40 Halloween Picture Books for Kids
Get into the Halloween spirit with young readers and kids of all ages with the best Halloween books on the market! This Halloween picture book list has classic tales with colorful illustrations for young children to find a new favorite from this list of best children's books as Halloween approaches.
Halloween themes Books are such a fun way to get into the spirit of a holiday and Halloween is no exception. We read a lot of themed books leading up to Halloween to prepare and these seasonal story Halloween Books for Kids are the perfect choice for your bookshelf or to check out from your local library with your little boy or little girl!
Why Are Halloween Themed Books Helpful for Kids to Read?
Books are a great way to open up discussion about a holiday and talk to your children about what to expect when trick or treating, with costumes, decorations, and spooky things!
Being intentional about finding Halloween themed books for trick or treating, costumes, pumpkin patch and more are a great way to talk about what your child may encounter during those Halloween activities.
40 Favorite Halloween Picture Books for Kids
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Monster Trouble
Nothing frightens Winifred Schnitzel—but she DOES need her sleep, and the neighborhood monsters WON'T let her be! Every night they sneak in, growling and belching and making a ruckus. Winifred constructs clever traps, but nothing stops these crafty creatures. What's a girl to do? (Hint: Monsters HATE kisses!) The delightfully sweet ending will have every kid—and little monster—begging for an encore.
The delightfully creepy New York Times bestselling picture book series about a young rabbit and his eerie encounters is now available as a collectible hardcover boxed set!
Whether it’s loving carrots a little too much, being panicked by some petrifying underwear, or feeling haunted by a horrible crayon, Jasper Rabbit always has a knack for getting into trouble. Follow his adventures with the spooky and the strange!
Creepy Tale Boxed Set
The delightfully creepy New York Times bestselling picture book series about a young rabbit and his eerie encounters is now available as a collectible hardcover boxed set!
Whether it’s loving carrots a little too much, being panicked by some petrifying underwear, or feeling haunted by a horrible crayon, Jasper Rabbit always has a knack for getting into trouble. Follow his adventures with the spooky and the strange!
Room On the Broom
One of the bestseller Halloween picture books from axel Scheffler for kids and one that your family will love. The little witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand! This fun family read-aloud is perfect for the changing seasons and a great book to celebrate Halloween!
That Monster on the Block
This is hands down my children’s favorite picture book for Halloween. The main character, Monster, is excited to see what kind of creature will move into Vampire’s old house on the block. He even starts practicing his welcome growl for the new neighbor. Join little Monster as he confronts his fears in this charming and lighthearted look at what it means to accept others who are different from us.
Halloween Hustle
In the dark, a funky beat. Something white with bony feet. Skeleton dancing up the street, Doing the Halloween Hustle. Skeleton is having a dance party —but as he grooves across town, he keeps stumbling, tumbling, and falling apart! Can Skeleton stay in one piece long enough to make it to the fun holiday Halloween party? Such a fun Halloween picture book for younger children.
Spooky Wheels on the Bus
A haunted Halloween book about a bus ride that will have children singing with excitement. The Spooky Wheels on the Bus is a humorous Halloween-themed sweet story version of the classic song The Wheels on the Bus but with a few ghoulish tricks and treats up its sleeves! Sit down with new friends for a fun story to read one of our not so spooky picture books.
The Night Before Halloween
Little monsters and goofy goblins take center stage in this silly, spooky spin on Clement C. Moore's beloved poem. But what will happen on Halloween when the monsters come face to face with human trick-or-treaters in this fun book about the night before Halloween.
The Halloween Tree
Everyone knows most young saplings dream of becoming Christmas trees. But one grumpy, old tree who doesn't like lights, decorations, or people is determined to be different. Get ready to meet the Halloween Tree! The Halloween Tree is not your average holiday book and is sure to warm the hearts of kids and adults-alike as a gnarly tree finds his place in the world. This festive tale will have all youngsters shouting "Trick or tree!" with glee and decorating their own Halloween trees by the final page.
Halloween Candy Crunch
Follow trick-or-treater Lorraine as she unexpectedly meets a playful bunch of ghouls asking her to share some of the Halloween goodies that have fallen out of a hole in her treat bag! This new Halloween picture book is a unique title and one your kids will love!
Ten Timid Ghosts
This bestselling Halloween counting book for beginning readers is filled with ghosts, a witch and spooky fun! It's Halloween, and ten timid ghosts in a haunted house have a problem: a mean witch has moved in and is planning to scare them out, one by one! Young trick-or-treaters learn to count down from ten to one as each ghost flees from the witch's silly costumes and homemade props.
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete
Pete loves Halloween and candy but not so much scary surprises. Follow Pete as he goes trick-or-treating from house to house and discover what is waiting behind each door. With over ten flaps that open to reveal fun spooky surprises, this book is spooktacular!
