The Runaway Pumpkin– When a pumpkin breaks from its vine, it rolls through a farm encountering many of the farm’s animals. This book is written in rhyme. The rhyme seems to speed up as the pumpkin does.
The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything– Despite having many things chasing her a little old lady on a walk remains fearless. Children will love the unique things that chase her and how she deals with them.
Who’s There on Halloween?– Children will love following the rhyming text to find out just who is there on Halloween. I think parents reading this book to their children will too.
How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? (Mr. Tiffin’s Classroom Series)– This is a wonderful tale of how good things can come in small packages. Sometimes the good things are pumpkin seeds and the package is small pumpkin.
Duck & Goose, Find a Pumpkin (Oversized Board Book)– Duck and Goose search over, under, and all around to find a pumpkin. Children will love following Duck and Goose on their pumpkin hunt.
Shake Dem Halloween Bones– What fun storybook characters have when they attend a Halloween party. This book is filled with rhythm and fun. You may want to get up and dance after reading this book.
Happy Halloween, Mittens (My First I Can Read)– Max is a favorite at our house. He makes my son giggle at his antics. This time Max plots to get Ruby’s treats and he will make you giggle too.
Scaredy-Cat, Splat! (Splat the Cat)– Poor Splat is scared about all kinds of Halloween things. Spiders, scary stories, and costumes are just a few of the things that scare him. This book has a surprise ending. Splat ends up scaring the class he is visiting almost as much as he has been scared.
Happy Halloween, Mittens– Mittens so wants to help get ready for Halloween, but can she find a way that is really helpful. Some of the ways Mittens tries to help just don’t work out. My guy loved seeing what she would come up with next.
Pumpkin Hill I shared this book two weeks ago for Read.Explore.Learn in a post called Planting a Pumpkin’s Seeds in a Pumpkin. It is the story of what happen to a pumpkin that is allowed to rot and leave its seeds behind and its children do too. Let’s just say everyone in town ends up with a pumpkin.
I hope you find a couple of books that you would like to share with the children in your life. Many of the 11 Halloween books would be great for children of various ages.
What are your favorite Halloween books for kids?
We have a bunch of Halloween books too. They are fun – we only get them out for the month of October each year.
I haven’t seen the Max Halloween story (I have a Max & Ruby fan in the house). We just ordered some Halloween books from the weekly reader at school to add to the ones we have. I’d get Max though too, if I came across it. 🙂
Such a great line up of books. I love the Berestain Bears books too… such a classic.
So many great choices, but I still go with The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything as my favorite – I just LOVE that one!
A new one just came out and it’s such fun with fabulous illustrations: Monster Needs a Costume by Paul Czajak. Tara Lazar’s Monstore is also pretty special. It’s great to share picture books at all times of year. Happy Halloween!
I love non-scary childrens Halloween books! One of my kids’ favorites was “The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin”. It’s adorable. -Lisa
My kids LOVE The Berenstein Bears and The Spooky Old Tree. I am glad to see that on the list! I remember The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything from my childhood. I am going to have to check out some of those other stories.
What a fun list. I’m going to forward the link to a couple of friends.
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I have been wanting to read How Many Seeds Are in a Pumpkin!
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Will definitely look out for these at the library! I am sure my boys would love ’em 🙂
What a great library of books! My kids would love them!
Great list! I recognize a few. I’ll be sure look for the rest the next time we visit the book store or library.
what a great collection… i think broxtons school read one of them for their pumpkin patch party…
Thanks for the suggestions! We are always looking for new books!
We have a big Halloween collections, and perhaps I should get them out before it’s too late. My personal favorite is Space Case.