The Best Halloween Books to read to your Kids

Halloween is a highly anticipated holiday for many children and adults. From costumes, to pumpkin patches, to trick-or-treating and hearing scary stories, there is so much for look forward to.

To add to the excitement of Halloween, I love to read books to my daughters all month long. It’s a great way to get us into the Halloween spirit!

Here is a list of 30+ best Halloween books for kids that is sure to get your little monsters ready for the festivities and into the halloween spirit and to say Happy Halloween!

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Family favorite Halloween Books

If your kids are a fan of cute Halloween books, below are the ones that my family loves that we read year round, even when it’s not even close to halloween!

31 Best Halloween Books for Kids from Amazon

From books about pumpkins, black cats and spooky tales, here are some great options for older kids to younger children. No worries, no scary books here just fun ones that you can read that may just turn into favorite halloween traditions year after year!

Halloween Books about Pumpkins

Pumpkin Jack

The first pumpkin Tim ever carved was fierce and funny, and he named it Jack. When Halloween was over and the pumpkin was beginning to rot, Tim set it out in the garden and throughout the weeks he watched it change.

If you are taking your kids to a pumpkin patch, this would be a great book to read before your trip. This story features beautifully detailed illustrations that give an intimate look at the cycle of life.

It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse!

Mouse is back again, and excited for fall because that means it is time to decorate pumpkins!

The perfect Halloween book for young readers, and will inspired little ones to get started on fun Halloween crafts.

Big Pumpkin

The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can’t get it off the vine. Who will save the day?

The Happy Pumpkin

This picture book is an adorable introduction to Halloween for young readers while doubling in an important lesson.

It’s about a happy little pumpkin that will teach little trick-or-treaters not to judge others based on their appearance. It’s the perfect book for early readers too.

Trick Or Treat Little Pumpkin

If you are looking for an adorable book that your little ones will love you have to get this book that is also a finger puppet that you can have interact with the story!

They actually have a collection of finger puppet Halloween board books that would be such a cute gift set for young kids. You can get the Spooky Little Bat and Candy Corn too!

Halloween Books for Toddlers

Little Blue Truck’s Halloween

This is a #1 New York Times bestselling book. Little Blue Truck is picking up his animal friends for a costume party.

Interact with little readers as they lift the flaps to find out who’s dressed up in each costume.

My First Halloween Bedtime Storybook

Multiple stories in one is a win, win! This is an adorable first collection of Halloween bedtime stories, featuring classic characters like Mickey, Winnie the Pooh, and more Disney favorites.

Curious George: A Halloween Boo Fest

Who doesn’t love the Curious George books?! This story features George and his friends as they take turns surprising each other with a good “BOO!”

It also comes with a special features that includes a mirror on the last page for little readers to practice their best “boo” face.

Five Little Pumpkins on Sesame Street

Join Elmo, Cookie Monster, Abby, Zoe, and Grover in the adventure as they get dressed as five little pumpkins and go out trick-or treating. This is a great book for toddlers and young readers.

Hoot Howl Halloween 10-Button Sound Book

This fun sound book features 10 scary sounds and is a great interactive option for little ones to enjoy this Halloween season.

The Spooky Wheels on the Bus

A haunted Halloween bus ride that will have children singing with excitement, this story is a humorous Halloween-themed version of the classic song THE WHEELS ON THE BUS.

Halloween Books about Trick or Treating

Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever!

Corduroy’s adventures continue with a Halloween tale. He and his friends will carve a jack-o’-lantern, bob for apples, go trick-or-treating and have a party, but he needs to choose a costume. What will he wear?

Halloween Is Coming!

A fun, rhyming read-aloud Halloween picture book that starts a new holiday tradition. This is perfect for kids of all ages!

Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete

Follow Pete as he goes trick-or-treating from house to house and discover what is waiting behind each door with flaps that reveal fun surprises! This is a great interactive book for little readers.

The Crayons Trick or Treat

Enjoy this is a #1 New York Times bestselling story! The Crayons want to go trick-or-treating, but they’re not sure what to say!

This is a humorous Halloween story that teaches little ones the magic words to say when they go trick-or-treating!

The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat

A classic! It’s Halloween and Brother and Sister 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 story gets littles ones excited for Halloween and how to be a good friend and neighbor, plus it features bonus stickers!

Pinkalicious: Pink or Treat!

Kids will have a pinkatastic Halloween with this fun storybook, which includes stickers!

Pinkalicious is a favorite of almost every little girl I know! She always has the most fun adventures and my girls always want to read the books over and over again.

Trick or Treat, Bugs to Eat

An adorably cute Halloween book for kids! Follow along as a young bat takes flight on Halloween night and eats lots of delicious bugs along the way! Plus learn lots of fun facts about bats and their favorite insects.

Classic Halloween Books

These are some of our favorite halloween picture books that are also classics that most people have read or heard of.

The Halloween Tree

This is a charming and funny kids Halloween picture book that will help to start a new seasonal tradition. It is perfect for kids 3-5 or any young reader that wants to celebrate the spookiest season of the year.

How to Catch a Witch

The Catch Club Kids head out to trick-or-treat, there are ghosts, goblins, and ghouls everywhere! Our heroes discover a witch on a broom has opened a magical portal that let out spooky creatures all over the neighborhood.

This fun story features educational STEAM concepts and follows their journey to save Halloween before all the candy is gone.

Have No Fear! Halloween is Here!

Cat in the Hat does Halloween! The Cat in the Hat takes Sally and Nick on a trip to find costumes. But when they encounter a colony of tiny cave bats, they are in for a fright. This is great for level 2 readers, and includes over thirty stickers as an added bonus!

Room on the Broom

A Halloween classic = Room on the Broom! The 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. When disaster strikes, will the witch and her 3 unlikely animal friends be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?

Pig the Monster

Pig, the world’s greediest pug, is on the rampage for TREATS! TREATS! TREATS! This adorable picture book teaches a great lesson as well as lending some laughs.

Don’t Push the Button! A Halloween Treat

Whether you’re looking for a Halloween book for toddlers or an interactive book for preschoolers, Don’t Push the Button! A Halloween Treat is a must-have for kids of all ages.

Hocus Pocus

Hocus Pocus has been a classic story for years! Now, readers of all ages can enjoy the full story in his deluxe version with dozens of original illustrations throughout.

Halloween Haunt & Find

If you are looking for an interactive book for kids of all ages, this I Spy book is a great choice! The halloween themed activities and stories provide endless hours of fun for the whole family.

Would You Rather Game Book For Kids! Halloween Edition

Funny jokes, riddles & reading books. This game book for kids is sure to be a hit this Halloween!

At the Old Haunted House

There are all kinds of creatures in the house: a big Ma monster and her wee monsters two, a scrawny black cat 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.

Halloween Books about Monsters

Groggle’s Monster Halloween

When Groggle and Snarlina get dressed up to go trick-or-treating on Halloween, they hope to fill their pails with yummy loot from all their spooky neighbors. But no matter whose house they visit, Groggle just can’t control his monster appetite!

How to Catch a Monster

Get ready to laugh along in this fun children’s monster book as a brave young ninja heads into the closet to meet the monster that’s been so scary night after night.

This book features a lesson on conquering fears reminds littles ones that things aren’t always as scary as they seem.

The Night Before Halloween

Little monsters and goofy goblins take center stage in this silly, spooky story. What will happen on Halloween when the monsters come face to face with human trick-or-treaters?

Goodnight, Little Monster

A perfect bedtime story during the Halloween season! Little Monster needs to get ready for bed. This sweet story bring a new and quiet twist to the evening’s bedtime ritual.