Halloween Literature

This is a selected list of books and websites about Halloween for Preschool through Grade 6 available in the Curriculum Materials Center of the David and Lorraine Cheng Library.

• Picture Books (Preschool to Grade 3)
• Fiction (Grades 1-6)
• Activities, Plays, Poetry and Stories
• Facts and History
• Websites

Picture Books: For Preschool to Grade 3

Bond, F. (1983). The Halloween performance. New York: Crowell.

Call Number: [Small Book] Pj Bon

Bright, R. (1958). Georgie's Halloween. Garden City, NY: Doubleday.

Call Number: Pj Bri

Bunting, E. (1986). Scary, scary Halloween. New York: Clarion Books.

Call Number: Pj Bun

Carlson, N. S. (1982). Spooky night. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard.

Call Number: Pj Car

Carroll, R. (1973). The witch kitten. New York: Walck.

Call Number: Pj Car

Casely, J. (1996). Witch mama. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Call Number: Pj Cas

Coombs, P. (1976). Dorrie and the Halloween plot. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard.

Call Number: Pj Coo

Degen, B. (1984). Aunt Possum and the pumpkin man. New York: Harper and Row.

Call Number: Pj Deg

Delage, I. (1977). ABC Halloween witch. Champaign,IL: Garrard Publishing.

Call Number: Pj Del

DeLage,I. (1974). The old witch and the wizard. Champaign,IL: Garrard Publishing.

Call Number: Pj DeL

Freeman, D. (1959). Space witch. New York: Viking Press.

Call Number: Pj Fre

Hoban, L. (1977). Arthur's Halloween costume. New York: Harper and Row.

Call Number: Pj Hob

Hurd, T. (1964). The so-so cat. New York: Harper and Row.

Call Number: Pj Hur

Johnston, T. (1983). The vanishing pumpkin. New York: Putnam.

Call Number: Pj Joh

Keats, E. (1978). The trip. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Call Number: Pj Kea

Kroll, S. (1979). The candy witch. New York: Holiday House.

Call Number: Pj Kro

Lasker, R. (1959). Which witch. New York: McKay.

Call Number: Pj Las

Leuck, L. (2003). One witch. New York: Walker & Co.

Call Number: Pj Leu

Lystad, M.H. (1973). The Halloween parade. New York: Putnam.

Call Number: Pj Lys

Merriam, E. (1987). Halloween A B C. New York: Collier Macmillan.

Call Number: Pj Mer

Patterson, L. (1979). The jack-o'lantern trick. Champaign,IL: Garrard Publishing Co.

Call Number: Pj Pat

Pilkney, D. (1995). The hallo-wiener. New York: Blue Sky Press.

Call Number: Pj Pil

Ross, G. (1958). Scat, the witch's cat. New York: Whittlesey House.

Call Number: Pj Ros

Rylant, C. (1988). Henry and Mudge under the yellow moon. New York: Bradbury Press.

Call Number: Pj Ryl

Thayer, J. (1962). Gus was a friendly ghost. New York: Morrow.

Call Number: Pj Tha

Tudor, T. (1962). Pumpkin moonshine. New York: Walck.

Call Number: [Small Book] Pj Tud

Zolotow, C. (1963). Tiger called Thomas. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard.

Call Number: Pj Zol

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Fiction: For Grades 1-6

Aiello, B. (1978). Trick or treat or trouble. Frederick, MD: Twenty-first Century Books.

Call Number: j Aie

Anderson, L. (1974). The Halloween party. New York: Scribner.

Call Number: j And

Beim, J. (1959). Sir Halloween. New York: Morrow.

Call Number: j Bei

Brown, M. T. (1982). Arthur's Halloween. Boston: Little, Brown.

Call Number: j Bro

Burch, R. (1975). The jolly witch. New York: Dutton.

Call Number: j Bur

Carlson, N. S. (1979). The night the scarecrow walked. New York: Scribner.

Call Number: j Car

Carrick, C. (1975). Old mother witch. New York: Seabury Press.

Call Number: j Car

Chew,R. (1977). Witch's broom. Northbrook, IL: Dodd, Mead.

Call Number: j Che

Coville, B. (1982). The monster's ring. New York: Pantheon Books.

Call Number: j Cov

Edmondson, M. (1974). The witch's egg. San Francisco, CA: Seabury.

Call Number: j Edm

Estes, E. (1960). The witch family. San Diego, CA: Harcourt.

Call Number: j Est

Godden, R. (1975). Mr. McFadden's Halloween. New York: Viking Press.

Call Number: j God

Hamilton, V. (1983). Willie Bea and the time the Martians landed. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Call Number: j Ham

Hancock, S. (1983). Esteban and the ghost. New York: Dial Books.

Call Number: j Han

Hays, W. P. (1962). Highland Halloween. New York: Coward-McCann.

Call Number: j Hay

Haywood, C. (1981). Halloween treats. New York: W. Morrow.

Call Number: j Hay

Hildick, E. W. (1985). The ghost squad and the Halloween conspiracy.New York: E. P. Dutton.

Call Number: j Hil

Hoke, H. (1958). Spooks, spooks, spooks. New York: Watts.

