HomeDiscoverChildren's articles21 cosy Halloween books to read together21 cosy Halloween books to read togetherby Ladybird team·min read· Here are 21 tales that will get children into the spooky spirit (without scaring the socks off of them). Happy Halloween! Baby Touch: Happy Halloween! (2022) Is it baby's first Halloween? Then introduce them to all the spooky fun that takes place each year with this sweet board book from Baby Touch. From spiders to witches, each page features a touch-and-feel creepy character that will engage your little one's senses and teach them some first Halloween words. Recommended reading age: 0-3 years old If You’re Spooky and You Know It! (2021) Little monsters can sing along this Halloween with this fun soundbook. A spin on the classic ‘If You’re Happy and You Know It’ tune, young readers can clap along as you read together. Featuring a cast of children dressed as spooky monsters, get ready to clap your paws, stamp your paws, rattle your bones, stir your cauldron, and more. Recommended reading age: 1-5 years old Ladybird Spooky Stories (2020) A collection of ten original spooktacular original audio stories written for 3-7 year olds. With friendly monsters, Halloween parties and plenty of slime these new stories are perfect to listen to in front of the fire on cold winter evenings. These new stories are especially written for family or independent listening and contain fun sound effects and specially commissioned music to entertain young minds! Recommended reading age: 3-7 years old Where's the Ghost? A Spooky Search-and-Find Book (2024) Get ready for Halloween with this spooktacular search and find activity book. Search a haunted house, a ghastly graveyard and a fearsome forest and find the hiding ghost! There are lots more spooky things to find, look for black cats, ghost pumpkins, flying bats and creepy spiders. This search-and-find activity book includes a maze, spot the difference, colouring and six pages of wicked search and find fun! Recommended reading age: 4-8 years old Topsy and Tim: Halloween Party (2019) What better pair is there to hang out with on Halloween night than Topsy and Tim? The fun-loving twins are hosting their very own Halloween party so need to get everything ready before their guests come round! From choosing their outfits and carving pumpkins to decorating the house and deciding on spooky party games. It’s time to get your scare on! Recommended reading age: 3-6 years old Ten Minutes to Bed: Happy Halloween! (2024) Sleep tight this Halloween with a new fang-tastic lift-the-flap adventure in the no.1 bestselling Ten Minutes to Bed series! Twinkle the Little Unicorn is excited to celebrate Halloween, but where are all her friends? Help Twinkle find all her friends this spooky season lifting the flaps to reveal your favourite Land of Nod characters with some fa-boo-lous surprises! Recommended reading age: 1-5 years old Ten Minutes to Bed: Little Monster by Rhiannon Fielding & Chris Chatterton (2018) Your tot can probably be a little monster all year round. But have no fear, we have just the book solution to help little monsters settle down for bed every night of the week, as well as Halloween! Follow Belch as she prowls around her house instead of going to sleep. She plays with her toys, eats jelly, and even has her friends over for some night-time mayhem. However, all little monsters need to sleep eventually! Count down from ten on All Hallows Eve with this calming tale from the hit series. Recommended reading age: 3-6 years old Bluey’s Halloween Mix-and-Match (2025) Happy Heelerween! Join Bluey and friends this Halloween in this mix-and-match book! Have fun mixing and matching as many as 50 different costumes with Bluey, Bingo, and all their friends. Turn a vampire into a ghost, a witch into a monster, and more! There’s lots of spooky fun to be had in this board play book. Recommended reading age: 3-6 years old Bluey: Let’s Get Spooky (2023) Fans of the hit TV series Bluey will love this Halloween-themed magnet book! Bluey, Bingo and their friends are all dressed up in their ghostliest costumes, ready for an adventure around town. Little hands can use the magnets of the characters to move them around for an evening of spooky fun. Recommended reading age: 3-7 years old Bluey: Hooray it's Halloween (2024) Get ready for Halloween with this brilliant spooky colouring book. Join Bluey and her friends and family in lots of spookatcular colouring scenes. Grab you pens, pencils or crayons and colour in their scarily fun costumes and decorations! Happy Heeler-ween! Recommended reading age: 2-4 years old Peppa's Halloween Sticker Activity Book (2025) Peppa and her friends spend Halloween making pumpkin lanterns, dressing up in costumes and sharing spooky stories! There are lots of wickedly fun activities to enjoy including colouring, spot the difference and even a spider's web maze! Plus 60+ stickers included for the activities! Join the fun in this spooktactular sticker book and keep little Peppa fans busy this Halloween. Recommended reading age: 3-6 years old Peppa Pig: Spooky Clubhouse (2024) Peppa and her