21 Halloween books to read with your kids this fall
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My kids love celebrating Halloween! Right after my eldest son’s birthday in the middle of October, all their focus shifts to Halloween preparations.
They start drawing costume ideas, creating colorful decorations, and counting down the days until Halloween.
To make this time of the year even more fun for them, I like to prepare simple Halloween activities and a few new Halloween stories for us to enjoy together.
If you are looking for some great Halloween books to read with your kids this year, I gathered here a list to inspire you.
I hope you’ll enjoy discovering these stories with your kids!
Below you can find 21 great Halloween books categorized by age so you can easily find a story for your little ones.
Halloween books for young kids (3-5 years)

1 – Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo! (by Tad Hills) | 2-4 years
2 – Little Blue Truck’s Halloween (by Alice Schertle) | 2-4 years
3 – Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete (by James Dean and Kimberly Dean) | 3-6 years
4 – Leo: A Ghost Story (by Mac Barnett) | 3-6 years
5 – The Little Kitten (by Nicole Killen) | 3-5 years
6 – ⭐ Room on the Broom (by Julia Donaldson) | 3-6 years (one of our favorite Halloween books)

7 – The Little Ghost Who Lost Her Boo! (by Elaine Bickell) | 3-5 years
8 – Pumpkin Jack (by Will Hubbell) | 3-6 years
9 – Ghost Afraid of the Dark (by Sara Conway) | 2-4 years
10 – The Little Ghost Who Was a Quilt (by Riel Nason) | 3-6 years
11 – Halloween Is Coming (by Cal Everett) | 3-5 years
12 – Gilbert the Ghost (by Guido Van Genechten) | 3-5 years
Bonus recommendation: Pick a Pumpkin (by Patricia Toht) | 3-6 years
Halloween books for kids aged 4-7

13 – Creepy Carrots! (by Aaron Reynolds) | 4-7 years
14 – Sir Simon: Super Scarer (by Cale Atkinson) | 4-7 years
15 – Arthur’s Halloween: An Arthur Adventure (by Marc Brown) | 4-7 years
16 – Gustavo, the Shy Ghost (by Flavia Z. Drago) | 3-6 years
17 – Christopher Pumpkin (by Sue Hendra and Paul Linnet) | 4-8 years
18 – Creepy Crayon! (by Aaron Reynolds) | 4-7 years
Bonus recommendations:
- Boo Stew (by Donna L. Washington) | 4-8 years
- The Bad Seed Presents: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky (by Jory John) | 4-7 years
Halloween books for older kids

19 – A World Full of Spooky Stories: 50 Tales to Make Your Spine Tingle (by Angela McAllister) | 5-8 years
20 – Inside the Villains (by Clotilde Perrin) | 5-9 years
21 – The Monsters’ Monster (by Patrick McDonnell) | 4-8 years

If you are looking for easy and fun activities to try with your kids this fall, here are some more ideas to inspire you: