It's October, which means it's time to pull out my favorite Halloween Books to read with my kids. We love to gather in our living room each night with all of our decorations and spooky lights and read together. We have gathered quite the collection over the years, and checked out lots of spooky stories from the library, but this a collection of my absolute favorites. I hope you love sharing them with your kids, as much as I do.
Sandra Boynton always comes through with the cutest stories for the youngest readers. I've been reading these books with my kids since they were young. They are fun, playful, silly, simple, perfect for reading with the babies and toddlers but they hold up as kids grow.
EEK! Halloween and Spooky Pookie are perfect books to read again and again.
Duck & Goose Find A Pumpkin is the another perfect book for the youngest of readers. This large board book has colorful pictures and a silly simple story. I love the characters and that they are part of a larger series, so they can return to Duck and Goose throughout the year.
I love all of the Little Blue Truck Books and Little Blue Truck's Halloween is no exception. It is such a cute story of friends gathering for a Halloween party and each one having and unique a fun costume. Kids get to guess who is wearing each costume through cute rhymes. This is for sure one to have a permanent place on your shelf.
Slumberkins books are incredible books that take fun characters and sweet stories and weave in concepts that teach emotional intelligence.
The Costume Comeback at the Monster Ball is a fun story about a friend that chooses a costume on Halloween night, but then sees all the other friends costumes and isn't sure if theirs is good enough anymore. In the end the lesson is about everyone being unique and that makes life great.
Halloween Fright is about how it is natural to be a little scared sometimes, especially about things we don't know about, but if we take time to learn, maybe things that we are afraid of aren't really all that scary after all.
Little Witch's Big Night is a Halloween story that I remember reading as a kid, so it is really nostalgic to me. It's about a Witch who takes three Trick or Treaters on a Halloween Night ride on her broom. It is such a cute story and has that old school Halloween vibe.
Big Pumpkin is another old school story. Written in 1995 this story follows a Witch that wants to make pumpkin pie on Halloween night. Unfortunately the pumpkin is stuck on the vine, so friends gather to help her. It is a cute story about working together and friendship, and it is absolutely a delight to read-aloud.
Pick a Pumpkin is a newer book that is really cute. From the unique illustration to the simple semi-rhyming text, this story takes you on the adventure of picking out the perfect pumpkin to carve on Halloween night.
Room on the Broom is another rhyming adventure about a Witch that is flying around and the friends that help her out along the way. It teaches kids that if you are kind and make space for those around you they may come back to help you in your time of need.
Franklin is such a childhood favorite of mine. The vibes of Franklin are kindness, cozy, friendship, small town. Franklin's Halloween has all of the aspects of the perfect Halloween book, dressing up, a community Halloween party, a spooky mystery, and being generous with the good things you get.
The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat is my absolute favorite Berenstain Bears Book. Having the perfect costume, going trick or treating with friends, getting caught up in the spookiness of the night, and learning that things are not always what they seem, it's the perfect book. As a kid when I read this book, I would also just stare at the candy apples in the illustrations. Nothing looked better to me, they were absolutely perfect and I wanted one so bad. I can still feel that longing.
Finally Too Many Pumpkins. I'll admit that this book is long, so you definitely need your child to have a little bit of an extra attention span, but it's such a good story. An older woman that hate pumpkins, accidentally grows too many pumpkins and must find a way to share them with the community.
And that's that. 13 Perfect Halloween Books to share with the kids you love. I hope you can find a new favorite and please share with me in the comments books I need to add to my collection.
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