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Halloween ghosts and goblins...and scary stories (well, maybe not too scary) abound at this time of year! The location designation for books are used at My Favorite Children's Room: Picture Books: E-P - Preschool, E- 1 - 1st Grade, E-2 - Second Grade, E-3 -Third Grade, E-4 - Fourth Grade; JF - Junior Fiction, YAF - Young Adult Fiction, Number - Nonfiction Books are filed by the author's last name after the location designations. |
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Tucker's Spooky Halloween by Leslie McGuirk (E-P) Tucker is a cute little dog who doesn't want to be "cute" this Halloween but spooky. He tries different ideas until he find just the right costume. |
A Very Brave Witch by Alison McGhee (E-P) One Halloween, a witch decides she'd like to see what trick-or-treating is all about. When she makes a friend, trick-or-treating doesn't seem too bad after all. |
Monster Halloween by David Quentin Sheldon (E-P) Irresistibly furry on three sides, this touchable board book introduces the sweetest family of monsters ever to celebrate Halloween. |
All Hallows' Eve: 13 Stories by Vivian Vande Velde (YAF) A collection of 13 scary stories, all of which take place on Halloween night such as a teen driver who finds himself at the mercy of his car. |
I'm Not Afraid of Halloween! by Marion Dane Bauer (E-P) A little monster enjoys giving treats to his gruesome and ghoulish friends, but, when an adorable kitten, bunny, and fairy stop by, they're just too scary. A pop-up book. |
The Costume Copycat by Maryann Macdonald (E-1) Full of warmth, humor, and wacky Halloween costumes, this story celebrates the inventiveness and originality that come from good-natured sibling rivalry. |
T. Rex Trick-or-treats by Lois G. Grambling (E-1) A Tyrannosaurus rex cannot decide what kind of costume to wear on Halloween night, especially when his friends have picked the best costumes. |
The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz (E-1) Putting a wacky twist on Hans Christian Andersen's "The Ugly Duckling," Horowitz tells this story of an ugly pumpkin that doesn't fit in. He leaves the pumpkin patch, and by the time Thanksgiving rolls around, he discovers the truth about who he is. |
Boris and Bella by Carolyn Crimi (E-2) Bella is the messiest monster in all of Booville and Boris is a persnickety ghoul so tidy he vacuums his vampire bats. What could ever brings these two together? Why a creature-filled, monster-mad Halloween party, of course! |
The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson (JF) Every year, the six Herdman kids wreak havoc on the whole town on Halloween. The mayor has had it and decides to cancel Halloween. But what's Halloween without trick-or-treating and candy? Never fear, the Herdmans manage to turn the worst Halloween ever into the best Halloween. |
Luther's Halloween by Cari Meister (E-1). When Dracula starts stealing candy, it looks as though Halloween will be ruined for everyone. Is Luther, a dinosaur, brave enough to stand up to mean old Dracula? |
Annie Was Warned by Jarrett Krosoczka (E-1) Annie is cautioned to not go to the "creepy old Montgomery Mansion," but her friends dare her and she isn't afraid of anything, after all, she was born on Halloween. After making her way to the Mansion, encountering Halloween creatures, finds a great surprise. |
Poultrygeist by Mary Jane Auch (E-1) On Halloween night, two rowdy young roosters encounter a "poultrygeist" in the barn. |
The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin by Margaret Wise Brown (E-1) A little pumpkin dreams of the day when he will be a big, fierce, yellow pumpkin who frightens away the field mice as the scarecrow does. |
Halloweena by Miriam Glassman (E-2) Hepzibah the witch raises a baby girl to cast spells and ride a broomstick but she still wants to be friends with other human children. |
Tuck's Haunted House by Martha Weston (E-1) Tuck, a little pig, doesn't want his younger sister, Bunny, to mess up the haunted house he's building in their garage, but he doesn't realize that her help could lead to a really good scare. |
Halloween Hats by Elizabeth Winthrop (E-1) A rhyming celebration of hats, featuring all sorts of head-toppers that help create costumes for the Halloween parade. |
No Zombies Allowed by Matt Novak (E-1) As they look at photographs of their previous year's Monster Party, two witches begin to exclude zombies, ghosts, and vampires to avoid problems, but finally decide that a party is more fun when everyone is included. |
The Bones of Fred Mcfee by Eve Bunting (E-2) A toy skeleton at Halloween provides menace and mystery. |
We're Going on a Ghost Hunt by Marcia K. Vaughan (E-1) When trick-or-treaters let their imaginations run wild, ordinary backyard items seem spooky, so that a mud puddle looks like a swamp and tree branches look like skeletons. |
The Perfectly Horrible Halloween by Nancy Poydar (E-2) Fearing that his Halloween at school will be ruined because he has left his pirate outfit on the bus, Arnold uses his imagination to come up with a new costume. |
Who Took My Hairy Toe? by Shutta Crum (J398.2) An old man known for taking what isn't his picks up the wrong thing one Halloween night, and its owner wants it back. |
The Boy of a Thousand Faces by Brian Selznick (E-3) Obsessed with horror films, ten-year-old Alonzo dreams of transforming himself into "The Boy of a Thousand Faces" and gets his wish in an unexpected way. |
Halloween Motel by Sean Diviny (E-2) When a family mistakenly checks into the wrong motel for Halloween, they do not realize that just how scary the other guests are. |
Jungle Halloween by Maryann Cocca-Leffler (E-P) Rhyming verses tell the story of jungle animals who decorate for Halloween, dress up for the occasion, and participate in the night's festivities. |
Halloween Pie by Michael O. Tunnell (E-2) Old Witch smiles a crooked smile and makes a Halloween pie for vampire and ghoul and ghost and banshee to enjoy. |
Halloween Hoots and Howls by Joan Horton (J811.54) A collection of poems celebrating Halloween, including "Tombstone Epitaphs," "The Ghost and Goblin Ball," and "The Vampire." |
One Halloween Night by Mark Teague (E-2) After a bad beginning, three friends discover that anything can happen on Halloween |
Froggy's Halloween by Jonathan London (E-1) Froggy tries to find just the right costume for Halloween and although his trick-or-treating does not go as he had planned, he enjoys himself anyway. |
Trick or Treat, Smell My Feet by Diane De Groat (E-3) Gilbert is excited about the costume he is planning to wear in the Halloween parade at school, until he discovers that lots of others have the same costume. |
The Spooky Halloween Surprise by Suzy-Jane Tanner (E Paper) Whisker Witch's haunted house is creaking and squeaking this Halloween. But who is making all the noise? Lift the flaps and find out, in this delightfully creepy, spooky "who's who". (A Lift-the-flap book) |
Albert's Halloween by Leslie Tryon (E-2) Chief Inspector Albert the duck and his three detective assistants follow a series of clues to find the batch of pumpkins stolen from the town pumpkin patch. |
Alison's Fierce and Ugly Halloween by Marion Dane Bauer (E-2) Alison dresses as a fierce and ugly pirate for Halloween, but she is disappointed and angry when everyone says she looks cute. |
Witch Mama by Judith Caseley (E-1) Jenna celebrates her Halloween birthday by trick-or-treating with her younger brother in the neighborhood and going to a party at school where her mother gives her a special surprise. |
Beneath the Ghost Moon by Jane Yolen (E-2) The farmyard mice are slumbering; beside each bed lies a tiny costume specially designed for the upcoming Ghost Eve Ball. Meanwhile the dreaded creepy-crawlies are preparing to attack! It takes the courage of one small mouse to rally the others to fight for their home, and then remind them of importance of forgiveness. |