together foil a witches’ plot to destroy the world’s children by turning them into mice.
3 .) Big Pumpkin written by Erica Silverman
Lists It Appears On:
- Bustle
- Goodreads
- Marin Mommies
- Parenting Chaos
- Pre-K Pages
- Time Out
- Up Parent
- Where Imagination Grows
A witch trying to pick a big pumpkin on Halloween discovers the value of cooperation when she gets help from a series of monsters.
2 .) The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything written by Linda Williams
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Riot 2
- Bustle
- Family Education
- Goodreads
- Parenting Chaos
- Pre-K Pages
- Thought Co.
- Up Parent
- Where Imagination Grows
A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her.
1 .) Room on the Broom written by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler
Lists It Appears On:
- Book Bub
- Book Riot
- Book Riot 2
- Bustle
- Doing Good Together
- Goodreads
- Marin Mommies
- Parenting Chaos
- Thought Co.
- Time Out
- Up Parent
A witch finds room on her broom for all the animals that ask for a ride, and they repay her kindness by rescuing her from a dragon.
The 375+ Additional Best Scarry Children’s Books For Halloween
| # | Books | Authors | Lists |
| 29 | 10 Trick-or-Treaters | Janet Schulman | Colours Of Us |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| 30 | Arthur’s Halloween | Marc Brown | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 31 | Behind the Mask | Yangsook Choi | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | Colours Of Us |
| – | – | – | SLJ |
| 32 | Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat | Doreen Cronin | Book Bub |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 33 | Curious George Goes to a Costume Party | Parenting Chaos | |
| – | – | – | Read Brightly |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 34 | Goodnight Little Monster | Helen Ketteman | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | Time Out |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 35 | Halloween Hustle | Charlotte Gunnufson | Marin Mommies |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | Where Imagination Grows |
| 36 | Halloween Night | Marjorie Dennis Murray | Marin Mommies |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | reality To Dream |
| 37 | If You’re Spooky and You Know It | Chapters | |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 38 | In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories | Alvin Schwartz | Family Education |
| – | – | – | Fatherly |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 39 | It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | Charles M. Schultz | Family Education |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 40 | monster Trucks | Anika Denise and Nate Wragg | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | Imagination Soup |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| 41 | One, Two…Boo! | My Bored Toddler | |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | Read Brightly |
| 42 | Only a Witch Can Fly | Alison McGhee | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | SLJ |
| 43 | Peppa’s Halloween Party | Chapters | |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 44 | Pumpkin Jack | Will Hubbell | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 45 | Shivery Shades of Halloween | Line Up The Books | |
| – | – | – | Read Brightly |
| – | – | – | reality To Dream |
| 46 | Skeleton Hiccups | Margery Cuyler | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | reality To Dream |
| 47 | The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree | Stan Berenstain and Jan Berenstain | Bustle |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Time Out |
| 48 | The Hallo-Weiner | Dav Pilkey | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Marin Mommies |
| 49 | The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin | Joe Troiano | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | RD |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 50 | The Night Before Halloween | Natasha Wing | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | RD |
| – | – | – | Time Out |
