Get your little monsters ready for the Halloween season with these lighthearted reads for babies, toddlers, and preschoolers. These Halloween books for kids offer a perfect introduction to pumpkins, costumes, and trick-or-treating without giving them too much of a fright.
Pumpkin Patch Party
By Stephanie St. Pierre, Illustrated by Joel Schick
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Join your favorite Sesame Street characters as they visit the pumpkin patch in their Halloween costumes. Your toddler will love lifting the flaps of this board book to discover what funny surprises await. The silly scenes captured my oldest son’s attention immediately, and it became a fast favorite in our house. I loved it so much that I even added copies to the goodie bags we gave away at our pumpkin painting party!
It’s Halloween Night
By Jennifer O’Connell, Illustrated by Jennifer Morris
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Experience the wonder of getting dressed up and going trick-or-treating with this delightful question-and-answer picture book where you guess what each child is going to dress up as. The rhymes are so catchy that my oldest son memorized pieces of the book at just 21 months old!
BONUS: look for the downloadable PDF of paper dolls that you can color and cut out from the author’s website
Little Blue Truck’s Halloween
By Alice Schertle, Illustrated by Jill McElmurry
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Little Blue Truck gives his animal friends a lift to a costume party. Guess who is behind each costume in this interactive lift-the-flap picture book. Beep! Beep! Fans of the Little Blue Truck series should not miss this whimsical book for the Halloween season.
BONUS: look for the downloadable PDF Activity Kit on the publisher’s website
Pete the Cat: Trick or Pete
By James Dean and Kimberly Dean
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Follow Pete the Cat as he goes trick-or-treating in this engaging lift-the-flap book. It’s perfect for helping your little ones discover that something that might seem spooky at first isn’t spooky at all—a gentle way to ease any Halloween fears.
These are stories you’ll find yourselves reaching for again and again, even long after Halloween is over. If you are interested in books about the fall tradition of apple picking, check out this post: Fall for These Apple Stories for Little Ones.
Have any of these Halloween books for kids become favorites in your house? I’d love to hear about your experiences or other Halloween books that you and your little ones enjoyed in the comments below.
Happy exploring!