Spooky Season: Books for Kids

Updated September 25, 2024
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Greenhouse of horror
Livingston, Liv
Paper Book
Liv's class visits the greenhouse and encounters some strange plants in book three of the Spirited graphic chapter book series. Liv's science class has a new botany project: finding the plant that best represents them. Mrs. Arber, the ghost caring for (and haunting) the...
I love you more than the smell of swamp gas
Atteberry, Kevan
Paper Book
In the spirit of Guess How Much I Love You, a dad brings his son on a romp through the swamp, nets at the ready, to catch a little green skink--seen on every page. Dad is so excited about the trip, little monster begins to wonder if Papa monster loves him as much as all the fun he's...
Leo : a ghost story
Barnett, Mac
Paper Book
A New York Times Best Illustrated Book of 2015 You would like being friends with Leo. He likes to draw, he makes delicious snacks, and most people can't even see him. Because Leo is also a ghost. When a new family moves into his home and Leo's efforts to welcome them are...
There's a ghost in this house
Jeffers, Oliver
Paper Book
A captivating and utterly unique picture book with interactive, transparent pages about a girl who lives in a haunted house from world-renowned artist Oliver Jeffers. A young girl lives in a haunted house, but she has never seen a ghost. Are they white with holes for eyes? Are...
Ghost cat
Atteberry, Kevan
Paper Book
There is a ghost in my house. I've only seen it out of the corner of my eye, but I think it is a cat, says a little boy in this comforting tale of love and loss. There's something oddly familiar about this ghost cat--it does lots of things that remind the boy of the cat he...
Rowley Jefferson's awesome friendly spooky stories
Kinney, Jeff
Paper Book
An instant #1 New York Times bestseller! Scare yourself silly with Rowley Jefferson's Awesome Friendly Spooky Stories by Jeff Kinney, the #1 international bestselling author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid! Grab a flashlight, crawl...
I want to be in a scary story
Taylor, Sean
Paper Book
Monster may think he wants to be in a scary story, but then again . . . A hilarious return by the team that brought us Hoot Owl, Master of Disguise. Our author would like to write a funny story, but his main character -- Monster -- has a different idea. He...
The good, the bad, and the spooky
John, Jory
Paper Book
A #1 New York Times Bestseller! Based on the New York Times bestselling picture book sensation The Bad Seed, Jory John and Pete Oswald present: The Good, the Bad, and the Spooky! Includes two sticker sheets, perfect for decorating your own mini jack-o'...
Curse of the Boggin
MacHale, D. J.
Ebook
Leave the lights on for this first book in a new thriller series! The author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Pendragon invites you to enter The Library, where the stories you can't finish just might finish you. There's a place beyond this world...
Bachelor's Grove Cemetery : and other haunted places of the Midwest
Chandler, Matt.
Paper Book
Are ghosts real? Take a trip through the Midwestern United States and decide for yourself! Search the corners of Lemp Mansion, dash through Bachelor's Grove Cemetery, and stagger through Franklin Castle. A spooky adventure awaits!

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