The Best Halloween Books for Babies and Toddlers

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The tiniest of trick or treaters are not able to read yet, but these books are fun! Using books to spend quality time with your children and instill a love of reading is a great opportunity for both of you. These super cute interactive Halloween books for babies and toddlers are going to keep their attention and bring Halloween anticipation for everyone. Young children will start to learn words faster when they are repeated often and shown in detail with photos. These books are some of the most popular Halloween books that bring the book to life when you read with your child.

What age are Halloween books appropriate for?

I like to recommend to check the back of your books or do a quick Google search to find out what the best age for each individual book is. Below, though, for each book I have included the recommended ages for that particular book. I hope that it helps you out!

Cute Halloween Books For Babies, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

Happy Halloween Flip-a-Flap Lift-a-Flap

Celebrate the magic of Halloween with this lively, interactive pumpkin lift-the-flap book! From vibrant costume parties to pumpkin patch fun, every page introduces an exciting new festive scene and activity that actively encourages language development and early learning concepts. Get ready for parties, parades, and trick-or-treating with this fun and interactive story! This Halloween activity book has a carry-along handle for your toddler or preschooler. A must for your kiddo’s Halloween collection!

https://amzn.to/3uVsVt4

Ages 1-5.

Trick or Treat Songs

Celebrate the magic of Halloween with our spooktacular sing-along interactive song sound book featuring favorite nursery rhymes with a fun, Halloween twist! Little ones will love singing Little Ghost to the tune of Baby Shark for hours! Lyrics to all five fun and spooky songs are accompanied by lively, festive artwork and matching audio buttons that are surrounded by a textured spider web. Pushing the buttons will help strengthen fine motor skills and allows for an enhanced sensory experience your little boy or girl will enjoy. A must for your kiddos Halloween library collection.

https://amzn.to/3Fx0RBi

Ages 2-5.

Happy Halloween Mirror & Me

Play pretend any day or season of the year with this fall-themed Mirror & Me Halloween board book! Little ones put themselves right into the story by looking into the mirror on each board page. Match the little pumpkins with a wide smile, practice roaring like a dinosaur, soar through the sky like a bat, beep and boop with the robots, or be a ghost and shout, “Boo!” Bring different characters to life in this fun Halloween book for babies!

https://amzn.to/3an57Vx

Ages 0-2.

Where is Baby’s Pumpkin?

In Karen Katz’s distinctive style, an adorable baby searches throughout the house for her pumpkin. Is the pumpkin under the leaves, behind the curtain, under the bed? NO! But Baby finds many other surprises as a ghost, a witch’s hat, cute-as-a-button bats, and candy apples are found beneath each flap. Finally after Baby finds her pumpkin, she’s ready to go trick-or-treating and the final flap reveals a Halloween extravaganza!

https://amzn.to/3BuTtDU

A Lift-the-flap book. Ages 1-4.

Boo Halloween.

Peek-a-BOO! Look around the pumpkin patch for little creatures hiding among the pumpkins, choose your favorite costume in the parade, take a haunted hayride, and more. Talk about Halloween traditions, like pumpkin carving, trick-or-treating, and costume parties. Learn interesting facts, such as where the most pumpkins in the U.S. are grown, which country believes black cats are good luck, and what candy corn used to be called. This festive Halloween book for kids is sure to engage your baby or toddler with a lift-a-flap activity on each page, revealing tons of peek-a-boo surprises and fun facts. 

https://amzn.to/3uZfyIh

Ages 2-5.

Pop-Up Peekaboo! Pumpkin

Can you find Little Black Cat and her friends hiding under the flaps? Let’s look behind the cauldron. You better watch out! They might jump out at you.

https://amzn.to/2Yw1j1C

Ages 0-3.

Creak! Squeak! Halloween: The best Halloween book ever

Creak! Squeak! Halloween is an exciting board book with five sturdy flaps for preschoolers to lift, and five spooky noises including a croaking frog and a creaking door. Develop your child’s language with the rhythmic read-aloud rhymes, then work together to guess who or what could be hiding under each flap.

https://amzn.to/3DrQ1L6

Ages 2-5.

Baby: Touch and Feel: Halloween

Peekaboo, it’s Halloween! This adorable touch and feel book will get your little pumpkins in the mood for the spookiest night of the year.

https://amzn.to/2YDl7k4

Ages 0-2.

Spooky, Spooky, Little Bat Finger Puppet Halloween Board Book

Follow along with the spooky, little bat as he flies through the night sky! He soars above the pumpkin patch, through the trees, and past the stars, making friends along the way. Play along with this “spooky” story and adorable little bat plush finger puppet toy built into the book, encouraging interactive play, hand-eye coordination, and sensory & language development. Babies and toddlers learn best when they are playing, especially when their grown-ups are in the fun! A must for your littles Halloween library collection! 

https://amzn.to/3uWIv7S

Ages 0-4.

Trick or Treat Little Pumpkin Finger Puppet Halloween Board Book

Trick or Treat Little Pumpkin and Happy Halloween! Play along with this festive Halloween story and pumpkin puppet! This Trick-or-Treat story features a soft plush finger puppet toy built into the book, encouraging interactive play, hand-eye coordination, and sensory & language development. Babies and toddlers learn best when they are playing, especially when their grown-ups are in on the fun! A must for your littles Halloween library collection! 

https://amzn.to/3iIa7IY

Ages 0-4.

Conclusion

From books about pumpkins for toddlers to trick-or-treating, and more – there are lots of great books for babies and toddlers out there about the wonderful Halloween season.