Put the Boo in BOOKs
this Halloween!

Books for Babies and Toddlers

ABCs of Kindness at Halloween

Patricia Hegarty, Summer Macon

Dr. Seuss's Spooky Things

Dr. Seuss, Tom Brannon

Elmo's Trick-or-Treat Fun!:
A Halloween Counting Book
(Sesame Street)

Andrea Posner-Sanchez, Joe Mathieu

The Day of the Dead on Sesame Street!

Random House, Barry Goldberg

Also available in Spanish!

Celebrate the Day of the Dead!

Diane de Anda, Gloria Félix

Also available in Spanish!

10 Busy Brooms

Carole Gerber, Michael Fleming

Halloween Friends:
A Brown Baby Parade Book

Nikki Shannon Smith, DeAndra Hodge

Halloween Heroes!
(Paw Patrol)

Random House, Random House

Halloween Party!
(Blue's Clues & You)

Random House, Random House

This Is the Way We Trick or Treat

Arlo Finsy, Yuyi Chen

Trick or Treasure!
(Santiago of the Seas)

Random House, Francesco Legramandi

Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat?

Brianna Caplan Sayres

Books for Kids

Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared

Suzanne Lang, Max Lang

Spooky, Scary Skeletons

Andrew Gold, Polona Lovsin

Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Boo!

Wade Bradford, Tom Brannon

Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo!

Tad Hills

How to Scare a Ghost

Jean Reagan, Lee Wildish

Witch & Wombat

Ashley Belote

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Abuelita's Gift

Mariana Ríos Ramírez, Sara Palacios

Also available in Spanish!

It's Not Easy Being A Ghost

Marilyn Sadler, Stephanie Laberis

Download activities!

In the Dark

Kate Hoefler, Corinna Luyken

There's a Monster in Your Book

Tom Fletcher, Greg Abbott

There's a Witch in Your Book

Tom Fletcher, Greg Abbott

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Scooby-Doo 5-Minute Stories

Random House, Random House

Monsters Unmasked!
(Scooby-Doo)

Nicole Johnson, Random House

Brick or Treat!
(LEGO)

Matt Huntley, Jason May

Nickelodeon 5-Minute
Halloween Stories Collection

Random House, Random House

What Was I Scared Of?

Dr. Seuss

The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

The Goblin Twins: Too Hard to Scare

Frances Cha, Jaime Kim

The Wheels on the Bus at Halloween

Sarah Kieley

Uni the Unicorn:
The Haunted Pumpkin Patch

Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Brigette Barrager

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Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life

Polo Orozco, Mirelle Ortega

Also available in Spanish!

The Haunted Mansion
(Disney Classic)

Lauren Clauss, Glen Brogan

Let's Go Trick-or-Treating!

Lori Haskins Houran, Joanie Stone

I Am Wednesday

Golden Books, Golden Books

I Am Elphaba
(Universal Pictures Wicked)

Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang

I Am Glinda
(Universal Pictures Wicked)

Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang

I Am Jack Skellington
(Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Matthew J. Gilbert, Jeannette Arroyo

I Am Sally
(Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Nicole Johnson, Jeannette Arroyo

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
(Disney)

Jeannette Arroyo, Lauren Clauss

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(Disney Classic)

Cara Stevens, Alan Batson

Peppa's Pumpkin Day
(Peppa Pig)

Courtney Carbone, Zoe Waring

Stranger Things:
Inside, Outside, Upside Down (Funko Pop!)

Geof Smith, Meg Dunn

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Stranger Things:
We Can Count on Eleven (Funko Pop!)

Geof Smith, Meg Dunn

Universal Monsters Little Golden Book
(Funko Pop!)

M. D. Brundlefly, Meg Dunn

A Halloween Mystery!
(Scooby-Doo and Friends)

David Croatto, Dario Brizuela

How to Be a Ghost
(LEGO)

Meredith Rusu, Josh Lewis

The Poky Little Puppy and the Pumpkin Patch

Diane Muldrow, Sue DiCicco

Step Into Reading

Halloween Night!

