At this time of year, it’s time to get the Halloween books for kids out. Don’t worry these books aren’t scary, they’re perfect for young children. I love reading books to my girls related to seasons, holidays or celebrations. So these are the best Halloween books for toddlers, preschool and primary school-aged children. I hope you find some Halloween picture books that inspire you. Books marked with * were sent to us for review. Find all the best children’s books here.
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The best Halloween books for kids
Press out and decorate Halloween, Kate Mclelland*
This is a board book filled with 20 sparkly decorations to press out. Kid’s will love decorating these pieces and slotting them together or threading them to make their own Halloween decorations. Perfect for the creative child. Available to buy now.
Where’s Mrs Witch? Ingela P Arrhenius
We’ve had other books from this series. They’re perfect for toddlers and babies. A sturdy board book, simple repeating text, cute and colourful illustrations and felt flaps. Your little one will love finding the cute Halloween characters and the lovely surprise mirror at the end. * Available to buy now.
Room on the broom, Julia Donaldson, Axel Scheffler
We love Room on the broom, it’s a rhyming story that is fun to read aloud. The words just roll off the tongue. It’s perfect for celebrating Halloween with young children. Yes, it features a witch but a kind witch. She keeps losing things and various animals help her find them again. They also save her from a dragon and in return, she creates a deluxe broomstick with room for them all to travel on. It’s quite a long story but everyone in our house enjoys it. The illustrations are perfect and it’s such a fun story. Available to * buy now from Amazon
That’s not my bat
Who doesn’t love the That’s not my series? This one is the perfect Halloween book for babies and toddlers. There is nothing scary about this book at all. We love the bat illustrations, the textured pages and simple text. We also love the metallic purple page edges. Available to * buy now on amazon.
Winnie the Witch, Valerie Thomas, Korky Paul
I’ve only just introduced * Winnie the Witch to my eldest so we’ve started with this one which is the first in a classic series of books. Again Winnie is a kind witch so it is perfect to read with young children. Winnie lives in a black house with her black cat (Wilbur). The walls are black, the floors are black and even the furniture is black. So when Wilbur closes his green eyes, Winnie can’t see him and this is how the trouble begins. A really fun story that has left us looking forward to reading the other books in this series.
Winnie and Wilbur The monster mystery, Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul *
Another great book about the adventures of Winnie and Wilbur. This time they decide to explore the mysterious forest to discover who has been leaving strange footsteps in their garden. Of course, their adventures are filled with the usual chaos and confusion. We love these stories and the beautiful illustrations, rich with detail to explore and discuss. I bet you can’t guess who the footsteps belong too? Available to * buy from Amazon now.
Meg and Mog, Helen Nicoll & Jan Pienkowski
I remember Meg and Mog books from my own childhood and I am loving the fact that F now enjoys reading them too. Our local library stock a good selection and we have loved all the ones we have read. This one is a great introduction to the series and it mentions Halloween too. Meg (a witch) and Mog (her cat) are going to a party up in the sky but Meg’s friends don’t know what they have let themselves in for when their spell turns them into mice. F loves the funny spells in these books.
Frog in a bag, Bat in a hat, Snap crackle pop And fancy that
We love the simple but bright illustrations and fun stories. They are really good for F now she is learning phonics as the text is large, simple and full of simple words like bat, egg, frog, owl etc. These books have really stood the test of time. Available to * buy now from Amazon.
Wake up do, Lydia Lou, Julia Donaldson, Karen George
Wake up do, Lydia Lou is another Julia Donaldson book that we love. In this book, a ghost is trying to scare Lydia but he can’t even wake her up. He fetches his animal friends to help but nothing can wake her. Finally, she wakes from her dreams but instead of screaming she laughs at them all. Another rhyming story that is so fun to read aloud. Filled with animal sounds to make and lots of repetition, F has loved this book for several years now. Available to * buy now from Amazon.
Batmouse, Steve Smallman
This is a lovely book a mouse (Pip) who want to be a bat when he grows up so he can fly. He makes himself a set of wings and tries to fly. One day he bumps into Albert (a bat).
Albert teaches Pip about how bats sleep (upside down) and what they eat (moths, not cheese). Suddenly being a batmouse doesn’t sound quite so good after all. However, Albert carries Pip home and he gets his one chance to fly.
