Inside: From pumpkins and skeletons to black cats and ghosts, discover 50+ delightful Halloween books for families. Perfect for kids of all ages.
Every Halloween, I seem to find a new book that my kids just can’t put down. You know the type that you read a million and one times before bed time? Below you will find a list of those books—our absolute family favorites—that have been read to tatters.
35+ Delightful Halloween Books for Families
Cool breezes, leaves changing colors, pumpkins everywhere…Halloween is right around the corner! This cooler weather is the perfect excuse to snuggle up under your favorite blanket, grab a book, and read with your child.
In our home, books have become a huge part of our holiday traditions. They are a safe way for kids to explore new experiences while learning. Halloween can be a scary time of year for little kids and books truly can help that. They open the door for conversations and can help your child become familiar with the fun of Halloween in a non-threatening manner.
What better way could there be to get into the Halloween spirit than bonding over a good book? Shared below are our favorites.
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Room on the BroomHave No Fear! Halloween is Here!
Halloween
The Night Before Halloween
The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin
Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat!
Ten Timid Ghosts
Little Blue Truck’s Halloween
The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat
Llama Llama Trick or Treat
One, Two…Boo!
Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch
Happy Halloween, Stinky Face
Clifford’s Halloween
Eek! Halloween!
The Spooky Wheels on the Bus
Goodnight Goon: a Petrifying Parody
Halloween Stories
Duck & Goose, Find a Pumpkin
Halloween Hustle
10 Trick-or-Treaters
Where Is Baby’s Pumpkin?
Spooky Pookie
Scary, Scary Halloween
Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever!
Pumpkin Jack
The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin
Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins
The Story of the Jack O’Lantern
Pumpkin Day!
It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse!
Five Little Pumpkins
Room on the Broom
Only a Witch Can Fly
Scary, Scary Halloween
Cat Nights
Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan
Creepy Carrots!
Crankenstein
The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches
How to Catch a Monster
Click, Clack, Boo!
The Night Before Halloween
On a Scary Scary Night
Arthur’s Halloween
Vampire Boy’s Good Night
Vunce Upon a Time
Spooky Hour
Popcorn
Bats in the Band
The 13 Nights of Halloween
The Runaway Pumpkin
Little Boo
Dem Bones
Bone Soup
The Sweetest Witch Around
Five Black Cats
The Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk
Mouse and Mole
Frankie Stein
At the Old Haunted House
Vampirina Ballerina
Skeleton Meets the Mummy
Ghosts in the House!
Silly Skeletons
H Is for Haunted House
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
J is for Jack-O’-Lantern
The Hallo-Weiner
Who Will Haunt My House on Halloween?
Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance
It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
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