| 51 | Where’s My Mummy? | Carolyn Crimi | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | RD |
| – | – | – | Where Imagination Grows |
| 52 | Zen Ghosts | Jon J. Muth | Doing Good Together |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Marin Mommies |
| 53 | A Tiger Called Tomás | Charlotte Zolotow and Marta Alvarez Miguens | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 54 | And Then Comes Halloween | Tom Brenner | Read Brightly |
| – | – | – | SLJ |
| 55 | Bad Kitty Scaredy-Cat | Nick Bruel | Up Parent |
| – | – | – | Working Mother |
| 56 | Bats at the Library | Brian Lies | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 57 | Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch | Parenting Chaos | |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 58 | Bone Soup | Cambria Evans | Marin Mommies |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| 59 | Boo to You! | Lois Ehlert | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Pre-K Pages |
| 60 | Boo-La-La Witch Spa | Imagination Soup | |
| – | – | – | Read Brightly |
| 61 | Boris and Bella | Carolyn Crimi | Book Riot 2 |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 62 | Bunnicula: A Rabbit-Tale Mystery | Deborah and James Howe, illustrated by Alan Daniel | Book Riot 2 |
| – | – | – | PDX Parent |
| 63 | By the Light of the Halloween Moon | Caroline Stutson | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 64 | Celebrate Halloween | Colours Of Us | |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 65 | Clifford’s First Halloween | Norman Bridwell | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Time Out |
| 66 | Creepy Pair of Underwear | Aaron Reynolds | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | NY Times |
| 67 | Duck & Goose Find A Pumpkin | Tad Hills | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 68 | Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich | Adam Rex | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Marin Mommies |
| 69 | Frankenstein Takes the Cake | Adam Rex | Book Riot 2 |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 70 | Fright Club | Imagination Soup | |
| – | – | – | Line Up The Books |
| 71 | Ghosts | Raina Telgemeier | Marin Mommies |
| – | – | – | The Childrens Book Review |
| 72 | Go Away, Big Green Monster | Ed Emberley | Doing Good Together |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 73 | Grimelda, the Very Messy Witch | Diana Murray, illustrated by Heather Ross | Imagination Soup |
| – | – | – | PDX Parent |
| 74 | Happy Halloween, Stinky Face | Parenting Chaos | |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 75 | How Big Could Your Pumpkin Grow? | Wendell Minor | Marin Mommies |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| 76 | How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? | Margaret McNamara | RD |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 77 | How to Scare a Ghost | Jean Reagan and Lee Wildish | Read Brightly |
| – | – | – | Working Mother |
| 78 | Humbug Witch | Lorna Balian | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 79 | I Am A Witch’s Cat | Harriet Muncaster | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | Read Brightly |
| 80 | I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles | Jean Marzollo | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Parenting Chaos |
| 81 | It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown | Charles M. Schulz | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 82 | Ladybug Girl and the Dress-up Dilemma | Jacky Davis | Book Bub |
| – | – | – | Where Imagination Grows |
| 83 | Llama Llama Trick or Treat | Anna Dewdney | Book Bub |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 84 | Mouse’s First Halloween | Lauren Thompson and Buket Erdogan | Marin Mommies |
| – | – | – | Where Imagination Grows |
| 85 | Nightmares! The Lost Lullaby | Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller | The Childrens Book Review |
| – | – | – | We Are Teachers |
| 86 | Peanut Butter & Brains: A Zombie Culinary Tale | Joe McGee | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Imagination Soup |
| 87 | Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat | Victoria Kann | Parenting Chaos |
