25 Halloween Picture Books for Toddlers and Preschoolers (with Matching Crafts)

Pair your favorite spooky stories with creative DIY projects.

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A round-up of 25 Halloween picture books for toddlers and preschoolers, each paired with a matching craft or activity from the No Time For Flash Cards blog. The pairing is meant to help kids get excited about Halloween while practicing skills like math, letters, and fine motor work. Each book title links to Amazon and each craft links to its full step-by-step tutorial. Readers are invited to add their own favorite Halloween books and crafts in the comments.

The list

Frankie Stein Starts School

By Lola M. Schaefer; paired with TP Roll Frankenstein craft.

Monster Math

By Anne Miranda; paired with the Monster Math activity.

Pumpkin Eye

By Denise Fleming; paired with a Dry Erase Pumpkin.

Ghosts in the House!

By Kazuno Kohara; paired with a Puffy Paint Ghost craft.

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything

By Linda D. Williams; paired with Pin and Pound Pumpkins.

Mouse's First Halloween

By Lauren Thompson; paired with Potato Print Ghosts.

Halloween Day

By Anne Rockwell; paired with a Touch and Feel Sandpaper Pumpkin.

Mouse's Halloween Party

By Jeanne Modesitt; paired with Ghost Bottle Bowling party game.

Creepy Monsters, Sleepy Monsters

By Jane Yolen; paired with Monster Blocks Memory Game.

Where Is Baby's Pumpkin?

By Karen Katz; paired with a Halloween Sensory Bin.

Peek-a-Boooo!

By Marie Torres Cimarusti; paired with a Toddler Texture Ghost Craft.

Dem Bones

By Bob Barner; paired with an X-ray X letter Craft.

Inside a House That Is Haunted

By Alyssa Satin Capucilli; paired with a Magnetic Haunted House.

Vunce Upon a Time

By J. Otto Siebold and Siobhan Vivian; paired with Sandpaper and Felt Carrot Puzzle.

AlphaOops: H Is for Halloween

By Althea Kontis; paired with Letter P is for Pumpkin.

10 Trick-or-Treaters

By Janet Schulman; paired with Candy Corn Math.

Skeleton Hiccups

By Margery Cuyler; paired with a Marshmallow Skull Craft.

In the Haunted House

By Eve Bunting; paired with Haunted House Math.

There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!

By Lucille Colandro; paired with a Vampire Bat Craft.

Beneath the Ghost Moon

By Jane Yolen; paired with a Puffy Paint Moon Craft.

Monsters Don't Eat Broccoli

By Barbara Jean Hicks; paired with Broccoli Painting.

Big Pumpkin

By Erica Silverman; paired with simple Pumpkin Glittering.

It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! (If You Give)

By Laura Numeroff; paired with a Paper Plate Pumpkin craft for toddlers.

We're Going On A Ghost Hunt

By Marcia Vaughn; paired with Cookie Cutter Ghosts.

Maisy's Halloween

By Lucy Cousins; paired with a Witch's Hat Edible Craft.