Fun and Spooky Reads for Halloween

There&s a title for everyone on Scholastic librarian Deimosa Webber-Bey&s list of Halloween-inspired books for all ages.

By Scholastic Parents Staff
Oct 23, 2017

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Fun and Spooky Reads for Halloween

Oct 23, 2017

In the twelfth installment of our Facebook Live video series, Live From Our Library, Scholastic Librarian Deimosa Webber-Bey recommended silly and spook-tacular books inspired by Halloween across all age bands. Celebrate this exciting holiday with pumpkin carving, costume making, and of course, a good book for every grade. Take a look at these fun and frightening titles below.

You can also watch the Live Chat here:
 

 

 

PreK

Clifford’s Halloween by Norman Bridwell
 


You Are My Pumpkin
by Joyce Wan

 

Frankencrayon by Michael Hall

 


Monster’s New Undies
by Samantha Berger

 

Kindergarten - 2nd Grade
 


The Notebook of Doom #10: Snap of the Super-Goop
by Troy Cummings

 


Mary McScary
by R.L Stine

 


The Too-Scary Story
by Bethanie Deeney Murguia

 


Goodnight Goon
by Michael Rex

 

3rd - 5th Grade
 


Graveyard Shakes
by Laura Terry

 


Happily Ever Afterlife #1: Ghostcoming!
by Orli Zuravicky

 


 


Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz

 


Shadow House #1: The Gathering
by Dan Poblocki

 

6th - 8th Grade
 


Goosebumps SlappyWorld #3: I Am Slappy’s Evil Twin
by R.L Stine

 


Frozen Charlotte
by Alex Bell

 


Beanstalker and Other Hilarious Scarytales
by Kiersten White

 


The Apprentice Witch
by James Nicol

 

High School and Adult
 


Beautiful Creatures
by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl

 


All the Crooked Saints
by Maggie Stiefvater

Remember Me by Christopher Pike
 


The Singing Bones
by Shaun Tan

 

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IT by Stephen King

 


Dread Nation by Justina Ireland

 

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