| – | – | – | Time Out |
| 88 | Pumpkin Cat | Line Up The Books | |
| – | – | – | Read Brightly |
| 89 | Pumpkin Circle: The Story of a Garden | George Levenson | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 90 | Stumpkin | Lucy Ruth Cummins | SLJ |
| – | – | – | Working Mother |
| 91 | Ten Orange Pumpkins: A Counting Book | Stephen Savage | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Line Up The Books |
| 92 | The Biggest Pumpkin Ever | Steven Kroll | Family Education |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 93 | The Halloween Kid | Rhode Montijo | Book Bub |
| – | – | – | Book Riot |
| 94 | The Halloween Tree | Ray Bradbury | Bustle |
| – | – | – | Doing Good Together |
| 95 | The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight: More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep | Jack Prelutsky | Fatherly |
| – | – | – | Time Out |
| 96 | The Night Gardener | Jonathan Auxier | Fatherly |
| – | – | – | PDX Parent |
| 97 | The Pomegranate Witch | Denise Doyen | SLJ |
| – | – | – | We Are Teachers |
| 98 | The Scariest Book Ever | Bob Shea | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | Parnassus Musing |
| 99 | There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat! | Parenting Chaos | |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 100 | Too Many Pumpkins | Linda White | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 101 | Tucker’s Spooky Halloween | Leslie McGuirk | RD |
| – | – | – | Thought Co. |
| 102 | Vampirina Ballerina | Anne Marie Pace | Book Bub |
| – | – | – | Life Listened |
| 103 | Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin? | Karen Katz | Book Bub |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 104 | Which Witch Is Which? | Pat Hutchins | Goodreads |
| – | – | – | Up Parent |
| 105 | Who Will Haunt My House on Halloween? | Jerry Pallotta | Pre-K Pages |
| – | – | – | RD |
| 106 | Zombelina | Kristyn Crow and Molly Idle | Book Riot |
| – | – | – | Goodreads |
| 107 | 10 Busy Brooms | Colours Of Us | |
| 108 | 10 Little Monsters Visit Oregon | Rick Walton, illustrated by Jess Smart Smiley | PDX Parent |
| 109 | A Babysitter’s Guide to Monster Hunting | Joe Ballarini | Marin Mommies |
| 110 | A Dark, Dark Tale | Ruth Brown | Goodreads |
| 111 | A Halloween Carol | Sean M. Hogan | We Are Teachers |
| 112 | A Halloween Scare in Michigan | Parenting Chaos | |
| 113 | A Vampire Is Coming To Dinner | reality To Dream | |
| 114 | A Very Brave Witch | Book Riot 2 | |
| 115 | Allie Gator’s Halloween Hayride (John Deere (Running Press Kids)) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 116 | AlphaOops: H Is for Halloween: Midi Edition | Parenting Chaos | |
| 117 | Alphaprints: Boo!: Touch and Feel | Roger Priddy | Working Mother |
| 118 | An Araminta Spookie Adventure: Skeleton Island | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 119 | Angelina’s Halloween (Angelina Ballerina) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 120 | Anne Arrives: Inspired by Anne of Green Gables | Parnassus Musing | |
| 121 | Annie Was Warned | Jarrett Krosoczka | SLJ |
| 122 | Apples and Pumpkins | Anne Rockwell | Goodreads |
| 123 | Ava the Monster Slayer | Imagination Soup | |
| 124 | B Is for Boo: A Halloween Alphabet (BabyLit) | Line Up The Books | |
| 125 | Bats in the Band | reality To Dream | |
| 126 | Bears in the Night | Stan Berenstain | Goodreads |
| 127 | Beneath the Ghost Moon | Jane Yolen | Doing Good Together |
| 128 | Black and Bitten Was Night | Robert Heibreder and John Martz | Book Riot |
| 129 | Bony-Legs | Joanna Cole | Goodreads |
| 130 | Boo Who? A Spooky Lift-the-Flap Book | Joan Holub | Goodreads |
| 131 | Boo Who? And Other Wicked Halloween Knock-Knock Jokes | Thought Co. | |
| 132 | Boo, Bunny! | Kathryn O. Galbraith | Goodreads |
| 133 | Boo! | Leslie Patricelli | PDX Parent |
| 134 | Boo! Haiku | Deanna Caswell | Working Mother |
| 135 | Boo…and I Mean It! | Up Parent | |
| 136 | Bow Wow’s Nightmare Neighbors | Mark Newgarden and Megan Montague Cash | Book Riot |
| 137 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: A Picture Book | Kim Smith | Book Riot |
