Welcome back to The Dads Toolbox, where we share with you great information to help you be the best dad possible. Today we are talking about the Top 10 Halloween Books that you need to share with your kids with Esther Lombardi from A Book Geek!
With it being almost Halloween we wanted Esther to share with you some fun ideas for what you and your kids can read to get into the spirit of the season. As an avid book-lover for many years, this passion has spread to her boys and now she will be sharing this with all of you to add to your own toolbox! Esther and our Top Ten Halloween Books include:
Celebrate Halloween By Aaron Reynolds
[amazon text=Creepy Carrots&asin=B00EKWG7ME] By Aaron Reynolds
Celebrated artist Peter Brown’s stylish illustrations pair perfectly with Aaron Reynold’s text in this hilarious picture book that shows it’s all fun and games…until you get too greedy.
[amazon text=Leaf Man&asin=0152053042] By Lois Ehlert
Fall has come, the wind is gusting, and Leaf Man is on the move. Is he drifting east, over the marsh and ducks and geese? Or is he heading west, above the orchards, prairie meadows, and spotted cows? No one’s quite sure, but this much is certain: A Leaf Man’s got to go where the wind blows.
[amazon text=The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything&asin=0690045840] By Linda Williams
Too Many Pumpkins By Linda White
With countless unwelcome pumpkins to deal with, Rebecca Estelle turns disaster into a celebration. One day, years and years later, white-haired Rebecca was busy not eating pumpkins when–SPLAT–a giant pumpkin fell off an overloaded truck and smashed into her yard. She buried the mess so she wouldn’t have to look at it, and, as you might imagine, she witnessed a bumper crop the following fall, “Too Many Pumpkins”.
Bugs and Creepy Crawlies (Giant Book) By Jim Pipe
Highlights facts about insects and members of the spider family, covering their evolution, physical characteristics, and behavior.
By the Light of the Halloween Moon By Caroline Stutson
In this “catchy, lilting cumulative tale with glorious comical/scary illustrations”, a little girl’s toe taps a tune as her legs dangle from a footbridge that has all sorts of creatures hidden underneath. There are cats and witches, bats and ghosts. With lots of repetition, a rhythmic, bouncy text, and imaginative illustrations, this Halloween title is sure to tickle your bones — your funny bones, that is! And for the first time in over a decade, this Halloween gem is back in print.
Los Gatos Black on Halloween By Marisa Montes
What Was I Scared of By Dr. Seuss
Moonlight: The Halloween Cat By Cynthia Rylant
And here are 6 extra that Chris shared today too!
Room on the Broom By Julia Donaldson
Halloween children’s books certainly don’t have to include scary witches and drooling monsters. Instead, they can have fun little stories about witches who ride around on brooms, delighting in the night sky. However, this witch has lost her hat, bow, and wand. A predicament for any witch, to be sure. But when all her items are found by a dog, a parrot, and a frog, they ask to ride along with her to join in on the fun. The witch already has her trusty cat with her—is there really enough room for everyone to ride? That’s not the only problem either. There happens to be a dragon out on this night…
Halloween Night By Marjorie Dennis Murray
A clever play on Twas the Night Before Christmas, Halloween Night opens the doors on a raucous and unexpected Halloween party filled with witches, zombies, mummies, ogres and ghosts. Human trick-or-treaters are welcome, but may want to think twice about the buffet — unless they are fond of “fish tails, and stinkbugs, and dragonfly wings.”
Ten Timid Ghosts By Jennifer O’connell
When a witch decides to move into a haunted house,