Do you love halloween kids books like we do! We love everything about Halloween. :) Even though Halloween is by far
the most *CRAZY* day at school and the kids are as hyper as can be, you
have to admit the kids' excitement is irresistible. And, as any teacher will
attest, all you have to do is
give what you're teaching a
Halloween slant, and the kids are with you the whole time! We love that about Halloween 'season'. So parents and teachers...be sure to add plenty of these clever and adorable Halloween kids books to your kids' holiday experience.
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Below
are some of our favorite Halloween kids books. There are SO many to
choose from, but we've found these to be the most fun and clever
available. If you know of a great book that we've left off this list, please let us know so we can add it. We love fun, clever Halloween kids books!
Skeleton Hiccups
(a skeleton and his ghost
friend try to cure his
case of hiccups)
by Margery Cuyler
Preschool - 2nd Grade
Click, Clack, Boo
(Farmer Brown wants to
sleep thru Halloween. Will
the animals let him?)
by Doreen Cronin
Preschool - 1st grade
Room on the Broom
(some helpful animals
hitch a ride on a friendly
witches broom)
by Julia Donaldson
Kindergarten - 3rd Grade
The Night Before
Halloween
(monsters come face to
face with trick-or-treaters.
Set to Twas the Night
Before Christmas)
Preschool - 3rd grade
Pumpkin Heads!
(shows a range of jack-o-
lantern faces, from cowboys
to snowmen)
by Wendell Minor
Preschool - 1st Grade
Monster Museum
(meet Werewolf, Count
Dracula, Mummy, and
other spooky friends)
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Vunce Upon a Time
(a candy-loving but shy
vampire ventures out to
go trick-or-treating)
by J.Otto
Kindergarten - 3rd grade
My Monster Mama
Loves Me So
(describes the many
ways monster mamas
love their little ones)
by Laura Leuck
Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
Where's My Mummy
(Little Mummy needs a
little comfort when he
gets scared)
by Carolyn Crimi
Preschool - 1st grade
Annie Was Warned
(Annie was warned not to
go into creepy Montgomery mansion... Suspenseful! :)
Preschool - 2nd Grade
Pete the Cat: 5
Little Pumpkins
(Pete the Cat rocks the
classic song "Five Little
Pumpkins")
Preschool - 2nd grade
The Spider and the Fly
(the original 1829 poem
but with a luminous, 1920s
classic Hollywood look)
Mary Howitz
1st grade - 6th grade
Too Many Pumpkins
(when a woman buries an
unwanted pumpkin, she
then gets a HUGE
bumper crop the next fall)
Preschool - 3rd grade
The Hallo-wiener
(a dachshund dresses up
as a hot dog and ends up
saving the day)
by Dav Pilkey
Preschool - 3rd Grade
Bone Soup
(a
Halloween-themed
version of the popular
folk tale Stone Soup)
by Cambria Evans
Kindergarten - 3rd grade
Pinkalicious: Pink
or Treat
(Halloween cancelled due to a storm? Not if Pinkalicious
can save the day!)
Preschool - 3rd grade
Ten Timid Ghosts
(ten timid ghosts are busy
haunting their house until
a witch moves in!)
by Jennifer O'Connell
Preschool - 3rd grade
Fancy Nancy
Halloween Books
(Halloween or Bust and
Candy Bonanza--two ultra
'fancy' Halloween stories)
Preschool - 3rd grade
Frankenstein Makes
a Sandwich
(hilarious poems about
Halloween monsters and
their secret trials)
by Adam Rex
3rd grade - 6th grade
Frankenstein
Takes the Cake
(hilarious poems about
Halloween monsters and
their secret trials)
by Adam Rex
3rd grade - 6th grade
Shake Dem
Halloween Bones
(fairy tale characters
attend a raucus
halloween party, told
in a hip-hop rhyme )
Preschool - 3rd grade
Halloween Bugs:
A Trick-or-Treat
Pop-Up
(funny, crazy, spooky bugs pop out from behind doors)
by David Carter
Preschool - 3rd grade
Big Pumpkin
(a witch wants to make
pumpkin pie but her
prize pumpkin is too big)
by Erica Silverman
Preschool - 2nd Grade
Splat Halloween Books
(Splat the Cat What Was That?, Scaredy-Cat Splat!,
and Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan)
by Rob Scotton
Preschool - 3rd grade
We haven't had a chance to write reviews for these books, but we thought we'd mention them in case you were looking for a chapter book on Halloween for kids (all the Halloween kids books above are picture books). Nothing gets the kids in the mood like a good, suspense or just plain silly Halloween-themed daily read aloud. :) Below are some fun ones to try:
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