Halloween

Kid-Favorite Halloween Books for All Ages: The Ultimate Guide

Halloween is just around the corner. Are your kids excited? Maybe it’s time to start reading good books all about this spooky fall holiday. Discover the best choices in Halloween books– just right for kids of all ages to enjoy. Find board books, picture books, and chapter books. Even better, these books aren’t scary — […]

36 Popular Monster Books That Kids Love (Ages 2 to 16)

Monsters can be sweet and giggly or stinky and creepy. Which of these popular monster books will your kids love? You’ll find picture books and chapter books filled with monsters that boogie, won’t go to sleep, need haircuts, want to make friends, attack villages, and more. Monsters in Picture Books Fingers For Lunch by Brandt […]

Free Printable Halloween Treasure Hunt

This weekend, you can sneak in a little reading and rhyming with this free, printable Halloween Treasure Hunt. Help younger kids with the reading and rhyming or modify the clues. And, I’ll even tell you how to write your own! Free Printable Halloween Treasure Hunt Make Your Own Printable Treasure Hunt 1. Open up a […]

80 Favorite Book Character Costumes

Dress up as your favorite book character and have a Happy Bookish Halloween! How about one of these book character costume ideas from the favorite children’s picture and chapter books? I’ve linked to many costumes you can buy and some you can make. Hopefully, this list will inspire you to find a fun book costume that works for you! […]

10 Favorite Spooky Chapter Books for Middle Grade Readers

written by Kathie MacIsaac, librarian and middle-grade book lover (full bio below) Do you like to read a book that makes you pull the covers a little tighter around you? Do you enjoy a story that gives you goosebumps, or requires you to sleep with the light on? Many kids love scary stories with ghosts […]

Halloween Storytelling with DIY Shadow Puppets

Tell scary or not-so-scary stories this Halloween using homemade shadow puppets. I saw a beautiful shadow puppet idea on Pinterest (that I can’t find again) which inspired our Halloween shadow puppet storytelling. Halloween Storytelling DIY Shadow Puppets Supplies: thick cardstock (old granola bar boxes), tape, scissors, sticks, flashlight Directions: 1. Use stencils or free draw Halloween-themed […]

Halloween Learning Fun – Books, Storytelling, Math, and Science

This Halloween, tell a silly story to your kids and let them draw what they hear. This fun story emphasizes listening, remembering, and following directions. (I don’t know the source of the original story, my version is in Spanish and handwritten.) Here’s the story of Witchy Witch. (FREE printable here.) Witchy Witch Once upon a time, […]