I realize this post isn’t exactly timely. I mean Halloween is upon us. So this would have been better written a month or so ago. But see, at that time, I hadn’t read all of these books 100 times each in order to give an accurate review. Let’s just save this post for next August/September. Deal?
I had to do a bit of an overhaul on our Fall/Halloween books this year because so many of them were too young for us now with a 2.5 and 5.5 year old.
Here is our current collection —
We are still holding on to a few that are too young for us just because we love them so much. I may still be reading Spooky Pookie and It’s Pumpkin Day, Mouse to my kids when they are teenagers. If you have a younger kid, you must get these and read them over and over again.
This year, we added some more age appropriate books — most of them are fun. But my favorite is the one by Slumberkins — Halloween Fright. It discusses being afraid and distinguishing the difference between real and not real. Reading that book and talking about our feelings has made Halloween and all of its spooky a lot more fun. My kids firmly believe that there is no such thing as all of the scary stuff, and I will help them believe that for as long as possible.
Runaway Pumpkins, Spookley the Square Pumpkin, and It’s Raining Bats and Frogs all teach valuable lessons — disappointment, making the best of a situation, and embracing our differences. I’ve loved reading them.
The only book that didn’t really work for us is The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything. That book is weird AF. I remembered reading as a kid, so I ordered it. But I don’t enjoy reading it and I don’t know why my kids aren’t completely freaked by it. My older niece and nephews all confirmed that they were terrified of it as kids. Don’t get it.
It’s the Great Pumpkin Charlie Brown is better for my 5-year-old, but I think he will enjoy it even more next year!
I hope these books help you get in the spooky spirit. If you see any of these throughout the year, pick them up for the season! What are your favorite Fall/Halloween books?