Candice Ransom, Ashley Evans

Snacks and Scares!
(Scooby-Doo)

Random House, Random House

Stitch-or-Treat!
(Disney Stitch)

Eric Geron, RH Disney

Have No Fear! Halloween is Here!

Tish Rabe, Tom Brannon

Once Upon a Zombie:
Tales for Brave Readers

Deborah Underwood

Chapter Books

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

Barbara Park, Denise Brunkus

Pizza and Taco: Dare to Be Scared!

Stephen Shaskan

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Spooky Sleuths #1: The Ghost Tree

Natasha Deen, Lissy Marlin

A to Z Mysteries: The Haunted Hotel

Ron Roy, John Steven Gurney

Scaredy Squirrel Scared Silly

Melanie Watt

Nate the Great and the Halloween Hunt

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Marc Simont

The Pumpkin Head Mystery

Robert Papp, Gertrude Chandler Warner

A Good Night for Ghosts

Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca

Haunted Castle on Hallows Eve

Mary Pope Osborne, Sal Murdocca

Books for Tweens

It Came from the Trees

Ally Russell

It Happened to Anna

Tehlor Kay Mejia

Give Me Something Good to Eat

D. W. Gillespie

Kiki's Delivery Service

Eiko Kadono, Yuta Onoda, Emily Balistrieri

Stranger Things: Heroes and Monsters (Choose Your Own Adventure)

Rana Tahir, Patrick Spaziante, Katherine Spaziante

Hawkins Horrors (Stranger Things)

Matthew J. Gilbert

5 Scary Stories for a Dark Knight #1 (DC Batman)

Cavan Scott, Jeannette Arroyo

History Smashers: Salem Witch Trials

Kate Messner, Falynn Koch

The Terribles #1: Welcome to Stubtoe Elementary

Travis Nichols

The Curse of the Dead Man's Diamond

Christyne Morrell

Bloom

Kenneth Oppel

Camp Scare

Delilah S. Dawson

Field of Screams

Wendy Parris

Ravenfall

Kalyn Josephson

Stage Fright

Wendy Parris

Wretched Waterpark

Kiersten White

Graphic Novels

Sweet Valley Twins: The Haunted House

Francine Pascal, Knack Whittle, Nicole Andelfinger

Witches of Brooklyn

Sophie Escabasse

Ham Helsing #1: Vampire Hunter

Rich Moyer

Steve L. McEvil

Lucas Turnbloom

Summer Vamp

Violet Chan Karim

Taxi Ghost

Sophie Escabasse

Books for Teens

Zombie Apocalypse Running Club

Carrie Mac

Bad Witch Burning

Jessica Lewis

Practical Rules for Cursed Witches

Kayla Cottingham

Wednesday: A Novelization of Season One

Tehlor Kay Mejia

The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein

Kiersten White

The Babysitters Coven

Kate M. Williams

The Dare

Natasha Preston

Escape Room

Maren Stoffels

Fright Night

Maren Stoffels

The Midnight Game

Cynthia Murphy

There's No Way I'd Die First

Lisa Springer

Win Lose Kill Die

Cynthia Murphy

The Black Queen

Jumata Emill

Hatchet Girls

Diana Rodriguez Wallach

Signed Sealed Dead

Cynthia Murphy

Monstrous

Jessica Lewis

No Escape

Maren Stoffels

Small Town Monsters

Diana Rodriguez Wallach

Old Wounds

Logan-Ashley Kisner

Our Wicked Histories

Amy Goldsmith

Celebrate with your favorite characters!

Download Activity Booklet

Read Aloud StoryTime

A Brightly read aloud video featuring The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree. Three brave little bears explore the inside of a mysterious old tree. Carve out family time for this Berenstain Bear’s Halloween read!

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Books for Babies and Toddlers

ABCs of Kindness at Halloween

Patricia Hegarty, Summer Macon

Dr. Seuss's Spooky Things

Dr. Seuss, Tom Brannon

Elmo's Trick-or-Treat Fun!: A Halloween Counting Book (Sesame Street)

Andrea Posner-Sanchez, Joe Mathieu

The Day of the Dead on Sesame Street!

