Happy Halloween From
Penguin Young Readers!
Penguin Young Readers!
Dive into the spookiest, silliest, and most haunting Halloween reads this fall. Explore Penguin Young Readers' favorite Halloween picture books, middle grade novels, and YA thrillers.
Halloween Picture Books
From scary to silly and everywhere in between, there's something for everyone this Halloween!
For fans of Dragons Love Tacos comes this yummy tale about monstrous misadventures, the second book in the Mythical Feasts series.
It's Halloween night! Which means it's time to take your friendly neighborhood ghost trick-or-treating.
Celebrate Halloween with this sweet treat of a book—a perfect gift for little trick-or-treaters.
Halloween hijinks ensue when the monsters bring out their trampoline!
From New York Times bestselling illustrator Pete Oswald and critically acclaimed author Lucy Ruth Cummins comes a Halloween adventure for Sleepy Sheepy. A story all about learning when to blend in and when to stand out.
Told in silly, rhyming text, this is a not-so-scary Halloween tale about a grouchy old witch named Grizelda the Green who tries to destroy Halloween! Perfect for fans of Room on the Broom and How to Catch a Witch!
Even the things that go bump in the night must go to sleep in this bedtime tale perfect for fans of Adam Rubin and Aaron Reynolds!
From acclaimed children’s book author-illustrator Jill Howarth comes a silly, pun-filled interactive board book perfect for Halloween, with 20 lift-the-flaps, a search-and-find, a maze, and more!
From award-winning actress Aubrey Plaza and writer Dan Murphy comes the story of a feisty wannabe bruja and the kooky witch she helps to throw the best Halloween party of the season!
A favorite Halloween read-aloud now with a bright neon orange cover and fun activities!
Get ready for a buttload of laughs in this hilarious picture book about a pair of siblings who face a frightening question—can butts be haunted? Featuring a glow-in-the-dark cover!
Boo! It's time to have a frightfully fun time with Bluey in this magnet book! Based on the wildly successful animated series Bluey, as seen on Disney+
Celebrate Halloween with search-and-find fun in this pumpkin-shaped board book perfect for fans of The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
Discover Halloween surprises with this fun and gentle introduction to the holiday featuring The Very Hungry Caterpillar!
It's Halloween and Peter Rabbit is going to a party in the forest! As Peter ventures through the woods, who will surprise him with a spooky peek-a-BOO at every turn?
Celebrate spooky season with Spot in this lift-the-flap board book -- the perfect gift for a Halloween treat!
Join Llama Llama on a special Halloween adventure in this original board book, the perfect seasonal treat for babies and toddlers!
Middle Grade
Dive into these spooky and silly Middle Grade favorites!
From the co-creator of the #1 New York Times bestselling Spiderwick Chronicles series comes a deliciously dark supernatural middle-grade coming-of-age story, with two-color illustrations throughout.
Riley Dare is the Queen of Mysteries, master of puzzles, player of all the games. (She's maaaybe not yet a whiz with her magic, but she'll get there.) And she's got her very first real-life case to solve!
For fans of Doll Bones and Goosebumps comes a delightfully creepy tale of a girl who must defend her family home from a babysitter with a monstrous secret!
Set during World War II, a twelve-year-old orphan who accidentally unleashes a shadow monster onto the streets of London must team up with unlikely allies to hunt it down.
New York Times bestselling adult author of The Bear and the Nightingale makes her middle grade debut with a creepy, spellbinding ghost story destined to become a classic
Dark secrets and unnatural magic abound when a twelve-year-old girl ventures into a bog full of monsters to break a mysterious curse.
A ghost must team up with the living girl she’s been haunting in order to defeat a monster out of her nightmares and save her little brother, from the author of The Curse of Eelgrass Bog.
From the creator of The Sleepover comes a horror graphic novel for kids about two brothers and their friends who set out to uncover what terrors may be lurking in their nearby creek. Perfect for fans of Goosebumps!
In this hilarious debut middle grade graphic novel, when an impossible wish comes true, a wild adventure begins!
In the second installment of this hilarious unlikely-superhero adventure, Stanley and Gene master their invisibility powers and face a mysterious new villain bent on their destruction!
Get ready for Halloween hijnks in this monstrously hilarious third graphic novel starring unlikely superheroes, perfect for readers ages 8-10!
Young Adult
You won't be able to put down these haunted twisty YA thrillers.
A dark contemporary fantasy set against the richly wrought backdrop of New Orleans, featuring witchcraft, tarot, death, and a bit of romance.
A sapphic supernatural YA graphic novel featuring a vampire crushing on the girl hunting her, from the author of Some Girls Do and the illustrator of Wonder Woman: Warbringer.
E. M. Carroll meets Buffy the Vampire Slayer with a dash of The Rocky Horror Picture Show in this debut young adult graphic novel that is a celebration of horror, queerness, and figuring out who you want to be.
A thrilling crossover YA Horror where the captain of a high school cheer team is caught in a bitter rivalry and turns to an ancient, supernatural creature for help, not knowing she’s just made a deal with a devil and could lose everything that matters, including her life.
A teen girl faces the horrors of misogyny and racism—plus an evil witch and her horde of monsters—in this fun, fast-paced thriller.
From the author of Hearts Still Beating comes a chilling and romantic supernatural novel set in a small town with dark secrets, about a teen girl who falls in love with a ghost.
Two teen girls must uncover the occult secrets lurking in their Cape Cod town in this twisty, witchy thriller.
A criminal and a royal guard are drawn into the hunt for a dangerous witch—and an unexpected romance—in this YA enemies-to-lovers romantasy, the first in a duology.
The first book of a thrilling supernatural romance series about a teenage girl who defies the laws of the wolf pack in pursuit of true love.
Welcome to the first graphic novel installment in the captivating world of the internationally #1 bestselling Vampire Academy series, where love and loyalty run deeper than blood.
Squid Game meets boarding school in this electric young adult thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of How to Survive Your Murder
A stunning YA debut from gothic master Isabel Cañas, bestselling author of The Hacienda, Vampires of El Norte, and The Possession of Alba Díaz.
Solving her best friend's murder means infiltrating a secret society, resisting a forbidden love, and running from a vengeful ghost in this sophomore novel by the author of Together We Rot.
From New York Times bestselling author of Dark and Shallow Lies comes a new southern gothic supernatural thriller about a teen girl in a small Ozark town who can hear the bones of the dead.
In this twisty feminist historical thriller set in the 1850s, a teenage grave robber quickly becomes entangled in a murderer's plans.
Rear Window meets The Ring in this sinister YA thriller, in which a teen girl witnesses the livestreamed murder of a popular online streamer by a paranormal entity . . . and could be its next victim.
A queer YA psychological thriller from the author of Some Girls Do.
From the author of New York Times bestseller House of Hollow comes a darkly seductive witchy thriller where, though both men and demons lurk in shadows, girls refuse to go quietly into the night.
From the bestselling author of I Am Still Alive comes a new nail-biter that's part survival story, part murder mystery, and all thriller—perfect for fans of Karen McManus and Holly Jackson!