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Get in the Halloween Spirit with These Books for All Ages

Whether your young readers are looking for silly monsters, spine-chilling thrillers, or somewhere in between, we’ve got something for everyone in this selection of books perfect for the Halloween season. You’ll find magical abuelas, haunted playgrounds, mysterious monsters, heart-pounding horror, twisty mysteries, sinister secrets, and more, in the extensive collection below.

Featured Titles for All Ages

Abuelita's Gift

Abuelita's Gift

Mariana Ríos Ramírez

Julieta is eager to honor her Abuelita’s spirit on Día de Muertos, but struggles to find the perfect gift. A touching story that celebrates ancestors and teaches that the most meaningful tributes come from the heart illustrated by award-winning Sara Palacios.

Frankenkitty

Frankenkitty

Maudie Powell-Tuck

Frankenstein meets the Addams Family in this lively, laugh-out-loud Halloween picture book full of playful twists on all your favorite classic horror tropes!

Getting Ready for Halloween

Getting Ready for Halloween

Vera Ahiyya

Get ready to celebrate Halloween in this exciting new book in the Getting Ready series. Your little one will learn what to expect, from activities to costumes to treats.

The Haunted Playground

The Haunted Playground

R. J. Palacio

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Wonder and the illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events comes a spine-tingling Halloween picture book adventure!

My Abuela Is a Bruja

My Abuela Is a Bruja

Mayra Cuevas

From an award-winning author comes a vibrant and heartwarming story of the bond between grandmother and grandchild, with a touch of Puerto Rican magic!

Scritch! Scratch!

Scritch! Scratch!

Teri Sloat

Scritch! Scratch! What was that? This Halloween, give readers a “safe scare” with a rhyming picture book about a group of kids outrunning a witch’s itchy spell, perfect for little ones looking for a dose of extra-eerie fun!

Spells to Cast on Your Parents

Spells to Cast on Your Parents

Pete Holmes

Comedian and actor Pete Holmes conjures up a tale where kids run the show in this hilarious interactive picture book. With a wisecracking dragon heckling from the sidelines, young readers will cast delightfully ridiculous spells that turn grown-ups into giggling, snoring, clucking bundles of chaos.

Legend of the Vampire

Legend of the Vampire

Gertrude Chandler Warner

The Alden children were searching for a home–and found a life of adventure! Embark on an exciting journey with the Boxcar Children in this Step 2 leveled reader as they investigate…a local vampire legend?! Perfect for early readers learning to read simple sentences.

Pizza and Taco: Scariest Sleepover Ever!

Pizza and Taco: Scariest Sleepover Ever!

Stephen Shaskan

It’s time for a super sleepover! The foodie besties and their friends are excited for a fun night of telling ghost stories! Will Pizza and Taco ever get to sleep? Find out in this shivery addition to the bestselling chapter book graphic novel series!

Scaredy Squirrel Scared Silly

Scaredy Squirrel Scared Silly

Melanie Watt

Young readers love laughing away their worries (and trick-or-treating) with Scaredy Squirrel! This anxious little fella’s graphic chapter book series is perfect for fans of Narwhal and Jelly and Pizza and Taco—and is now available in paperback!

Witchycakes #4: Full Moon Magic

Witchycakes #4: Full Moon Magic

Kara LaReau

Welcome to the most magical bakery — Witchycakes! Little Blue, a witch-in-training, uses magic to help their mama set up for the most magical time of year. Cozy up with this sweet chapter book with irresisitible full-color art on every page!

Blood City Rollers: Move It or Bruise It

Blood City Rollers: Move It or Bruise It

V.P. Anderson

Skates on. Fangs out. Let’s roll. The stakes are high and the competition is tough in the sequel to the perfectly paranormal graphic novel about a 13-year-old ice skater who embraces the dark side and finds her light when she joins a vampire roller derby team.

The Creeps

The Creeps

Tehlor Mejia

Front Desk meets Stephen King! In this perfectly frightening middle grade read, a twelve-year-old boy moves into a creepy motel where breaking the rules doesn’t just mean getting kicked out—it means disappearing for good.

