Booktacular Halloween Books for Children

Check out these Halloween books provided to you from Sussex County Library System. They are fun and fright-free books.

Updated July 1, 2026
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Booook! :
Paper Book
Spark Your Baby's Curiosity with Halloween Fun Introduce your little one to the joys of Halloween with Booook! A Spooky High-Contrast Book. This engaging board book is designed to captivate babies, making learning about friendly Halloween characters a delightful experience. Part of...
Dr. Seuss's Horton hears a boo! /
Bradford, Wade
Paper Book
Join Dr. Seuss's beloved character Horton the elephant and friends on a Halloween adventure as they try to overcome their fears and find the source of a spooky sound! Don't miss the Netflix original series Dr. Seuss's Horton! In the Jungle of Nool, near the...
How to haunt a house /
Crimi, Carolyn
Paper Book
Clever ghosts-in-training solve a scary haunted house problem. Groana, Moana, and Shrieky are three little ghosties learning the tricks to giving a good scare. They stomp around, spook family pets, and slam toilet seats. They're all set to pass their...
The boo crew needs you! /
Fang, Vicky
Paper Book
When Halloween night turns to chaos, Monster Town has only one hope--YOU! There's no time to wait around... get the Boo Crew! This isn't just another bedtime story--it's an action-packed, hands-on journey where every page invites kids to tap, clap, and shout their way through a...
Aggie and the ghost
Forsythe, Matthew
Paper Book
An ALA Notable Children's Book A New York Magazine Best New Book for Kids A LitHub Most Anticipated Children's Book of 2025 A School Library Journal Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Picture Book of the Year...
Ghosthunters and the totally moldy baroness!
Funke, Cornelia Caroline.
Paper Book
Strange and stinky things are happening at Gloomsburg Castle. To begin with, the creepy place is crawling with TIBIGs (Tiny Biting Ghosts, per the Indispensable Alphabetical Index). And now it appears that the murderous spirit of a 400-year-old, Totally Moldy Baroness has possessed the palace's...
Coraline
Gaiman, Neil
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline--also an Academy Award-nominated film "Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house...." When Coraline steps through a door to find another...
Coraline
Gaiman, Neil.
Paper Book
New York Times bestselling and Newbery Medal-winning author Neil Gaiman's modern classic, Coraline--also an Academy Award-nominated film "Coraline discovered the door a little while after they moved into the house...." When Coraline steps through a door to find another...
Bruce and the legend of Soggy Hollow /
Higgins, Ryan T.
Paper Book
Celebrate all things scary with #1 New York Times best-selling author Ryan T. Higgins's beloved Mother Bruce. Bruce is a bear who does not like holidays, and he really doesn't like Halloween. His family of mice and geese decides the only way to get Bruce excited...
Trick or treat? It's Halloween! /
Lodge, Jo,
Paper Book
Join in the Halloween fun with Trick or Treat? It's Halloween! by Jo Lodge, an interactive board book for babies and toddlers that explores the magic of Halloween--from cats to skeletons and ghosts!--through colorful illustrations, surprising sound words, and engaging interactive features. Children...
How to catch a witch /
Walstead, Alice
Paper Book
A New York Times and USA Today bestseller from the hit How to Catch series! Do YOU have what it takes to snatch a Halloween witch? It's Halloween night and something doesn't seem quite right... When the How to Catch Kids head out to trick-or-treat, there are ghosts, goblins, and ghouls...

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