| 138 | Can You See What I See? On a Scary Scary Night | Walter Wick | RD |
| 139 | Carl’s Halloween | Alexandra Day | Goodreads |
| 140 | Children’s Books: THE WITCH’S BIG NIGHT: (Very Funny, Rhyming Bedtime Story/Picture Book for Beginner Readers About Halloween and Kindness, Ages 2-8) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 141 | Cinderella Skeleton | Robert D. San Souci | Goodreads |
| 142 | Cinderhazel: The Cinderella of Halloween | Deborah Nourse Lattimore | Goodreads |
| 143 | Code Girls: The True Story of the American Women Who Secretly Broke Codes in World War II (Young Readers Edition) | Parnassus Musing | |
| 144 | Cranberry Halloween | Wende Devlin | Goodreads |
| 145 | Curious George Haunted Halloween (CGTV Reader) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 146 | Curse of the Boggin: The Library: Book One | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 147 | Daisy and the Trouble with Vampires | Kes Gray | The School Run |
| 148 | Dead Boy | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 149 | Dear Evan Hansen: The Novel | Parnassus Musing | |
| 150 | Dia de los Muertos (Celebrate the World) | Hannah Eliot and Jorge Gutierrez | Working Mother |
| 151 | Diego’s Halloween Party | Colours Of Us | |
| 152 | Dining with Monsters! A Disgusting Way to Count to 10! | Imagination Soup | |
| 153 | Double Down (Diary of a Wimpy Kid #11) | Jeff Kinney | Book Bub |
| 154 | Dracula: A Counting Primer | Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver | Slate |
| 155 | Drawn Together | Parnassus Musing | |
| 156 | Druscilla’s Halloween | Read Brightly | |
| 157 | Dry | Parnassus Musing | |
| 158 | Duck & Goose: Honk! Quack! Boo! | Tad Hills | Marin Mommies |
| 159 | Eek-a-boo | Joan Holub | Goodreads |
| 160 | Enzo’s Very Scary Halloween | Imagination Soup | |
| 161 | Even Monsters Need Haircuts | Imagination Soup | |
| 162 | Even Monsters Say Good Night | Imagination Soup | |
| 163 | Fancy Nancy Candy Bonanza | Up Parent | |
| 164 | Fire and Hemlock | Diana Wynne Jones | The School Run |
| 165 | Flashlight Night | Matt Forest Esenwine | We Are Teachers |
| 166 | Fletcher and the Falling Leaves | Parenting Chaos | |
| 167 | Frankenstein: A BabyLit® Anatomy Primer | Parenting Chaos | |
| 168 | Franklin’s Halloween | Paulette Bourgeois | Goodreads |
| 169 | Frightlopedia: An Encyclopedia of Everything Scary, Creepy, and Spine-Chilling, from Arachnids to Zombies | Julie Winterbottom | Working Mother |
| 170 | Froggy’s Halloween | Jonathan London | Goodreads |
| 171 | Funnybones | Janet Ahlberg | Goodreads |
| 172 | Georgie’s Halloween | Robert Bright | Goodreads |
| 173 | Ghost in the House: A Lift-the-Flap Book | Parenting Chaos | |
| 174 | Ghostly Thief of Time | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 175 | Ginny Goblin Is Not Allowed to Open This Box | Parnassus Musing | |
| 176 | Go to Sleep, Little Creep | David Quinn and Ashley Spires | Working Mother |
| 177 | Goblin Hood | Imagination Soup | |
| 178 | Goodnight, Anne: Inspired by Anne of Green Gables | Parnassus Musing | |
| 179 | Goosebumps series | R.L. Stine | Time Out |
| 180 | Goth Girl and the Sinister Symphony | Chris Riddell | The School Run |
| 181 | Gus Was A Friendly Ghost | Jane Thayer | Goodreads |
| 182 | H is for Haunted House | reality To Dream | |
| 183 | Halloween | Jerry Seinfeld | Goodreads |
| 184 | Halloween (Spooky Halloween Stories): Scary Halloween Stories for Kids (Volume 2) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 185 | Halloween Bugs: A Trick or Treat Pop Up Book | David A. Carter | Goodreads |
| 186 | Halloween crafts | My Bored Toddler | |
| 187 | Halloween Heroes! (paw Patrol) | Chapters | |
| 188 | Halloween is Here! | Colours Of Us | |
| 189 | Halloween Party | R.L. Stine | Book Bub |
| 190 | Halloween: 10 Scary Stories for Kids | Up Parent | |
| 191 | Happy Halloween | Othen Donald Dale Cummings | Goodreads |
| 192 | Happy Halloween Witch’s Cat! | Imagination Soup | |
| 193 | Happy Halloween, Daniel Tiger! | Colours Of Us | |
| 194 | Happy Halloween, Little Critter! | Up Parent | |
| 195 | Harbor Me | Parnassus Musing | |
| 196 | Harriet’s Halloween Candy, 2nd Edition | Nancy Carlson | Goodreads |
