Tag Archives: Halloween Books

Three Seasonal “Biscuit” Books – Alyssa Satin Capucilli

When my twins were little, we loved the Biscuit books by Alyssa Satin Capucilli and Pat Schories. These gentle stories all feature a cute, silly puppy named Biscuit and his owner. His owner is never named, but referred to as “the little girl”. These are great stories for emerging readers and younger children. Even the youngest child can say “woof, woof” along with biscuit. The illustrations are very heart warming. Here are three Biscuit books, perfect to read in this season. Biscuit Visits the Pumpkin Patch is a sturdy board book. Very young children will enjoy this simple book. Biscuit … Continue reading →

A Tiger Called Thomas – Charlotte Zolotow

A Tiger Called Thomas is a sweet, non-scary Halloween story. Charlotte Zolotow is one of my favorite children’s book authors. In the story, Thomas moves to a new neighborhood. He is too shy to go play with anyone, so he sits on his porch and watches the world go by. His mother urges him to go play and make friends, but he is convinced that no one will like him. On Halloween, his mother gives him a tiger costume. Under the mask, he finds the courage to get off his porch and go trick or treating. To his surprise, all … Continue reading →

Dragon’s Halloween – Dav Pilkey

Dragon’s Halloween by Dav Pilkey is the fifth book in the Dragon series, and is a great book for young readers. I love the Dragon books. They are sweet, and silly. The illustrations are worth paying attention to. You will find all sorts of extra laughs. Even though the book has simple words, the descriptions are marvelous. The book begins “It was October, and all the world was orange and brown.” Dragon’s Halloween is divided into three short chapters. In the first, Dragon searches a pumpkin patch for a pumpkin as big as a house to make into a scary … Continue reading →

Happy Haunting, Amelia Bedelia – Herman Parish

Happy Haunting, Amelia Bedelia by Herman Parish is a fun Halloween book for Amelia fans. Happy Haunting has all sorts of the kinds of silly puns that we expect from an Amelia Bedelia book. Young readers love these books. It’s fun to read about a grownup who gets things so wrong and in such silly ways. In this book, Halloween has Amelia Bedelia very confused. She comes home to find Mr. and Mrs. Rogers decorating their house for a Halloween party. You would think that by now Mr. Rogers would know better than to tell Amelia Bedelia to crack a … Continue reading →

Halloween Books

Here’s some more fun seasonal books to share with your children. Clifford’s First Halloween by Norman Bridwell I’ve always liked these tiny baby Clifford books more than the giant grownup Clifford ones. Baby Clifford is cute and gets into lot of mischief. In this Halloween story, Emily Elizabeth wants to find a costume for her puppy. Finding one small enough is a real challenge. She ends up using a Kleenex to make him a ghost costume. They go trick or treating, but also have a party at their apartment. Clifford gets stuck in taffy apples and Emily Elizabeth has to … Continue reading →

Arthur’s Halloween – Marc Brown

I love to share seasonal books with children. Arthur’s Halloween is a fun read aloud book for this time of year. At the beginning of the story, Arthur is a bit scared by Halloween. He doesn’t enjoy the “Bat Wing” brownies. He doesn’t want to stick his hand in the cold spaghetti “guts”. He’s even a little frightened of his own little sister’s costume. And he’s worried about trick or treating too. He’s especially worried about walking by what all the kids say is haunted witches house. Arthur has to take his little sister D.W. along. She’s not scared of … Continue reading →