Halloween Children’s Stories

Our Children’s Librarians’ favorite Halloween books, which are perfect for storytime or for reading together at home.

Whooo's haunting the teeny tiny ghost?
Whooo's haunting the teeny tiny ghost?
by Kay Winters
In a dark, dark wood : an old tale with a new twist
In a dark, dark wood : an old tale with a…
by David A Carter
Five little pumpkins
Five little pumpkins
Ghosts in the house!
Ghosts in the house!
by Kazuno Kohara
Goodnight, baby monster
Goodnight, baby monster
by Laura Leuck
Heckedy Peg
Heckedy Peg
by Audrey Wood
In a dark, dark room : and other scary stories
In a dark, dark room : and other scary…
by Alvin Schwartz
In the haunted house
In the haunted house
by Eve Bunting
Psst! It's me---the Bogeyman
Psst! It's me---the Bogeyman
by Barbara Park
Pumpkin eye
Pumpkin eye
by Denise Fleming
On Halloween
On Halloween
by Lark Carrier
My creature teacher
My creature teacher
by Laura Leuck
Pumpkin heads! Wendell Minor.
Pumpkin heads! Wendell Minor.
by Wendell Minor
Shake dem Halloween bones
Shake dem Halloween bones
by W Nikola-Lisa
Spooky hour
Spooky hour
by Tony Mitton
Skeleton hiccups
Skeleton hiccups
by Margery Cuyler
The Hallo-wiener
The Hallo-wiener
by Dav Pilkey
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The little old lady who was not afraid of anything
The little old lady who was not afraid of…
by Linda Williams
The Halloween kittens
The Halloween kittens
Tell me a scary story--but not too scary!
Tell me a scary story--but not too scary!
by Carl Reiner
The perfect pumpkin pie
The perfect pumpkin pie
by Denys Cazet
The spider and the fly
The spider and the fly
by Mary Botham Howitt
Three little ghosties
Three little ghosties
by Pippa Goodhart
The Three Bears' Halloween
The Three Bears' Halloween
by Kathy Duval
Who can boo the loudest?
Who can boo the loudest?
by Harriet Ziefert
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