Halloween Stories and Activity Books for Kids

Halloween Jokes, Mazes, Puzzles, Search and Finds, and Stories

Oct 17, 2008
Nicole Skutelnik

Geronimo Stilton: It's Halloween You Fraidy Mouse! - by Geronimo Stilton

Halloween is a great opportunity for parents and teachers to encourage kids to read.

Fortunately, some of the most popular kids series', like Geronimo Stilton and Scooby-Doo, have Halloween editions. So here are lists of Halloween novels, Halloween stories for children who are learning to read and Halloween activity books for kids ages 6 to 9. You can also check out a list of Halloween Picture Books for Children.

Early Readers 7 to 9

Who Stole Halloween by Martha Freeman (Holiday House Inc | September 17, 2008)
Boxcar Children Halloween Special by Gertrude Chandler Warner (Albert Whitman & Company | September 15, 2008)
Babymouse #9: Monster Mash by Matt Holm (Random House Children's Publishing | August 26, 2008)
Elliot’s Park #2: Haunted Hike by Patrick Carman (SCHOLASTIC INC | August 1, 2008)
Thomas and Friends: Halloween in Anopha by W. Awdry (Random House Children's Books | July 22, 2008)
Ready, Freddy #8: Halloween Fraidy-Cat by Abby Klein (SCHOLASTIC INC | August 1, 2006)
Geronimo Stilton #11: It’s Halloween, You Fraidy Mouse! by Geronimo Stilton (SCHOLASTIC INC | September 1, 2004)
Junie B., First Grader: Boo...and I Mean It! by Barbara Park (Random House Children's Books | August 24, 2004)
Dragon’s Halloween by Dave Pilkey (SCHOLASTIC INC | September 1, 2003)
The Littles and the Great Halloween Scare by John Peterson (SCHOLASTIC INC | October 1, 1991)
Nate The Great and the Halloween Hunt by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat (Random House Children's Books | September 1, 1990 )

Levelled Readers 6-8

Scooby-Doo Reader #20: Haunted Halloween Party by Gail Herman (SCHOLASTIC INC | August 1, 2007)
Scooby-Doo Picture Clue #8: The Haunted Pumpkins (SCHOLASTIC INC | October 1, 2001)
Max and Mo’s Halloween Surprise (Level 1) by Patricia Lakin (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | August 5, 2008)
Robin Hill School (Level 1): Halloween Fun by Margaret McNamara (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | August 5, 2008)
Scholastic Reader: I Spy a Pumpkin (Level 1) by Jean Marzollo (SCHOLASTIC INC | August 1, 2006)
I’m Going to Read (Level 2): Halloween Party by Rick Brown (Sterling | October 1, 2007)
DK Readers: Spooky Spinechillers (Level 4) by Andrew Donkin (Dorling Kindersley Ltd. | July 26, 2001)

Joke Books

Boo!: Over 150 Spooky Jokes by Martin Kingfisher (Kingfisher | March 1, 2008)
Scared Silly!: SpongeBob’s Book of Spooky Jokes by David Lewman (Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing | August 7, 2007)
Extreme Monsters Joke Book by Randy Meredith (Penny Candy Press | October 1, 2005)
Giggle Fit: Hilarious Halloween Jokes by Alison Grambs (Sterling | August 1, 2005)
Monster Jokes by Laura Howell (Usborne | May 30, 2004)
Monster Mayhem: Jokes to Scare You Silly! by Sam Schultz (Lerner Publishing Group | September 1, 2003)

Search and Find Books

Best Halloween Hunt Ever by John Speirs (SCHOLASTIC INC | August 1, 2008)
Can You See What I See? On A Scary Night by Walter Wick (SCHOLASTIC INC | August 1, 2008)
Spot 7 Spooking by KIDSLABEL (Chronicle Books | July 6, 2007)
I Spy Spooky Night by Jean Marzollo (SCHOLASTIC INC | March 1, 2005)

Mazes

Charlie and Wilbur’s Spooky Mazes by Patrick Merrell (Sterling | August 1, 2007)
The Haunted Castle of Count Viper: A Spooky Maze Adventure by Judith Rossell (Lark Books | March 1, 2007)

Puzzles

Junior Su Doku Halloween (Newmarket Press | October 15, 2006)
Halloween Puzzles by Helene Hovanec (Sterling | September 28, 2006)

Nicole Skutelnik - Nicole is an avid reader and lover of books, particular teen and young-adult fiction. At an early age, she decided to turn her passion ...