Children’s Books for Halloween
Dive into spooky season with these adorable, fun children’s books for Halloween! Several are laugh out loud funny, while all have a gently spooky vibe appropriate for young children and those that prefer the cuter side of the season. The books below include ones for younger readers as well as the latest in a chapter book series.
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Children’s Books for Halloween
Enjoy these cute and spooky new children’s books for Halloween!
This adorably funny book is the story of a dad joke gone terribly wrong. A dad decides to trick his daughter, dressed in her witch’s costume, into thinking she’s turned him into a pumpkin! Unfortunately, his trick works too well, because she immediately rushes off towards the hospital, pumpkin in tow. When the pumpkin accidentally rolls down the hill towards a pumpkin festival, chaos ensues! The girl tries desperately to save her “father” from being cooked and eaten, while her father attempts to catch up to her to correct his mistake. Told in spare prose suitable for very young readers, this is a book sure to make little ones laugh out loud with every page.
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Who doesn’t love a good joke book? Combine it with lots of spooky characters and a lift-the-flap format, and you can’t go wrong! This sturdy book has four flaps for little hands to lift in every spread, each revealing the punchline to one of the Halloween jokes. Kids will love the silly Halloween fun, including tons of jokes, a spooky search and find, a maze, and more!
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Everyone knows that witches love Halloween, right?? That definitely is NOT true for Grizelda the Green, who is irritated at the noisy crowds of children that show up at her door each year. This year, she’s come up with a plan to ruin Halloween for the children, so that they will finally leave her alone once and for all! Will her plan work, or will the children show Grizelda the true spirit of Halloween and change her mind with their love of magic? A fun book for every child who wishes to have a little real magic sprinkled into their Halloween.
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Ghoulia the zombie and her friends are back with a new chapter book adventure, just in time for Halloween! Rummaging around in the attic of Crumbling Manor looking for old clothes they could use for costumes, Ghoulia discovers an old box of trinkets, including postcards from her long lost parents! They set out on a voyage long ago but never returned. Can Ghoulia devise a plan to solve the mystery once and for all and bring her parents home? A wonderful tale of problem solving and perseverance but also of friendship and family. Enter the world of Crumbling Manor, with its cast of spooky, quirky characters and family bonds that last well beyond the grave. It’s almost enough to make a zombie’s cold heart start beating again!
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