Kids: Spooky stories

If you like reading something spooky and are after a book that may contain ghosts, horror, the supernatural, aliens, or just something a bit scary then there'll be something for you in this list!

Updated July 28, 2025
W
Wellington City Libraries Children's team at Wellington City Libraries
This is your list in printable form. Simply print this page using your browser's print command.

Kids: Spooky stories

If you like reading something spooky and are after a book that may contain ghosts, horror, the supernatural, aliens, or just something a bit scary then there'll be something for you in this list!

Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
The house with chicken legs
Anderson, Sophie
Paper Book
An extraordinary retelling of the Baba Yaga myth, this debut novel will wrap itself around your heart and never let go.All 12-year-old Marinka wants is a friend. A real friend. Not like her house with chicken legs. Sure, the house can play games like tag and hide-and-seek, but Marinka longs for a...
The witches
Dahl, Roald
Paper Book
From the World's No. 1 Storyteller, The Witches is a children's classic that has captured young reader's imaginations for generations. This is not a fairy tale. This is about real witches. Grandmamma loves to tell about witches. Real witches are the...
Warren the 13th and the All-Seeing Eye
Del Rio, Tania
Paper Book
A beautifully illustrated, action-packed middle grade adventure in the spirit of Edward Gorey and Lemony Snicket. Warren the 13th is the lone bellhop, valet, groundskeeper, and errand boy of his family's ancient hotel. The strange, shadowy mansion is full of crooked corridors and...
The Spook's apprentice
Delaney, Joseph
Paper Book
* The Last Apprentice: Revenge of the Witch will be featured in the HarperCollins booth at major institutional conferences, including TLA, IRA, ALA and NCTE * A finished book will be sent to a list of 550 large school and public library systems and influential librarians and educators for...
Scary stories to tell in the dark
Schwartz, Alvin
Paper Book
The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film! A classic collection of chillingly scary tales, collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz and illustrated by renowned artist Brett Helquist (illustrator of A Series of Unfortunate Events and more!). Scary...
The Clackity
Senf, Lora.
Paper Book
Reminiscent of Doll Bones and Small Spaces, this "delightfully eerie" (Erin A. Craig, New York Times bestselling author of House of Salt and Sorrows) middle grade novel tells the story of a girl who must rescue her aunt by entering a world of ghosts, witches, and...
The invasion of Crooked Oak
Smith, Dan; King, Chris
A super-readable and accessible mystery in this sci-fi adventure with an ecological twist. Something sinister is happening in Crooked Oak. Ever since the fracking site closed, Nancy's parents have been acting weird. Their eyes are blank, they won't eat--it's like...
The screaming staircase
Stroud, Jonathan
Paper Book
Dive into the first book of this frightfully fun series and join the ghost-hunting gang as they defend our world from the most fearsome phantoms!  A sinister Problem has occurred in London: all nature of ghosts, haunts, spirits, and specters are appearing...
Ghosts
Telgemeier, Raina
Paper Book
From Raina Telgemeier, the #1 New York Times bestselling, multiple Eisner Award-winning author of Smile, Drama, and Sisters!Catrina and her family are moving to the coast of Northern California because her little sister, Maya, is sick. Cat isn't happy about...
Find this list online

https://librarian.syndetics.com/syndeticsunbound/lp/944.1309/list/6158

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.