| 197 | Haunted Halloween | Chapters | |
| 198 | Have You Seen My Monster? | Imagination Soup | |
| 199 | Heckedy Peg | Audrey Wood | Goodreads |
| 200 | Herbert’s First Halloween | Cynthia Rylant and Steven Henry | Book Riot |
| 201 | Hey, Kiddo | Parnassus Musing | |
| 202 | Hist Whist | E.E. Cummings | Goodreads |
| 203 | Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise | Parenting Chaos | |
| 204 | Horrible Harry at Halloween | Suzy Kline | Bustle |
| 205 | How Spider Saved Halloween | Robert Kraus | Goodreads |
| 206 | How to get Rid of Ghosts | Catherine Leblanc and Roland Garrigue | Book Riot |
| 207 | How to Make Friends With a Ghost | Rebecca Green | Slate |
| 208 | I Lost My Tooth! | Parnassus Musing | |
| 209 | I Love You Little Pumpkin | My Bored Toddler | |
| 210 | I Want to Eat Your Books | Parenting Chaos | |
| 211 | I’m Looking for a Monster | Timothy Young | RD |
| 212 | In the Haunted House Touch & Feel Lift-the-Flap Book | Eve Bunting | Book Riot |
| 213 | It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse! | Up Parent | |
| 214 | It’s Raining Bats & Frogs | Line Up The Books | |
| 215 | It’s Raining Bats and Frogs | Imagination Soup | |
| 216 | Jane Eyre: A Counting Primer | Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver | Slate |
| 217 | Jane Foster’s Halloween | Jane Foster | Working Mother |
| 218 | Julius’s Candy Corn | Kevin Henkes | Goodreads |
| 219 | Junie B. Jones #24: Boo…and I MEAN It! | Barbara Park | Book Bub |
| 220 | Just Say Boo | Susan Hood and Jed Henry | Book Riot |
| 221 | Library of Souls: The Third Novel of Miss Peregrine’s Peculiar Children | Ransom Riggs | We Are Teachers |
| 222 | Lilac Skully and the Haunted House | Amy Cesari | We Are Teachers |
| 223 | Little Blue Truck Farm Sticker Fun! | Parenting Chaos | |
| 224 | Little Critter: Happy Halloween, Little… | Chapters | |
| 225 | Little Goblins Ten | Read Brightly | |
| 226 | Little Monsters | Jan Pieńkowski | RD |
| 227 | Little Owl’s Night | Divya Srinivasan | Marin Mommies |
| 228 | Little Witch’s Big Night | Deborah Hautzig | Goodreads |
| 229 | Littlebat’s Halloween Story | Diane Mayr | Life Listened |
| 230 | Live and Let Swim: My Big Fat Zombie Goldfish | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 231 | Lockwood & Co: The Screaming Staircase | Jonathan Stroud | The School Run |
| 232 | Lockwood And Co.: The Creeping Shadow: Book 4 | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 233 | Louisiana’s Way Home | Parnassus Musing | |
| 234 | Lulu and the Witch Baby | Up Parent | |
| 235 | Lulu Goes to Witch School | Up Parent | |
| 236 | Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard: The Ship of the Dead | Rick Riordan | We Are Teachers |
| 237 | Marvin in the Kooky Spooky House: A Halloween Adventure | Colours Of Us | |
| 238 | Marvin Redpost #3: Is He a Girl? | Parnassus Musing | |
| 239 | Me And My Fear | Parnassus Musing | |
| 240 | Meg and Mog | Helen Nicoll and Jan Pienkowski | The School Run |
| 241 | Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise | Kate DiCamillo | Goodreads |
| 242 | Mickey Mouse Clubhouse Mickey’s Halloween | Parenting Chaos | |
| 243 | Mind Your Monsters | Imagination Soup | |
| 244 | Mischief Season – The Witches of Benevento | John Bemelmans Marciano, illustrated by Sophie Blackall | PDX Parent |
| 245 | Miss Fiona’s Stupendous Pumpkin Pies | Mark Kimball Moulton | Goodreads |
| 246 | Miss Flora McFlimsey’s Halloween | Mariana | Slate |
| 247 | Miss Hazeltine’s Home for Shy and Fearful Cats | Alicia Potter | Doing Good Together |
| 248 | Miss Smith and The Haunted Library | Michael Garland | Book Riot |
| 249 | Mix and Match: Halloween | Roger Priddy | Working Mother |
| 250 | Molly Maybe and the Ghost Train | Kristina Stephenson | The School Run |
| 251 | Monster and Son | David LaRochelle, illustrated by Joey Chou | PDX Parent |
| 252 | Monster Mama | Liz Rosenberg | Goodreads |
| 253 | Monster Trouble! | Imagination Soup | |
| 254 | Monsterville: A Lissa Black Production | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 255 | Moonlight the Halloween Cat | Pre-K Pages | |
| 256 | Moonlight: The Halloween Cat | Thought Co. | |