The Crossroads

The Crossroads

Chris Grabenstein

Perfect for Halloween! From the New York Times bestselling author of Escape From Mr. Lemoncello’s Library and coauthor of I Funny and Treasure Hunters, comes a series of spine-tingling mysteries to keep you up long after the lights go out.

Mystery James Returns from the Grave

Mystery James Returns from the Grave

Ally Russell

The second book in a creepy duology about Mystery James, who was found as a baby in a cemetery, lives in a funeral home, and can smell ghosts. This time, spring break takes a terrifying turn when Mystery suspects a ghost has entered her home…and refuses to leave.

Terrifying True Tales

Terrifying True Tales

Paige Towler

Some scary stories are more than just tall tales. This spine-tingling collection of TRUE terrors and haunting legends is perfect for Halloween—and thrills and chills all year long.

Witches of Brooklyn: S'Witch Back

Witches of Brooklyn: S'Witch Back

Sophie Escabasse

Our favorite tween witch-in-training takes on Manhattan in the bestselling graphic novel series that’s “charming beyond belief” (Entertainment Weekly)!

Weird But True! Halloween

Weird But True! Halloween

National Geographic Kids, Julie Beer

The wildly popular Weird But True! line is all dressed up for Halloween with 300 all-new spooky facts about candy, costumes, pumpkin carving, and more!

A Darker Act

A Darker Act

Amy Goldsmith

A chilling romantic folk horror inspired by the legend of the Wild Hunt! Months after their harrowing final performance, a teen girl reunites with her acting troupe for a weekend in the woods—only to find something they awakened has followed them there.

How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House

How (Not) to Renovate a Haunted House

Jenny L. Howe

In this spooky Summerween romance, an amateur ghost hunter and a supernatural skeptic team up for a haunted home renovation project. But is their relationship the real fixer upper?

Insatiable

Insatiable

Erica Ridley

A chilling Gothic horror novel set at a coed boarding school in Scotland, where a teen girl must not only fight against her monstrous male classmates but the monster growing within her after being cursed.

Nest of Tongues

Nest of Tongues

Randy Ribay

A lyrical, evocative horror about vampires from the Philippines . . . and a hunter on their tail. A brother and sister fight to protect their secrets, their community, and most of all, each other, in this evocative novel from the New York Times bestselling author of Patron Saints of Nothing.

The Saw Mouth

The Saw Mouth

Cale Plett

For fans of The Last Bookstore on Earth and Compound Fracture, a heart-pounding rural horror following a genderqueer teen who survives a near-apocalypse, only to be hunted by a mysterious monster whose very existence is entwined with their own.

School Bus Graveyard, Volume 2

School Bus Graveyard, Volume 2

Red

High school was hard enough before Ashlyn got cursed on a field trip. Now, in this fast-paced graphic novel, she must lead a rag-tag group of classmates to survive murderous phantoms.

That Which Feeds Us: A Sunnie Reads Select

That Which Feeds Us: A Sunnie Reads Select

Keala Kendall

A native Hawaiian teen travels to a luxury island resort in search of her missing twin and uncovers the dark side of paradise, in this riveting supernatural thriller from New York Times bestselling author Keala Kendall.

There Are Ghosts Here

There Are Ghosts Here

Adrienne Tooley

Willa has no memory of anything before arriving at Dorsey House, and when she meets two sinister girls who seem to already know her, she slowly begins to lose her grip on what is real . . . and what is a lie. A haunting contemporary speculative thriller for fans of Kill Creatures and We Were Liars.

We're All Going to Die Tonight!

We're All Going to Die Tonight!

Veronica Bane

A twisty, off-the-rails mystery about seven teens, forced to spend a stormy—and deadly—night together. Perfect for fans of There’s Someone Inside Your House and No Place Left to Hide.

Board Books

10 Busy Brooms

Carole Gerber; illustrated by Michael Fleming

ABCs of Kindness at Halloween

Patricia Hegarty; illustrated by Summer Macon

Celebrate the Day of the Dead!