friends are decorating the clubhouse for Halloween! They have spiders, bats and witches’ hats - perfect to make it a spooky clubhouse! But they don’t want to make it too scary, just a little bit scary! Recommended reading age: 3-6 years old Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Halloween Fun (2023) It’s Halloween and so Peppa Pig and her family are off to do some trick-or-treating. The first house they stop by looks really scary with all its decorations. Daddy Pig knows who lives there so the family venture inside, and they come across lots of creepy things from a furry spider to a ghoulish jack-o’-lantern. This touch-and-feel book is perfect for little ones new to the spooky celebration. Recommended reading age: 0-5 years old Peppa Pig: Peppa's Magical Halloween (2022) It's Halloween at Peppa's playgroup and she and her friends are super excited! They get to dress up as their favourite characters, pretend to fly on broomsticks, whip up a magic potion, and enjoy an epic Halloween feast together. This is the perfect story to share together over the spooky season. Recommended reading age: 3-5 years old Peppa’s Spooky Halloween (2020) It’s Halloween and this year Peppa Pig and her brother George are putting on a spooky show for Granny and Grandpa Pig! There's so much to get ready before it starts though. They need to decide on their spooky costumes (furry spider or rattly skeleton?), hang up ghoulish decorations and bake some frightfully good treats. This is a delightful tale to read together and could provide some inspiration for your little one's very own indoor celebrations. Recommended reading age: 2-6 years old Peppa's Happy Halloween (2021) It's the spookiest time of the year, and Peppa is having a brilliant time at playgroup. Peppa and her friends are dressing up, playing games and best of all, they get to pick a treat! Everyone will love this spook-tacular book! Recommended reading age: 1-5 years old Peppa’s Pumpkin Party (2019) It is Halloween and Peppa's family are having a Pumpkin Party! Everyone comes to play in their spookiest costumes, even Madame Gazelle! Recommended reading age: 1-4 years old Peppa’s Spooky Fun (2019) Get ready for Halloween with Peppa in this spooktacular sticker scenes book. Join Peppa and George as they decorate pumpkins, dress up in spooky costumes, go exploring for creepy creatures at night-time and much more! With thirteen sticker scenes for little hands to decorate, it's the perfect book to keep Peppa fans busy. Includes over 300 stickers for hours of spooky fun! Recommended reading age: 3-6 years old Hey Duggee: Halloween (2025) It’s little Duggly’s first Halloween, so the Squirrels are throwing him a special spooky party. Join them in this tabbed board book and find out about all the fun things you can do on Halloween. Enjoy pumpkin picking, dressing up in costumes and making delicious spooktacular treats. Pick a tab to help Duggee and the Squirrels get ready and make it the best Halloween ever! Recommended reading age: 2-6 years old Hey Duggee: Halloween Party! (2024) It’s Halloween, and Duggee and the Squirrels are having a party at the clubhouse! What will they discover this Halloween? Join them and touch a sticky spiderweb, tickle a fury bat, and touch a glow-in-the-dark skeleton in this spooktacular Halloween adventure! Recommended reading age: 2-6 years old Hey Duggee: The Halloween Badge (2023) Duggee and the Squirrels are getting ready for Halloween!The clubhouse is decorated, the Squirrels are in Halloween costumes, but they've forgotten to make Halloween treats for trick-or-treaters. Join Duggee and the Squirrels and get baking to earn your Halloween Badge. What spooktacular treats will Duggee and the Squirrels make for their friends? Recommended reading age: 2-6 years old Hey Duggee: Spooky Fun (2022) Duggee and the Squirrels are having a very spooky Halloween this year – they're exploring Lord Fingal's old castle! As he takes them on a tour, the friends come across trap doors, creepy armour, bats, and more. Are they brave enough to earn their spooky badge? Little ones can help the Squirrels explore with liftable flaps on every page. Recommended reading age: 2-6 years old Hey Duggee: Duggee's Halloween (2021) AH-WOOF! It's Halloween at the squirrel club. And something SPOOKY is going on. The squirrels hear ghostly sounds and then they find white footprints! But WHO can it be? Duggee and the Squirrels are on the case! And, they might even earn their Spooky Badge! Recommended reading age: 2-6 years old The Ladybird Big Book of Slimy Things by Imogen Russell Williams & Binny Talib (2020) There’s no better time of the year to talk about all things slimy! The fox family are off to The Museum of Slimy Things where they’re hoping to learn about the different types of gooey stuff that can be found all over the world. Young readers can follow along and discover the physics behind slime and what it’s used for. There’s even a section about the slimy gloop that lives in the human body! This non-fiction adventure is perfect for lovers of all things slick and slippery. Recommended reading age: 5-7 years old
