These are this teacher’s favorite Halloween books for littles 👻🎃 They’re all super cute and not scary at all, including lots of friendly ghosts, silly monsters, and pumpkins. Total classroom favorites that my students ask for over and over again!
Rhyming text, adorable illustrations, and a sweet message about friendship and kindness
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
A gentle story that follows a jack-o’-lantern as it decays and grows into a new pumpkin. Perfect for fall science activity where you can create your own Pumpkin Jack lifecycle!
Pumpkin Jack
Lift-the-flap fun with familiar characters! Great for toddlers who love repetition and guessing game. Theres a book for every season and then some if your little is a fan!
Little Blue Truck's Halloween: Interactive Lift-the-Flap Book
Farmer Brown and his animals celebrate Halloween with silly humor. Perfect for the farm loving Littles!
Click, Clack, Boo!: A Tricky Treat
A Halloween twist on a familiar favorite. It’s silly, repetitive, and keeps kids giggling!
There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Bat!
A funny, lighthearted story about a skeleton who just can’t stop hiccuping. Littles find it hilarious!
Beautiful vintage-style illustrations with simple Halloween words makes it perfect for younger kiddos learning letters and seasonal vocabulary.
B Is for Boo: A Halloween Alphabet
A lift-the-flap board book with the familiar Caterpillar, Halloween vibes and interactive flaps makes it perfect for little hands and ages 2–4.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar's Creepy-Crawly Halloween: Carle, Eric
Short, rhyming text with the beloved Llama Llama character, Halloween costumes, pumpkins, and trick-or-treating. Excellent for toddlers.
Llama Llama Trick or Treat
Fun, upbeat, with a familiar character, lift-the-flaps, trick-or-treating adventures with just enough Halloween fun without being too spooky.
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete - by James Dean (Paperback)
A board book with Halloween characters (ghosts, pumpkins, candy corn) and a parent’s affectionate voice
You're My Little Baby Boo|Board Book
Combines the Halloween theme with kindness messages, cute costumes, ABC learning
ABCs of Kindness at Halloween - (Books of Kindness) by Patricia Hegarty (Board Book)
Book: A classic “five little pumpkins” rhyme brought to life with bold illustrations. Wonderful for counting and Halloween together
The Itsy Bitsy Pumpkin - by Sonali Fry (Board Book)
With big, bold pumpkin illustrations and a simple counting concept, this story is easy for young kids to follow and perfect for Halloween fun. The tactile buttons built into each page make story time interactive and great for developing little hands,...
Ten Little Jack O Lanterns - (Magical Counting Storybooks) by Amanda Sobotka (Board Book)