Halloween Toddler Book Reading List - Jasper's Book Club
Halloween Toddler Book Reading List - Jasper's Book Club
Halloween isn’t my usual favorite holiday but 2020 and motherhood have taught me to find the joy in everything. Jasper’s Halloween book shelves may not be the most aesthetically pleasing but I’m happy to report that the majority of the books in this seasonal collection are actually thrifted! While I would love to have a more curated and aesthetic collection of seasonal books for him, he’s currently in the destructo phase of toddler hood. Maybe next year we’ll begin investing in more books for his collection but or now, this works wonders!
I’m a huge lover of books but they can be really expensive, especially if you’re working on seasonal collections. I started thrifting books for Jasper last year for Christmas and I can’t wait to move through the rest of the holiday season with these bookshelves. There are a lot of benefits to having seasonal children’s books (aside from giving yourself a break from having to read the same book a million and one times) and we love how excited Jasper gets about his books.
As for the shelves themselves, they’re from Michaels but I honestly wouldn’t recommend them. We’ve had a hard time keeping them up so I’m currently on the hunt for a more toddler friendly option. I’ll keep you posted! In the meantime, these shelves come highly recommended and can be found all over Instagram and Pinterest.
For all of the books listed below, click the book title and you’ll be taken directly to the Amazon link where you can easily add it to your wishlist or purchase (if you’re not into thrifting).
1. Scary, Scary Halloween
Green eyes watch from the dark as skeletons dance, goblins skip, and ghosts float by. Come along to find a scary, scary surprise! With rhythm, rhyme, and just the right amount of fright, this is the perfect spooky story to share on Halloween! Featuring a striking new cover design at a new trim size in paper-over-board format.
2. Pumpkin Faces
A glow-in-the-dark rhyming book invites young readers to turn out the lights and meet a harvest of jack-o'-lanterns with jolly, silly, sad, and skinny faces.
3. Room on the Broom
The witch and her cat are happily flying through the sky on a broomstick when the wind picks up and blows away the witch's hat, then her bow, and then her wand! Luckily, three helpful animals find the missing items, and all they want in return is a ride on the broom. But is there room on the broom for so many friends? And when disaster strikes, will they be able to save the witch from a hungry dragon?
4. The Biggest Pumpkin Surprise Ever!
We all love pumpkins, there are so many kinds. How many pumpkins can you find? From the bestselling team of THE BIGGEST PUMPKIN EVER! this search-and-find novelty board book puts all of the attention on the often overlooked hero of autumn and Halloween: PUMPKINS! Search through 5 spreads to find the pumpkins hiding in various scenes that highlight both fall and Halloween themes.
5. Where the Wild Things Are
When Max dresses in his wolf suit and causes havoc in the house, his mother sends him to bed. From there, Max sets sail to an island inhabited by the Wild Things, who name him king and share a wild rumpus with him. But then from far away across the world, Max smells good things to eat…
6. Corduroy’s Best Halloween Ever
Halloween is almost here, and Corduroy can't wait! He is going to have a party. He and his friends will carve a jack-o'-lantern, bob for apples, and go trick-or-treating! But there is one problem-Corduroy needs to choose a costume. What will he wear?
7. There’s a Monster Under My Bed
Something is under Simon's bed. He can hear it breathing. Is it a monster? Simon has to find out. He shines a flashlight under the bed, to discover that something is hiding there -- but what? This warm and humorous story will delight any child who has ever envisioned monsters lurking in the bedtime darkness.
8. Big Pumpkin
The witch has grown the biggest pumpkin ever, and now she wants to make herself a pumpkin pie for Halloween. But the pumpkin is so big she can't get it off the vine. It’s so big the ghost can’t move it, either. Neither can the vampire, nor the mummy. It looks as if there’ll be no pumpkin pie for Halloween, until along comes the bat with an idea to save the day. How can the tiny bat succeed where bigger and strong spooky creatures have failed? You'll be surprised!
* This was my favorite book as a child!
9. Halloween ABC
This sturdy alphabet board book introduces simple seasonal words to get toddlers excited about Halloween. Along with letters to say out loud, there are bright pictures featuring lots of happy faces and familiar spooky details to spot.
* Jasper is currently obsessed with this one which my mom actually sent to him!
10. Dracula
Meet 2 friends, Mina and Lucy, and the 5 heroes who try to save them from the dreaded Count Dracula in Dracula: A BabyLit® Counting Primer. Make sure you’re wearing a necklace of 10 garlic flowers as you count wolves, ships, tombstones, and boxes full of soil in this witty retelling of Little Master Stoker’s classic gothic tale.
* There’s an entire collection of these BabyLit® books! We’ve thrifted a couple so definitely put these on your list if you’re a literature buff like me.
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