Kids BooksNo. 5897 · The 2026 edition
Halloween Books for Kids
Spooky stories and friendly frights: the best Halloween books for young readers.
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A curated selection of Halloween-themed books for kids, from silly and sweet to slightly spooky, perfect for storytime or independent reading.
About this
A parenting blogger's round-up of kid-friendly Halloween books, mixing childhood classics with newer titles from authors her family loves. Each entry pairs the book's title and creators with a short personal note on why it made the list. The post also links out to other bloggers' Halloween-themed entertainment round-ups.
The list
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01
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
By Linda D. Williams and Megan Lloyd; fearless old lady faces spooky happenings and finds a clever solution; teaches scary things may not be scary.
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02
The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat
By Stan and Jan Berenstain; Brother and Sister Bear avoid Miz McGrizz's spooky house, then learn looks can deceive.
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03
Pete the Cat: Five Little Pumpkins
By James Dean; Pete the Cat rocks out to the classic Halloween children's song "Five Little Pumpkins."
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04
Spooky Pookie
By Sandra Boynton; Pookie tries on costumes one by one but can't find the right one; adorable resolution.
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05
Pinkalicious Pink or Treat
By Victoria Kann; mayor cancels Halloween after a storm, so Pinkalicious determines to fix it and wear her costume.
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06
Who's There on Halloween?
Board book by Susan Hagen Nipp and Pamela Conn Beall, illustrated by Charles Reasoner; interactive clues let toddlers name hidden holiday characters.
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07
It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse!
By Laura Numeroff, illustrated by Felicia Bond; Mouse from If You Give a Mouse a Cookie decorates the patch's pumpkins.
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08
Peanuts: It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown
By Charles M. Schulz; board book version of the classic Peanuts TV special, with reusable stickers.
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09
Splat the Cat: What Was That?
By Rob Scotton; Splat is nervous about a creepy haunted house; a lift-the-flap book.
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10 Trick-or-Treaters
By Janet Schulman, illustrated by Linda Davick; not-so-scary Halloween counting book with bright artwork and fun rhymes.
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11
I Spy Spooky Night: A Book of Picture Riddles
By Jean Marzollo, illustrated by Walter Wick; picture riddles through a spooky old house searching for bats, lizards and owls.
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12
Franklin's Halloween Paperback
By Paulette Bourgeois, illustrated by Brenda Clark; Franklin's Halloween party, where he suspects a ghost but there isn't one.
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13
The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree
By Stan and Jan Berenstain; three brave bears explore a mysterious old tree: in, up, through, over, down and out.
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