The Berenstain Bears: Trick or Treat
It’s Halloween and Brother bear and Sister bear can’t wait to go trick-or-treating with all of their friends, but when someone in the group encourages the kids to play a trick, things don’t go as planned. This Halloween picture book s a classic and Includes over 50 bonus stickers!
At the Old Haunted House
There are all kinds of creatures in the house: a big Ma monster and her wee monsters two, black cats, and her wee kittens three, a green Pa goblin and his wee goblins four, and more! Count along as the creatures prepare for the Halloween Fright. The Halloween picture book bestseller, written in the pattern of the popular poem “Over in the Meadow,” makes reading aloud fun.
The Roll Away Pumpkin
A young girl, Marla Little, has a pumpkin that is rolling away! Can she catch the big pumpkin before it’s gone forever? Readers both young and young at heart will delight in this lovely, whimsical Halloween themed tale about the perfect pumpkin in one of the best most adorable books for Halloween.
Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat
Pinkalicious can’t believe it: The mayor has canceled Halloween because a storm has knocked out the town’s power. Pinkalicious decides to get the town’s lights back on and persuades the Mayor to have a Halloween party in the park in front of City Hall—from all over town, folks come with their flashlights, their pink pumpkins, and goodies to share. Comes with a sheet of stickers kids can use to decorate Pinkalicious’s town for Halloween.
All Aboard the Spooky Express
Join the passengers of the Spooky Express for an exciting adventure that takes you across town! You'll work with witches, ghouls, ghosts, spiders, and more as you try to save Halloween!
Halloween Night
Trick or treat! It's Halloween night and all are preparing, for a wickedly wonderful evening of scaring. With zombies and banshees and mummies galore, read this book once and you'll come back for more!
Halloween is Coming!
A fun, rhyming read-aloud Halloween picture book that starts a new holiday tradition. Perfect Halloween picture book for kids 4-8 or any young child wanting to celebrate the spookiest season of the year!
Hocus Pocus
For the first time ever, fans and readers of all ages can enjoy the full story of the immensely popular Hocus Pocus with this deluxe Illustrated Novelization
Clifford’s Halloween
Our very favorite big red dog is back with a Halloween picture book that your family will love.
Peppa’s Halloween Party
Join Peppa and her friends for a spooktacular Halloween party! It is the spookiest time of year! Peppa and her family play outside in the leaves, carve pumpkins, and dress up in costumes for a Halloween party with all of their friends in this Halloween picture book.
Its the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown
Spooky tricks and hilarious treats abound in this retelling of the beloved Halloween special that comes with holographic foil and embossing on the cover! Celebrate Halloween with Charlie Brown and the rest of the Peanuts gang!
Snowmen at Halloween
Have you ever built a snowman and discovered the next day that his grin has gotten a little crooked, or his tree-branch arms have moved? And you've wondered . . . what do snowmen do when we're not watching? My kids LOVE this Halloween picture book and I think yours will too!
The Little Kitten
Ollie and her cat Pumpkin are out frolicking on a beautiful fall day when they come upon a tiny kitten shivering in a pile of fallen leaves. Ollie warms the kitten up and the three become fast friends, but when Ollie sees “Lost Kitten” posters hanging on the trees in the forest, she knows she has to help her new friend get home. As Halloween draws nearer, magic is afoot, and Ollie’s good deed is rewarded in an unexpected way.
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed Some Leaves!
Our favorite old lady is back and swallowing autumn items! That wild old lady is back swallowing fall-themed items. What can you make from leaves, clothes, a pumpkin, and rope? That's right, a scarecrow! Perfect for Halloween time.
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
Once upon a time, there was a little old lady who was not afraid of anything! But one autumn night, while walking in the woods, the little old lady heard . . . clomp, clomp, shake, shake, clap, clap.
And the little old lady who was not afraid of anything had the scare of her life! With bouncy refrains and classic art, this timeless Halloween story is perfect for reading aloud.
Trick or Treat Little Critter
It's time to go trick-or-treating with Little Critter and friends! Children ages 3 to 7 will love this adorable Halloween storybook--now featuring cards, stickers, and a poster!
Trick or Treat Crankenstein
This year, Crankenstein's favorite day of all—Halloween—has gone rotten! Creepy-cool costumes, super-scary jack-o'-lanterns, and loads of candy have been RUINED by costume disasters, pumpkin-carving nightmares, and a terribly untimely toothache! MEHHRRRR!!! Can Halloween be saved, or will today turn into the crankiest Halloween in history?
Hallo-Weiner
Oscar is a little dog with a big problem -- he gets more tricks than treats because other dogs tease him all the time. But one brave act on Halloween makes Oscar a Grade-A hero, proving that a little wiener can be a real winner!