Diane de Anda; illustrated by Gloria Félix

Dr. Seuss's Spooky Things

Dr. Seuss; illustrated by Tom Brannon

Halloween Friends: A Brown Baby Parade Book

Nikki Shannon Smith; illustrated by DeAndra Hodge

Richard Scarry's Halloween Cars and Trucks

Written and illustrated by Richard Scarry

The Day of the Dead on Sesame Street!

Random House; illustrated by Barry Goldberg

This Is the Way We Trick or Treat

Arlo Finsy; illustrated by Yuyi Chen

Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat?

Brianna Caplan Sayres; illustrated by Christian Slade

Wonderful Halloween

Written and illustrated by Emily Winfield Martin

Picture Books

Abuelita's Gift

Mariana Ríos Ramírez; illustrated by Sara Palacios

But I'm a Pumpkin!: A Summerween Story

Kat Choppy; illustrated by Heidi Moreno

Counting Creatures and Their Features

Dee Leone; illustrated by Kelly Kennedy

Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Boo!

Wade Bradford; illustrated by Tom Brannon

Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo!

Written and illustrated by Tad Hills

Frankenkitty

Maudie Powell-Tuck; illustrated by Mini Grey

Getting Ready for Halloween

Vera Ahiyya; illustrated by Debby Rahmalia

Ghouldilocks and the Three Ghosts

Annie Sullivan; illustrated by Paula J. Becker

Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared

Suzanne Lang; illustrated by Max Lang

The Haunted Playground

R. J. Palacio; illustrated by Brett Helquist

How to Scare a Ghost

Jean Reagan; illustrated by Lee Wildish

It's Not Easy Being A Ghost

Marilyn Sadler; illustrated by Stephanie Laberis

Let's Go Trick-or-Treating!

Lori Haskins Houran; illustrated by Joanie Stone

My Abuela Is a Bruja

Mayra Cuevas; illustrated by Lorena Alvarez Gomez

Scritch! Scratch!

Teri Sloat; illustrated by Zuzana Cupova

Spooky, Scary Skeletons

Andrew Gold; illustrated by Polona Lovsin

There's a Monster in Your Book

Tom Fletcher; illustrated by Greg Abbott

There's a Witch in Your Book

Tom Fletcher; illustrated by Greg Abbott

To Knit a Ghost

Z.B. Asterplume; illustrated by Heather Brockman Lee

Uni the Unicorn: The Haunted Pumpkin Patch

Amy Krouse Rosenthal; illustrated by Brigette Barrager

Emerging Readers

Curse of the Mummy

Gertrude Chandler Warner; illustrated by Liz Brizzi

Legend of the Vampire

Gertrude Chandler Warner; illustrated by Liz Brizzi

A to Z Mysteries: The Haunted Hotel

Ron Roy; illustrated by John Steven Gurney

Junie B. Jones #24: BOO...and I MEAN It!

Barbara Park; illustrated by Denise Brunkus

A Good Night for Ghosts

Mary Pope Osborne; illustrated by Sal Murdocca

Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat; illustrated by Marc Simont

Witchycakes #4: Full Moon Magic

Kara LaReau; Illustrated by Ariane Moreira

Middle Grade

Grin

D. W. Gillespie

The Halloween Tree

Ray Bradbury; illustrated by Joseph Mugnaini

History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials

Kate Messner; illustrated by Falynn Koch

Lotería

Karla Arenas Valenti; illustrated by Dana Sanmar

Mine

Delilah S. Dawson

Nightmares!

Jason Segel and Kirsten Miller; illustrated by Karl Kwasny

Night of the Living Ted

Barry Hutchison; illustrated by Lee Cosgrove

Ravenfall

Kalyn Josephson

Ride or Die

Delilah S. Dawson

Stitch Head: The Graphic Novel

Guy Bass; Illustrated by Pete Williamson

Sweet Valley Twins: The Haunted House

Francine Pascal; adapted by Nicole Andelfinger; illustrated by Knack Whittle

A World Without Summer

Nicholas Day; illustrated by Yas Imamura

Young Adult

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