Halloween Books

(most under $5.00 when you purchase through ChildFun. Click the book titles for more information)

Crafts For Halloween by Kathy Ross

The Candy Witch by Steven Kroll, Illustrated by Marylin Hafner

Clifford's Halloween by Norman Bridwell Corduroy's Halloween based on the character by Don Freeman, pictures by Lisa McCue

Franklin's Halloween by Paulette Bourgeois, Brenda Clark

The Hallo-Wiener by Dav Pilkey

The Halloween Performance by Felicia Bond

The Happy Trick-or-Treaters by Mary Packard, Illustrated by Charles Micucci

Humbug Witch by Lorna Balian (This makes a good flannelboard story)

The Kitten in the Pumpkin Patch by Richard Shaw, Illustrated by Jacqueline Kahane

My First Halloween by Tomie dePaola

Pumpkin Faces by Emma Rose, Illustrated by Judith Moffatt

The Pumpkin Patch by Elizabeth King

The Witch's Hat by Joann Bareken (comes with stickers)

Halloween Day by Anne Rockwell, pictures by Lizzy Rockwell Scholastic Press It shows children dressing up. This is also the time I introduce dress-up clothes in the Dramatic Play area.

The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything by Linda Williams, pictures by Megan Lloyd Harper Collins Publisher I read the story to the children, and I have the "props" ready (shoes, pants, shirt, gloves, hat, plastic jack-o'-lantern). Then I read it again, letting each child be one of the "props."

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