| 257 | More Halloween Ideas | Pre-K Pages | |
| 258 | My Monster Mama Loves Me So | Laura Leuck | Goodreads |
| 259 | Nancy Drew series | Carolyn Keene | Time Out |
| 260 | Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt | Thought Co. | |
| 261 | Night Before Halloween | Natasha Wing | Where Imagination Grows |
| 262 | Night of the Living Dummy (Classic Goosebumps Series #1) | R. L. Stine | Fatherly |
| 263 | Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep | Jack Prelutsky | Goodreads |
| 264 | No Such Thing | Ella Bailey | Book Riot |
| 265 | Not Even Bones (Market of Monsters) | Parnassus Musing | |
| 266 | Not My Idea: A Book about Whiteness | Parnassus Musing | |
| 267 | Ollie’s Halloween | Up Parent | |
| 268 | On a Scary Scary Night | Up Parent | |
| 269 | One Halloween Night | Up Parent | |
| 270 | Outdoor Myths And Tales For All Ages | Up Parent | |
| 271 | ParnassusNext — October Selection | Parnassus Musing | |
| 272 | Peek a Boo! | My Bored Toddler | |
| 273 | Peek and Egg: I’m Not Trick-or-Treating | Laura Gehl | Working Mother |
| 274 | Peek Inside: Halloween Is Here! | Colours Of Us | |
| 275 | Peek-a-Boooo! | Marie Torres Cimarusti | Book Bub |
| 276 | Peek-a-Boooo! by Sandra Magsamen | Working Mother | |
| 277 | Peep and Egg: I’m Not Trick or Treating | Laura Gehl and Joyce Wan | Book Riot |
| 278 | Penguin and Pumpkin | Salina Yoon | Working Mother |
| 279 | Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins | Parenting Chaos | |
| 280 | Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete | Up Parent | |
| 281 | Peter Rabbit and the Pumpkin Patch | Beatrix Potter | Book Bub |
| 282 | Pierre: A Cautionary Tale in Five Chapters and a Prologue | Maurice Sendak | Slate |
| 283 | Piggie Pie! | Margie Palatini | Goodreads |
| 284 | Pinkaboos: Bitterly and the Giant Problem | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 285 | Please Scare My Kid: With No Words | Samir Hanna Safar | We Are Teachers |
| 286 | Popcorn | Frank Asch | Goodreads |
| 287 | Pug and Pig Trick or Treat | Sue Lowell Gallion and Joyce Wan | Book Riot |
| 288 | Pumpkin Day, Pumpkin Night | Anne Rockwell | Life Listened |
| 289 | Pumpkin Eye | Pre-K Pages | |
| 290 | Pumpkin Heads | Wendell Minor | Goodreads |
| 291 | Pumpkin Patch Party (A Chunky Flap Book) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 292 | Pumpkin Pumpkin | Jeanne Titherington | Goodreads |
| 293 | Pumpkin Shapes (Charles Reasoner Halloween Books) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 294 | Pumpkin Trouble | Line Up The Books | |
| 295 | Sammy’s Spooktacular Halloween | Mike Petrik | Book Riot |
| 296 | Samurai Scarecrow: A Very Ninja Halloween (Samurai Holiday) | Rubin Pingk | Working Mother |
| 297 | Saving Winslow | Parnassus Musing | |
| 298 | Scala (Angelbound Origins) | Christine Bauer | We Are Teachers |
| 299 | Scaredy-Cat, Splat! | Rob Scotton | Goodreads |
| 300 | Scary Stories for Kids: Short Spooky and Spine Chilling Stories for Children By Bone Chiller Press | We Are Teachers | |
| 301 | School of the Dead | Avi | We Are Teachers |
| 302 | Seven Orange Pumpkins | My Bored Toddler | |
| 303 | Shake Dem Halloween Bones | W. Nikola-Lisa | Goodreads |
| 304 | Shifty McGifty and Slippery Sam: The Spooky School | Tracey Corderoy | The School Run |
| 305 | Silly Ghosts | reality To Dream | |
| 306 | Sir Simon: Super Scarer | Parnassus Musing | |
| 307 | Skeleton For Dinner | reality To Dream | |
| 308 | Small Spaces | Parnassus Musing | |
| 309 | Sofia the First The Halloween Ball: Includes Stickers | Parenting Chaos | |
| 310 | Somebody Stop Ivy Pocket: Book Two | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 311 | Sophie’s Halloween Disguise | Rosemary Wells | Working Mother |
| 312 | Sophie’s Masterpiece: A Spider’s Tale | Eileen Spinelli and Jane Dyer | Slate |
| 313 | Space Case | Edward Marshall | Goodreads |
| 314 | Splat the Cat – What Was That? | My Bored Toddler | |
| 315 | Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan | Parenting Chaos | |
| 316 | Spooky Hour | Tony Mitton | Goodreads |
| 317 | Spooky House – lift the flap book | My Bored Toddler | |
