Halloween Books for Kids

By Health & Medical Last updated Friday, September/06/2019

Everyone knows that Halloween is a time for dressing up and going out trick-or-treating. But it's also a great time for kids to face their fears and just have some fun. These books will help kids do both.

1. Happy Haunting, Amelia Bedelia

Amelia Bedelia stories are great fun to read and this Halloween story is no different. Amelia is a young maid who takes everything literally.In this story, she joins the Halloween festivities at her employers' home where there is a party going on. It's too warm in the house, so Amelia is asked to crack a window. The table is too small, so Amelia is asked to add leaves. Remember - Amelia takes everything literally, so you can imagine what she does!
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2. The Hallo-wiener

This book is sure to delight gifted kids. Many of them will identify with Oscar, the main character in the story. Oscar is a "wiener dog" who attends obedience school. He looks different from all the other dogs and so he gets teased a lot. Oscar's mother doesn't help when she buys him a "cute" Halloween costume: a hot dog bun with mustard. But Oscar comes to the rescue, when the other dogs are in trouble, and they learn to appreciate him. It's quite funny, but it can also help kids who are teased for being different understand that they are not alone.
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3. Space Case

"It came from outer space." That's how the story begins. "It" just happened to land on Halloween and at first tries to make friends with cows and chickens but then finds some friendly "aliens," who are out trick-or-treating. One of the "aliens," whose name is Buddy McGee, decides to take "It" home, where he discovers that "It" is from outer space! Buddy and the real alien become friends and Buddy even takes his new friend to school.
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4. A Vampire Is Coming to Dinner!: 10 Rules to Follow

We're all familiar with books that help children learn concepts through illustrations. This is the idea behind this book -- sort of. There are ten rules illustrated in the book, but these aren't ordinary rules. These are rules to follow when a vampire comes to dinner. Each page has a rule on a flap and the flap opens to illustrate the rule. The funny part is that the illustrations show the exact opposite of the rule! Rule one, for example, is to stay calm.The illustration, though, shows a little boy running around in terror!
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5. Halloween with Morris and Boris

This book is an old one and is sometimes hard to find, but your local library probably has a copy. All the Morris and Boris are fun and full of word play. Morris the Moose is a bit like Amelia Bedelia since he takes everything literally. In this book, Morris' friend, Boris the Bear, tries to explain the customs of Halloween, and as usual, gets amusingly frustrated when Morris doesn't to understand or asks questions that we find funny. Morris wonders, for example, if boys make Jack-o-Lanterns and girls make Jill-o-Lanterns.
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6. By the Light of the Halloween Moon

This story is great for kids who worry about little creatures under their beds. A little girl sits on a footbridge with her foot dangling over the side. Creatures from a cat to a witch, to ghoul and a ghost all out for the tantalizing toe! But the little girl banishes them all: "Oh no you don't! That toe is mine! Children can learn that they have as much power as any imaginary creature and they can banish them! It also has a slightly more subtle message that no one has a right to touch our bodies, an important message for kids.
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7. Goodnight Goon

If you and your child love "Goodnight Moon," you'll both be sure to like "Goodnight Goon." Instead of a bunny, this book has a little monster in striped pajamas saying goodnight to everything he sees around him: "Goodnight skull/And goodnight shoe. Goodnight creature/Goodnight goo?And goodnight to the old werewolf hollering 'Boo'."
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8. Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt

Nate the Great stories are so much fun to read. They are perfect for young kids who like mysteries and the mystery in this story is the disappearance of Rosamond's cat, Little Hex. Hex doesn't like Halloween and always hides, but Rosamond is sure Hex is really lost this time. They have a tough time solving the case until they brainstorm while eating their favorite snack: pancakes. Nate's powers of observation and deductive reasoning skills eventually solve the mystery!
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9. Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve

The Magic Tree House series is a favorite of many gifted kids. This book is the Halloween installment of the series. Jack and Annie, the two time travelers, travel back in time and help Merlin. In this adventure, they get involved with shape-shifting magic and an armies of birds, among other things. Morgan le Fay's apprentice Teddy helps them solve this ghost mystery by using Merlin's riddles and Teddy's magic.
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10. Sleepy Hollow Sleepover

Does the Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow really exist? Friends Dink, Josh, and Ruth Rose are going to find out! They plan to spend Halloween in Sleepy Hollow, sleeping in an old cabin and taking a haunted hayride. They even plan to investigate the Old Dutch Church, the place where some people say they've seen the Headless Horseman. They have more spooky fun than they planned on, though!
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