Pip no longer wants to be a bat when he grows up. I imagine his mum is relieved until Pip spots a digging mouse! Now Pip wants to be a Mole when he grows up.
This is a really fun story that F has loved for some time. At the back of the book are a few suggestions for parents or teachers to start discussions with children which are a really useful addition. Available to * buy now from Amazon.
Make and play Halloween, Joey Chou *
This is a gorgeous, bright and fun Halloween book. It’s perfect for young children as the characters are cute instead of scary. There are 20 pop-out play pieces that my kids love to play with. There are also several craft ideas and even a spooky song. The crafts and activities include pumpkin cupcakes, ghost garlands and spider goodie bags. I’m sure we’ll have hours of fun trying out these simple crafts. Available to * buy now from Amazon.
Ten spooky skeletons, Gary Parsons
We love * ten spooky skeletons. This is a fun counting book perfect for Halloween. The skeletons on each page are having lots of fun doing things such as travelling on a pirate ship, in the circus, doing magic tricks and ice skating. The text is full of rhymes and has a great rhythm. We love the cutouts on each page that hint at what is to follow and the last page is really fun glow in the dark page. Available to * buy now from Amazon.
Creepy Cobwebs
One for the youngest readers, especially the ones who love Peppa Pig! This was the first Halloween book we bought our eldest when she was just 2 years old. It’s not scary in the slightest. This book covers all the things that Peppa and George find scary but if it all gets too scary, mummy pig is there to give them a big cuddle. I can’t find this book currently on Amazon but * this one is available and looks great.
So there you have it, 9 great Halloween books for children to enjoy this Halloween. But have I missed any great Halloween books that your kids love?
Find more Halloween books for toddlers here.
Find the best Halloween picture books here.
If your children are a little older, you’ll love this post on Halloween books for 6 year olds.
Where to next?
Find my favourite autumn children’s books here.
Find all my favourite Halloween activities for children here.
Are you looking for Halloween sensory play ideas? If so here are my favourite ideas from around the web.
Find a simple Halloween sensory bin here.
Find the best autumn activities for kids here.
Find our favourite autumn activities for preschool here.
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I totally agree with your wonderful choice of books. I’ve worked with children for over 25 years and these are all favourites
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A few of my favourites in there and some more for inspiration for me ?
Love these stories, meg and mog is always a classic and I actually just read Room on the Broom to my eldest tonight. Another Halloween favourite of mine is Funny Bones!
Room on the broom is an absolute favourite in our house! Although lily now reads chapter books she’ll still pull out our copy for a read!
What a lovely selection. Oh, I remember Meg and Mog too!
Room on the broom is another one of favourites 🙂
What a lovely selection. Oh, I remember Meg and Mog too!
Room on the Broom is another one of our favourites 🙂
Meg & Mog is a favourite of mine! Thanks for sharing with #readwithme
The books look great. I love the illustrations. Will look out for them.
We love Room on the Broom too! I like the look of the Spooky Skeletons one.
They are both great choices
There’s some lovely books here! A few we haven’t heard of so I’ll have to introduce them to the boys for Halloween x
I hope they enjoy them as much as my girls do.
Oh, these look great. I really want to get Room on the Broom and Winnie the Witch. Batmouse sounds super, too. Thanks for sharing this.
Oh you have to get room on the broom
These are all sounds a great books and Im sure my son would love this too.
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Room on the Broom is an all-time favourite in our house – love it! #humpdaylinky
Another selection of great Halloween books, I haven’t come across the bat one before so thank you! We have just borrowed Winnie from the library so perfect timing for Halloween 🙂 #KLTR
This is a fantastic list. I love the sound of the 10 spooky skeletons. I have not heard of that one before and I also like room on the broom. That is a great one! Thanks so much for linking to #KLTR I hope you have a lovely halloween. – Angela Milnes
The Room on the Broom one made me giggle pretty hard. We would love to purchase these! So much fun!
It’s a great book
Love a great range of seasonal books. We’ve got some of these but I’m always keen to add more. #KLTR
Some of our favourites on this list. Room on the Broom is awesome, and Winnie the Witch is great. I keep meaning to add The Spooky Skeletons to our bookshelves #KLTR