Random House, Barry Goldberg

Celebrate the Day of the Dead!

Diane de Anda, Gloria Félix

10 Busy Brooms

Carole Gerber, Michael Fleming

Halloween Friends: A Brown Baby Parade Book

Nikki Shannon Smith, DeAndra Hodge

Halloween Heroes! (Paw Patrol)

Random House, Random House

Halloween Party! (Blue's Clues & You)

Random House, Random House

This Is the Way We Trick or Treat

Arlo Finsy, Yuyi Chen

Trick or Treasure! (Santiago of the Seas)

Random House, Francesco Legramandi

Where Do Diggers Trick-or-Treat?

Brianna Caplan Sayres

Books for Kids

Grumpy Monkey Don't Be Scared

Suzanne Lang, Max Lang

Spooky, Scary Skeletons

Andrew Gold, Polona Lovsin

Dr. Seuss's Horton Hears a Boo!

Wade Bradford, Tom Brannon

Duck & Goose, Honk! Quack! Boo!

Tad Hills

How to Scare a Ghost

Jean Reagan, Lee Wildish

Witch & Wombat

Ashley Belote

Abuelita's Gift

Mariana Ríos Ramírez, Sara Palacios

It's Not Easy Being A Ghost

Marilyn Sadler, Stephanie Laberis

In the Dark

Kate Hoefler, Corinna Luyken

There's a Monster in Your Book

Tom Fletcher, Greg Abbott

There's a Witch in Your Book

Tom Fletcher, Greg Abbott

Scooby-Doo 5-Minute Stories

Random House, Random House

Monsters Unmasked! (Scooby-Doo)

Nicole Johnson, Random House

Brick or Treat! (LEGO)

Matt Huntley, Jason May

Nickelodeon 5-Minute Halloween Stories Collection

Random House, Random House

What Was I Scared Of?

Dr. Seuss

The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears and the Spooky Old Tree

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat

Stan Berenstain, Jan Berenstain

The Goblin Twins: Too Hard to Scare

Frances Cha, Jaime Kim

The Wheels on the Bus at Halloween

Sarah Kieley

Uni the Unicorn: The Haunted Pumpkin Patch

Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Brigette Barrager

Day of the Dead: A Celebration of Life

Polo Orozco, Mirelle Ortega

The Haunted Mansion (Disney Classic)

Lauren Clauss, Glen Brogan

Let's Go Trick-or-Treating!

Lori Haskins Houran, Joanie Stone

I Am Wednesday

Golden Books, Golden Books

I Am Elphaba (Universal Pictures Wicked)

Mary Man-Kong, Elsa Chang

Elmo's Trick-or-Treat Fun!:
A Halloween Counting Book
(Sesame Street)

Halloween Friends:
A Brown Baby Parade Book

Halloween Heroes!
(Paw Patrol)

Halloween Party!
(Blue's Clues & You)

Trick or Treasure!
(Santiago of the Seas)

Monsters Unmasked!
(Scooby-Doo)

Brick or Treat!
(LEGO)

Nickelodeon 5-Minute
Halloween Stories Collection

Uni the Unicorn:
The Haunted Pumpkin Patch

The Haunted Mansion
(Disney Classic)

I Am Elphaba
(Universal Pictures Wicked)

I Am Glinda
(Universal Pictures Wicked)

I Am Jack Skellington
(Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)

I Am Sally
(Disney Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas)

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
(Disney)

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
(Disney Classic)

Peppa's Pumpkin Day
(Peppa Pig)

Stranger Things:
Inside, Outside, Upside Down (Funko Pop!)

Stranger Things:
We Can Count on Eleven (Funko Pop!)

Universal Monsters Little Golden Book
(Funko Pop!)

A Halloween Mystery!
(Scooby-Doo and Friends)

How to Be a Ghost
(LEGO)