The Witch's Cat and The Cooking Catastrophe
The Witch's Cat and The Cooking Catastrophe: A fantastical tale of magic, mischief, and mishap! “One day, a witch’s cat found a dusty old cookbook, and it gave him the most marvelous idea...” This Halloween picture book is so cute and so much fun!
Too Many Pumpkins
A Halloween picture book classic that your family will love. Rebecca Estelle has hated pumpkins ever since she was a girl when pumpkins were often the only food her family had. When an enormous pumpkin falls off a truck and smashes in her yard, she shovels dirt over the pieces and forgets about them. But those slimy pumpkin smithereens sprout up in autumn, and Rebecca Estelle finds a sea of pumpkins in her garden.
Trick or Treat Baby Shark
On a dark spooky night, deep down in the sea, Baby Shark and his friends wondered, "Who can we be?" Try on these costumes, it's time to have fun. We need to get ready, Halloween has begun!
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!
This spooky twist on the wildly popular "There Was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly" is perfect picture book for fun Halloween reading!
Hardly Haunted
A delightfully spooky Halloween kids picture nook about an old house who wants to be a home…even if her new family isn’t what she expected.
Amelia Bedelia Scared Silly
Celebrate the holidays with Amelia Bedelia! Amelia Bedelia, her friends, and her family enjoy some scary (and sweet) fun in this haunting Halloween edition. This chapter Halloween inspired book is an excellent choice for children who are ready to read independently.
Froggy’s Halloween
Froggy tries to find just the right costume for Halloween and although his trick-or-treating does not go as he had planned, he manages to enjoy himself anyway. Children have enjoyed the misadventures of trouble-prone Froggy in more than twenty books. Froggy just never learns—and that's why we love him!
Skeletons ARE NOT Spooky!
WARNING: Skeleton bubble bath scene is a little hairy! For everything that skeletons do for us, why do they have such a bad reputation for being spooky? Maybe they are just like us and want to have a little bit of fun. The creative children's book duo of Kaine & Duds tries to set the record straight in this entertaining tale for everybody.
The Berenstain Bears Happy Halloween!
It's the best Halloween treat ever—a collection of three Berenstain Bears Halloween books in one! Included are The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat, The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest, and The Berenstain Bears and the Prize Pumpkin, sweet and spooky tales that are the perfect ingredients for a whole lot of Halloween reading fun!
The Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Walk
With silly Papa Bear in charge of the Bear Country School's Ghost Walk, what could possibly go wrong? LOTS! Papa Bear loves Halloween, so he's thrilled when he's put in charge of the Bear Country School's Ghost Walk. He has everything he needs to make it a really spooky night.
Bone Soup
When Finnigin finds himself in a new town on Halloween, he hopes to join a great feast with the creatures who live there. But not a body or soul will share any of their food with the ever-famished Finnigin. So what’s a hungry skeleton to do? Armed only with his wits and a special ingredient, will Finnigin be able to stir up a cauldron’s worth of Halloween magic?
The Pomegranate Witch
When a scary old tree blooms with the most beautiful pomegranates ever seen, the neighborhood kids' mouths water with anticipation. But the tree isn't theirs—and it has a protector! So begins the Pomegranate War, a fun, rollicking, rhyming tale of a battle between the sly, plucky young rascals and their wry, witchy neighbor who may have more than one trick up her sleeve.
Cutest Pumpkin in the Patch
Adorable Halloween kids picture book for kids ages 2-8. Kids will love learning about emotions with the various pumpkin faces. Very fun non-spooky story to read during fall and Halloween!
FREE Halloween Scavenger Hunt Printable for Kids
Are you looking for a fun Halloween Scavenger hunt for the whole family? Get in the Halloween spirit with these free printables for a simple Halloween Scavenger hunt. These free Halloween themed scavenger hunts are fun a free fun way to get outside for an outdoor scavenger hunt or look inside of your home or even go on a community outing to a Halloween store to look for these Halloween decorations. Halloween (October 31st) is our favorite holiday to enjoy favorite things like party games, pumpkin patch, delicious food, and the best weather!
FREE Halloween Scavenger Hunt Printables for Kids
Kids of all ages will have so much fun doing this as a neighborhood Halloween Scavenger Hunt on Halloween night or as a great way to get kids excited in the weeks leading up to Halloween as well. Print out any of the FREE Halloween Scavenger hunt options in color or black and white and look around your home, school, community or neighborhood for different Halloween items with young kids.
Halloween Inspired Mummy Cake pops
These Mummy Cakesicles are not only a fabulous idea for a great Halloween themed treat, they’re really delicious too! The Halloween inspired cake pop is made from cake and frosting dipped in chocolate, and who wouldn’t love that at a Halloween party, or just a great little snack on a stick when you need something sweet. No matter when you decide to serve them or eat these delicious Mummy Cake pops, you’re going to love them, promise.
