If your kid loves Halloween, but you don’t want them sleeping in your bed for the next 2 months, here are some not-so-scary books to read at bedtime. This list is in no way exhaustive and we’d love you to tell us your favorite in case we missed it!
Ages 0-5
- Ten Flying Brooms
- Bone Soup
- Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete
- The Littlest Witch
- Halloween: The Goodnight Train
- The Spooky Wheels on the Bus
- Little Blue Truck’s Halloween
Ages 5-9
- There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat
- The Little Old Lady Who Wasn’t Afraid of Anything
- It’s Halloween, I’m Turning Green!
- Fright Club
- Super Spooky Halloween Jokes
- Little Witch’s Big Night
- The Berenstain Bears: The Spooky Old Tree
- Weird But True! 300 Halloween Facts to Scare You Silly
Chapter Books
- The Magic School Bus: The Search for the Missing Bones
- Amelia Bedelia: Scared Silly
- The Haunted Library (Series of 10)
- Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt
- Magic Treehouse: Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve
- Junie B. Jones: Boo!…And I Mean It!
- Case Closed: Mystery in the Mansion
And because some kids DO like being scared, here are some choices that are a little more intense. BEWARE: Some of these are pretty darn spooky! Please use your discretion before purchasing for your child.
- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
- Goosebumps Series
- Fear Street Series
- Harry Potter Series (yes, we are classifying this under ‘Halloween’!)
- Ghost Stories for Kids Age 9 – 12: Short Spooky and Scary Horror Stories to Tell at a Campfire, Halloween, or Whenever It Gets Dark
- Arthur Blackwood’s Scary Stories for Kids who Like Scary Stories: Book 1
