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The best spooky kids books!
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items My absolute favourite holiday is on the way! To celebrate I'm sharing my all time favourite spooky books for kids. From board books to YA, there's something for everyone!
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spooky teen
Spooky baby
These Usborne touchy feely books are absolute classics and so well loved. That's not my witch and That's not my pumpkin are also available.
That's not my monster
A gorgeous rhyming book about ten pumpkins and their micheievous adventures. Includes counting, rhyming and gorgeous Halloween fun!
Ten Little Pumpkins
Available for preorder and out in September! A beautfiul house shaped board book by one of my all time favourite children book makers! Filled with gorgeous spooky fun.
The house with nobody in it
Our favourite puppy is having an adorable Halloween adventure.
Spot's Happy Halloween
Just the sweetest book. Your toddler will love the little finger holes making for a cute, spooky read aloud session.
Spooky Little Halloween: A Finger Wiggle Book by Sally Symes, Nick Sharratt
We're obsessed with these touchy feely books. The textures are lovely, the adults and the kids can't get enough of them.
Halloween by Campbell Books, Tiago Americo
Spooky kid
A gorgeous new picture book to get you excited for spooky season!
Cat's Halloween by Alison Murray
Poor Gustavo is so shy, he really wants to make friends but he doesn't know how.
Gustavo, the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago
Ghouls, goblins and all sorts visit this cosy cafe.
The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods by Mikey Please
In a dark dark house on a dark dark street there lived, some skeletons! No spooky library is complete without this classic.
Funnybones by Allan Ahlberg, Janet Ahlberg
There's a ghost in this house but the little girl has never seen it. Can you help her find it. I have my own opinions about the ghost but Ill let you readers decide for yourselves
There’s a Ghost in this House by Oliver Jeffers
Available to preorder now, this adorable book is out on 24th September. Poor ghost has lost his place to haunt, can he find a new place that's just right?
I Will Haunt This by Viviane Schwarz, Chris Riddell
Spooky bigger kid
This is a long form picturebook about a girl named Otilla who runs away. A spooky adaptation of a Tyrolean folktale.
The Skull by Jon Klassen
A spooky graphic novel featuring your favourite villians. What's not to love?!
The Bad Guys:Halloween Heist by Kate Howard, Scholastic
Isadora Moon is half fairy, half vampire. Ghis adroable series of early chapter books is a perfect read for spooky season
Isadora Moon Goes to School by Harriet Muncaster
Amelia is a vampire who lives in Nocturnia. This gentle spooky book is the perfect addition to a family spooky library.
Amelia Fang and the Barbaric Ball by Laura Ellen Anderson
Ghost themed graphic novel. Perfect
Ghost and Toast by Phil Corbett
Spooky chapter book kid
The tales of the darkside series currently has two books to it's name. Fun, spooky adventures with a horrific twist.
Tales of Darkisle: Conn of the Dead by Dave Rudden, Ali Al Amine
Another two part series. Two warring step-siblings need to put their differences aside when they find themselves living in a haunted house turned boutique hotel.
Scare B’n’B by Catherine Doyle, Rachael Dean
Young Bram Stoker runs away from his stuffy boarding school to experience real life on the streets of Dublin city.
The Sackville Street Caper by Alan Nolan, Shane Cluskey
No spooky library is complete without a Goosebumps book. My favourite from when I was a kid is The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb.
The Curse of the Mummy's Tomb by R. L. Stine
Gwen, despite her many protests, is sent to a boarding school while her mother goes to hospital. Something strange is going on here, what is happening in the tower?
Spirit of Loughmoe Abbey, The by Megan Wynne
An excellent series for any horror fans
Skulduggery Pleasant by Derek Landy
spooky teen
Suitable for ages 12+. Spooky but excellent
The Sad Ghost Club Volume 1 by Lize Meddings
I always thought that hauntings began with houses. They don't, of course. It's people, isn't it? They begin with people.
Wise Creatures by Deirdre Sullivan
Moll and her friends Agnes, Redd, and Ossie have always been entangled with the supernatural. They each have a gift; Moll can see and manipulate people's emotions, Agnes is psychic, Ossie can control pests and Redd has the power of distraction.
Tell the Ghosts I'm Gone by Kalynn Bayron
Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn’t live in a graveyard, raised and educated by ghosts. There, living among the dead, Bod discovers that he possesses remarkable magical powers: he can...
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, Chris Riddell