Happy Halloween, my friends! As not a spooky story lover, mostly, I support and applaud all of you who are less scaredy cat than I. I want to point you in the direction of All Hallow’s Read, which has all kinds of great book recommendations and video of Neil Gaiman talking up books for Halloween. (I admit it. I can just listen to that guy forever. And read anything he writes. I’m smitten.)
And, here are some of my client’s favorite books for Halloween! In the interest of saving time and space I didn’t included the illustrator names for the picture books. These are in no particular order, other than divided by age category, and this list is purely subjective and absolutely incomplete. So enjoy some Halloween suggestions for each age group! And booooooooo!
Picture Books
Peanut Butter and Brains by Joe McGee
Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace
Skeleton Cat by Kristyn Crow
Crankenstein by Samantha Berger
Creepy Carrots by Aaron Reynolds
Tailypo by Joanna Galdone
The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
Mostly Monsterly by Tammi Sauer
Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White
Boogie Knights by Lisa Wheeler
Sipping Spiders through a Straw by Kelly DiPucchio
The Ugly Pumpkin by Dave Horowitz
Middle Grade
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Coraline by Neil Gaiman
When a Monster Calls by Patrick Ness
The Mostly True Story of Jack by Kelly Barnhill
The Witch’s Boy by Kelly Barnhill
Doll Bones by Holly Black
The Crowfield Curse by Pat Walsh
The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier
Young Adult
Rotters by Daniel Kraus
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
The Marbury Lens by Andrew Smith
The Accident Season by Moïra Fowley-Doyle
Imaginary Girls by Nova Ren Suma
Tighter by Adele Griffin
Blackwood by Gwenda Bond
Blood and Salt by Kim Liggett
I hope you all have a lovely Halloween, filled with just the right amount of candy and cosplay!
