Halloween Picture Books

Wow!  I can't believe fall is here!  Yesterday in Southwestern Virginia, it was quite warm, but today it is a gorgeous 70 degrees!  I am wearing shorts, but I may change into jeans pretty soon! 

Fall and the opening of the pumpkin patches make me think about the holiday coming up ~ Halloween!  The students love this holiday almost as much as Christmas, and many of them have already started talking about what they will be and where they will go to Trick or Treat.  Being rural, many students end up at churches or nearby neighborhoods.  Since I am about 10 minutes away in a different county, they come to our neighborhood.  I saw many of them last year as I handed out candy!

Anyway, I was looking through book orders the other day, and I noticed a lot of Halloween books.  It got me thinking about those that I love to read with my students.  Since I work with so many grade levels, here are my favorites for each:

Since I have a toddler at home, I love the first book, Halloween Bugs.  The pop ups are great fun.  We read it, and she laughs!  There is no sound as beautiful as a toddler laughing!

For kindergarten, we are still focusing on learning those ABC's.  I love to read ABC's of Halloween with them.  Another fun one is H is for Haunted House.
   
With first grade, I love to read one of my brother's favorite books, The Teeny Tiny Woman.  It is a classic with a funny ending.  I remember laughing with my brother when we read it.

Second graders enjoy the story Spookley, the Square Pumpkin.  It is a wonderful lesson about how we need to include everyone, no matter how different they are.  It is perfect for teaching making connections and tolerance.

Third graders spend a great deal of time with life cycles.  Two of my favorite books for teaching life cycles are  Pumpkin Circle and Pumpkin, Pumpkin.  The second book I can use with many grade levels, since it is taught all throughout the school years.

 

With 4th grade and above, I love to use the short stories for the Nighttime series.  I actually have a set of these that I used for guided reading when I taught third and fourth graders.  I love the stories in these.  Nighttime:  Too Afraid to Scream is actually in the September Lucky Scholastic book order for $3.

 

And who can forget read alouds?  I love to read The Best Halloween Ever by  Barbara Robinson.  The Herdmans make us all laugh and then teach us all a lesson about ourselves. 

I am linking up with Chrissy at First Grade Found Me for her Holiday Picture Book Linky Party.  I know it says picture books, but I can' resist the read alouds or fun stories!

So, what are your favorite Halloween picture books?  Let us know by linking up!

Until next time!