Call Number: j Hok

Laughlin, F. (1960). Little leftover witch. New York: Macmillan.

Call Number: j Lau

Mariana. (1972). Miss Flora McFlimsy's Halloween. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard.

Call Number: j Mar

Martin, P. M. (1966). The pumpkin patch. New York: Putnam.

Call Number: j Mar

Massey, J. (1959). The littlest witch. New York: Knopf.

Call Number: j Mas

Monjo, F. N. (1972). The secret of the Sachem's tree. New York: Clarion Books.

Call Number: j Mon

Ott, J. (1963). Peter pumpkin. New York: Doubleday.

Call Number: j Ott

Pape, D. L. (1975). Taffy finds a Halloween witch. Champaign, IL: Garrard Publishing Company.

Call Number: j Pap

Patterson, L. (1979). The Halloween spy. Champaign, IL: Garrard Publishing Company.

Call Number: j Pat

Peck, R. (1983). The dreadful future of Blossom Culp. New York: Delacorte Press.

Call Number: j Pec

Raskin, J. (1973). Ghosts and witches aplenty. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard.

Call Number: j Ras

Schulman, J. (1977). Jack the bum and the Halloween handout. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Call Number: j Sch

Slobodkin, L. (1959). Trick or treat. New York: Macmillan.

Call Number: j Slo

Thompson, H. (1975). The witch's cat. Reading, MA: Addison Wesley.

Call Number: j Tho

Wahl, J. (1977). The Muffletumps' Halloween scare. Chicago: Follett Publishing Company.

Call Number: j Wah

Wahl, J. (1974). Pleasant Fieldmouse's Halloween party. New York: Putnam.

Call Number: j Wah

Young, M. (1969). The witch mobile. New York: Lothrop, Lee and Shepard.

Call Number: j You

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Activities, Plays, Poetry, and Stories

Alabala, L. (1987). Easy Halloween costumes for children. Quebec, Canada: Alpel.

Call Number: j 646.4 Alb

Baker, J. W. (1988). Halloween magic. Minneapolis, MN: Lerner Publications Company.

Call Number: j 793.88 Bak

Barth, E. (1974). Jack-o-lantern. New York: Seabury Press.

Call Number: j 398.2 Bar

Birchall, L. L. (1993). A cauldron of Halloween ideas: Literature-based and cross-curriculum. New York: Scholastic Professional Books.

Call Number: Curr. Mats LB1537 .B57 1993

Corwin, J. H. (1983). Halloween fun. New York: Messner.

Call Number: j 745.594 Cor

Cuyler, M. (1980). All around pumpkin book. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.

Call Number: j 641.6 Cuy

Dobrin, A. (1977). Make a witch, make a goblin. New York: Four Winds Press.

Call Number: j 745.594 Dob

Glovach, L. (1973). The little witch's black magic book of disguises. New York: Prentice-Hall.

Call Number: j 646.4 Glo

Harper, W. (1965). Ghosts and goblins: Stories for Halloween. New York: E.P. Dutton.

Call Number: j 394.26 Har

Hopkins, L. B. (1974). Hey-how for Halloween. New York: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich.

Call Number: j 811.08 Hop

Luckhardt, M. M. (1972). Spooky tales about witches, ghosts, goblins, demons, and such. Nashville, TN: Abingdon Press.

Call Number: j 398.4 Luc

Maestro, G. (1983). Halloween howls: Riddles that are a scream. New York: Dutton.

Call Number: j 818 Mae

Marks, B. (1981). The spook book. New York: Lothrop, Lee, and Shepard Books.

Call Number: j 394.2 Mar

Mayne, W. (1971). Ghosts: An anthology. New York: Nelson.

Call Number: j 398.4 May

Prelutsky, J. (1977). It's Halloween. New York: Greenwillow Books.

Call Number: j 811.54 Pre

Wallace, D. (Ed.) (1976). Witch poems. New York: Holiday House.

Call Number: j 808.81 Wit

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Facts and History

Borten, H. (1965). Halloween. New York: Crowell.

Call Number: j 394.2 Bor

Gibbons, G. (1984). Halloween. New York: Holiday House.

Call Number: j 394.2 Gib

Herda, D. J. (1983). Halloween. New York: F. Watts.

Call Number: j 394.268 Her

Hoffman, P. (1982). Happy Halloween. New York: Atheneum.

Call Number: j 394.268 Hof

Marx, David F. (2000). Halloween. New York: Children's Press

Call Number: j 394.268 Mar

Patterson, L. (1979). Haunted houses on Halloween. Champaign, IL: Garrard Publishing Company.

Call Number: j 392.2 Pat

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Websites

CIMC:Halloween!

A list of educational sites about Halloween for elementary educators, selected by staff at the CIMC (Center for Instructional Materials and Computing), School of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
http://cimc.education.wisc.edu/ed_info/webliographies/
halloween.html

Education Planet's Halloween Resources

Lesson plans, activities, stories and games to celebrate Halloween can be found at this site for the K-6 educators.
http://www.educationplanet.com/articles/halloween.html

Education World: Halloween.

Resources for the K-6 educator to celebrate Halloween across the curriculum.
http://www.education-world.com/holidays/archives/
halloween.shtml

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