| 318 | Spooky Wheels on the Bus | J. Elizabeth Mills. | Where Imagination Grows |
| 319 | Spooky Winnie | Laura Owen | The School Run |
| 320 | Stellaluna | Janel Cannon | Doing Good Together |
| 321 | Stories of Wizards and Witches | Enid Blyton | The School Run |
| 322 | Ten Little Monsters | Mike Brownlow | The School Run |
| 323 | Ten Timid Ghosts (Read With Me Paperbacks) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 324 | That One Spooky Night | Up Parent | |
| 325 | That’s When I’m Happy | reality To Dream | |
| 326 | The 13 Nights of Halloween | reality To Dream | |
| 327 | The Atlas Obscura Explorer’s Guide for the World’s Most Adventurous Kid | Parnassus Musing | |
| 328 | The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin | Parenting Chaos | |
| 329 | The Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk | Stan Berenstain | Goodreads |
| 330 | The Berenstain Bears Happy Halloween! | Chapters | |
| 331 | The Best Halloween Books for Kids | Pre-K Pages | |
| 332 | The Bones of Fred McFee | Eve Bunting | Goodreads |
| 333 | THE CALL OF THE SWAMP | NY Times | |
| 334 | The Canterville Ghost | Oscar Wilde | The School Run |
| 335 | The Carnelian Crow | Colleen Gleason | We Are Teachers |
| 336 | The Cheerios Halloween Pay Book | Lee Wade | Life Listened |
| 337 | The Demon Undertaker | Cameron McAllister | The School Run |
| 338 | The Dreamer | Parnassus Musing | |
| 339 | The Evil Wizard Smallbone | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 340 | The Fox Went Out On A Chilly Night | Book Riot 2 | |
| 341 | The Frightful Ride of Michael McMichael | Bonny Becker and Mark Fearing | Working Mother |
| 342 | The Ghost-Eye Tree | Bill Martin Jr. | Goodreads |
| 343 | The Ghosts Go Haunting | reality To Dream | |
| 344 | The Girl from Rawblood | Catriona Ward | We Are Teachers |
| 345 | The Graveyard Book | Neil Gaiman | Fatherly |
| 346 | The Great Pumpkin Strikes Again! | Charles M. Schulz | Goodreads |
| 347 | The Grotlyn | Benji Davies | The School Run |
| 348 | The Gruffalo | Julia Donaldson | Time Out |
| 349 | The Hardy Boys | Franklin W Dixon | Time Out |
| 350 | The Haunted Ghoul Bus | Up Parent | |
| 351 | The Hoodoo Nik Naks (Volume 1)) | Adam Archer | We Are Teachers |
| 352 | The Horror Handbook | Paul van Loon | The School Run |
| 353 | The House with a Clock in Its Walls | John Bellairs | Fatherly |
| 354 | The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King | Max Brallier | We Are Teachers |
| 355 | The Legend of Sleepy Hollow | Up Parent | |
| 356 | The Little Leftover Witch | Florence Laughlin | Marin Mommies |
| 357 | The Little Scarecrow Boy | Parenting Chaos | |
| 358 | The Mac Undercover (Mac B., Kid Spy #1) | Parnassus Musing | |
| 359 | The Monster Trap | Thought Co. | |
| 360 | The Monsterator | reality To Dream | |
| 361 | The Most Frightening Story Ever Told | Philip Kerr | Working Mother |
| 362 | The Mystery of the Flying Orange Pumpkin | Steven Kellogg | Goodreads |
| 363 | The Odyssey: A Monsters Primer | Jennifer Adams and Alison Oliver | Slate |
| 364 | The Peculiar Haunting of Thelma Bee | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 365 | The Pongwiffy Stories | Kaye Umansky | The School Run |
| 366 | The Princess in Black and the Science Fair Scare | Parnassus Musing | |
| 367 | The Pumpkin Fair | Eve Bunting | Goodreads |
| 368 | The Raven | Edgar Allan Poe | Goodreads |
| 369 | The Runaway Pumpkin Pie Man | Vicky Town | Goodreads |
| 370 | The Scarecrow’s Dance | Up Parent | |
| 371 | The Short Straw | Irene Mathis | We Are Teachers |
| 372 | The Spider and the Fly | Mary Botham Howitt | Goodreads |
| 373 | The Spooky Old Tree | Family Education | |
| 374 | The Stranger | Chris Van Allsburg | SLJ |
| 375 | The Super-Spooky Fright Night!: Hubble Bubbly | Tracey Corderoy | Working Mother |
| 376 | The Sweetest Witch Around | Read Brightly | |
| 377 | The Switch Witch Halloween Book and Toy | Up Parent | |
| 378 | The Teeny-Tiny Woman | Paul Galdone | Goodreads |
| 379 | The Thickety: Well of Witches | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 380 | The Thing in the Woods | Matthew W. Quinn | We Are Teachers |
| 381 | The Three Bears Halloween | Pre-K Pages | |
