I love seasonal picture books! I love to collect them and read them with my children! Here are a few of our halloween favorites to read together:
There isn't much to read, but the kids really like to lift the flaps and pull the tabs and spin the wheels in this one.
We enjoy the rhyming text and pictures of a monster mama and son doing things together just like the human people. And the kids think it's really gross when she cooks him cookies filled with bugs instead of chocolate chips.
This has been one of my favorite halloween books since I saw it many years ago. It just makes me laugh. It's a bit gross, with brains flopping on the stage and eyeballs rolling around, so maybe not for the younger crew, but I enjoy reading it with my almost 8 year old.
This is a book I used to read aloud to the 1st and 2nd graders in schools. The kids like to say the repeating text along with the reader, and although it's a bit spooky, it's not scary. The kids like the clever ending also.
These are just a few of our favorites. Does your family have a favorite Halloween book?
Those are some fun picks! I had forgotten about Frank Was a Monster Who Wanted to Dance--gross and funny both. What could be better?
ReplyDeleteSome of our favorites are (I know you asked for just one, but how can I just list one?): One Witch, by Laura Leuck; Room on the Broom, by Julia Donaldson; It's Halloween, by Jack Prelutsky (this is probably our favorite). Speaking of Jack Prelutsky, I found another Halloween one by him at the library a few weeks ago--The Headless Horseman Rides Tonight: More Poems to Trouble Your Sleep. Do NOT--I repeat--Do NOT get that one!!!!! It was awesome, but Phoenix refuses to sleep without a nightlight now. It did some serious damage to his psyche.
hahahahaha . . . . poor phoenix. We'll stay away from that one, but thanks for the other suggestions! We'll have to check them out.
ReplyDelete"Too Many Pumpkins" by Linda White has been one of my kids' favorites for years. It's a great one.
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