| 382 | The Three Robbers | Book Riot 2 | |
| 383 | The Time of the Ghost | Diana Wynne Jones | The School Run |
| 384 | The Twits | Roald Dahl | Fatherly |
| 385 | The Vanishing Pumpkin | Tony Johnston | Goodreads |
| 386 | The Very Best Pumpkin | Parenting Chaos | |
| 387 | The Very Fairy Princess: A Spooky, Sparkly Halloween | Parenting Chaos | |
| 388 | The War Outside | Parnassus Musing | |
| 389 | The Widow’s Broom | Chris Van Allsburg | Goodreads |
| 390 | The Witch in the Cherry Tree | Book Riot 2 | |
| 391 | The Witch With The Glitch (The Lost Bookshop) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 392 | The Witches’ Supermarket | Susan Meddaugh | Goodreads |
| 393 | THE WOLF, THE DUCK & THE MOUSE | NY Times | |
| 394 | The Wolves in the Walls | Neil Gaiman | Goodreads |
| 395 | The Worst Witch | Jill Murphy | The School Run |
| 396 | The Zombie Chasers: World Zombination: Book Seven | The Childrens Book Review | |
| 397 | There Was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider | Imagination Soup | |
| 398 | There’s a Monster In Your Book | Tom Fletcher | Life Listened |
| 399 | This Cookbook is Gross | The School Run | |
| 400 | Trick or Treat, Pout-Pout Fish (A Pout-Pout Fish Mini Adventure) | Parenting Chaos | |
| 401 | Trick or Treat! | Colours Of Us | |
| 402 | Troll and the Oliver | Imagination Soup | |
| 403 | Tuesday | David Weisener | Doing Good Together |
| 404 | Under a Watchful Eye | Adam Nevill | We Are Teachers |
| 405 | We’re Going on a Spooky Ghost Hunt | Up Parent | |
| 406 | We’re Off to Find the Witch’s House | Read Brightly | |
| 407 | WEE SISTER STRANGE | NY Times | |
| 408 | What Waits in the Woods | Kieran Scott | We Are Teachers |
| 409 | Who’s there on Halloween? | My Bored Toddler | |
| 410 | Who’s Who in the Woods? A Pop-Up Mystery | Imagination Soup | |
| 411 | Winnie the Pooh’s Halloween | Bruce Talkington | RD |
| 412 | Winnie the Witch | Valerie Thomas | Goodreads |
| 413 | Winnie’s Great War | Parnassus Musing | |
| 414 | Witch Wars | The Childrens Book Review |
33 Best Kid’s Halloween Book Sources/Lists
| Source | Article |
| Book Bub | The 20 Best Halloween Books for Kids |
| Book Riot | 26 Of The Best Halloween Books for Kids (That Are Only Slightly Scary |
| Book Riot 2 | Ten Best Read-Aloud Halloween Picture Books for Kids |
| Bustle | 9 Children’s Halloween Books Everyone Remembers Reading In School |
| Chapters | Kids Halloween Books |
| Colours Of Us | 12 Multicultural Children’s Books about Halloween |
| Doing Good Together | Picture Boooks to Celebrate Halloween |
| Family Education | Top 10 Classic Halloween Books for Kids |
| Fatherly | The 10 Best Scary Books For Kids for Halloween |
| Goodreads | Best Halloween Picture Books |
| Imagination Soup | The Big List of Halloween Picture Books for Kids |
| Life Listened | Our Favorite Halloween Picture Books |
| Line Up The Books | 13 Halloween Picture Books for Kids with Autism |
| Marin Mommies | Our Favorite Halloween Books for Kids |
| My Bored Toddler | Halloween Books for Toddlers |
| NY Times | Frightfully Good New Picture Books to Give Kids the Shivers, or the … |
| Parenting Chaos | Spectacularly Spooky Halloween Books for Kids |
| Parnassus Musing | The Best New Booooooks: Halloween Tales & Other Favorites for … |
| PDX Parent | Halloween Book Picks for Kids |
| Pre-K Pages | Halloween Picture Books for Kids |
| RD | The Best Halloween Books for Kids |
| Read Brightly | 12 Not-So-Scary Halloween Books for Kids |
| reality To Dream | 13 Best-Illustrated Halloween Children’s Books |
| Slate | Best creepy children’s books for Halloween and beyond |
| SLJ | Best Halloween Picture Books |
| The Childrens Book Review | 13 Frightfully Good Kids Books for Halloween and Beyond |
| The School Run | Best Halloween books for kids |
| Thought Co. | Best Children’s Halloween Books for 4 to 8 Year Olds |
| Time Out | 17 Best Halloween Books for Kids of All Ages |
| Up Parent | Favorite Halloween Books for Kids |
| We Are Teachers | 20 of the Best Halloween Books for Kids Who Like to Be Scared |
| Where Imagination Grows | 12 Halloween Picture Books for Preschoolers |
| Working Mother | 20 Halloween Books for Kids That Are Scary and Fun |
