I know it’s hard to believe that Halloween is around the corner, after all, most people are just settling back into the “back to school” routine.
My kids haven’t even returned to school yet (just a few more days left of summer vacation).
We’ve been seeing Halloween (and Thanksgiving!) things since July. I hate that people need to rush the holidays to much. Can’t we just enjoy each holiday and season without rushing them?
This Halloween season, Harper Collins has some ghostly good reads for young children and older children. Check out some of these spootacular books your child/grandchild might want to read.
PICTURE BOOKS
Frankencrayon written & illustrated by Michael Hall
9780062252111– $17.99 – Ages 4 to 8
The crayons are all set to put on their production of Frankencrayon. All the roles are filled, the costumes are made, and the curtain is about to go up, when disaster strikes and a scribble is found on the set. The crayons try their best to erase the scribble, but it just keeps getting bigger and bigger until it becomes a scribble monster! The crayons flee from the set and cancel the picture book . . . at least, until the crayons playing Frankencrayon himself think up a solution.
Go to Sleep, Monster! written & illustrated by Kevin Cornell
9780062349156– $17.99 – Ages 4 to 8
Getting George to sleep is a nightmare. But getting a monster to sleep? That’s an adventure. Go to Sleep, Monster! is a funny and surprising twist on the typical monster-under-your-bed story.
Monster Trucks written by Anika Denise, illustrated by Nate Wragg
9780062345226– $17.99 – Ages 4 to 8
On a spooky speedway, Monster Trucks moan! Monster Trucks grumble! Monster Trucks groan! Join Frankentruck, Zombie Truck, Ghost Truck, and more as they race to the finish line. But one of these trucks isn’t quite who you think.
Grimelda: The Very Messy Witch written by Diana Murray, illustrated by Heather Ross
9780062264480– $16.99 – Ages 4 to 8
Grimelda’s house may not be tidy, but it’s cozy, and that’s just the way she likes it. She also likes pickle pie. There’s only one problem—she can’t find the main ingredient! Grimelda could use a spell to summon the jar of pickle root, but she can’t find her spell book either. With no other choice, she grabs her broom and soon finds what she needs, but can Grimelda use her magic to make her house feel like home again?
Enzo’s Very Scary Halloween written by Garth Stein & illustrated by R.W. Alley
9780062380616— $17.99 — Ages 4 to 8
Halloween is here! But Enzo doesn’t know what to expect. Enzo is determined to protect fairy princess Zoe from the monsters and goblins that have filled their neighborhood, but when things get a little too scary, his family is there to reassure him that everything is make believe and meant only to be fun. And the evening ends with a wonderful trick or treat parade!
MIDDLE GRADE BOOKS
The School for Good and Evil: The Ever Never Handbook written by Soman Chainani
9780062423054– $17.99 – Ages 8 to 12
This handbook contains the scoop students need in order to get to the top of their class—the fairy tales you need to know, the myths it’s dangerous not to know, spells you won’t live without, Who’s Who and What’s What, and much more. And of course, it’s all in glorious color because in the School for Good and Evil, nothing is black and white.
Gris Grimly’s Tales from a Brother’s Grimm written by Jacob & Wilhelm Grimm & illustrated by Gris Grimly
9780062352330– $17.99 – Ages 8 to 12
The Brothers Grimm’s famed and enduring fairy tales are brought to life for a new generation of readers in their original, uncut, uncensored form by the master of gothic macabre, bestselling illustrator Gris Grimly.
Laugh-Out-Loud Spooky Jokes for Kids written by Rob Elliott
9780062497888– $4.99 – Ages 6 to 10
This autumn-and-Halloween-themed joke collection is the first of HarperCollins’s four new paperback titles continuing Rob Elliott’s #1 bestselling Laugh-Out-Loud Jokes for Kids series.
The Graveyard Book Graphic Novel Single Volume written by Neil Gaiman & illustrated by Craig P. Russell
9780062421883– $35.00 – Ages 8 to 12
The two volumes of the graphic novel adaptation of THE GRAVEYARD BOOK are now bound into one stunning edition. Nobody Owens is a normal boy, except he lives in a sprawling graveyard and has been raised since infancy by ghosts and a guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor the dead. There are adventures in a graveyard for a boy, but there are dangers too, and if Bod leaves the graveyard, he may fall prey to the man Jack, who has already murdered Bod’s entire family.
YOUNG ADULT BOOKS
Harmony House written by Nic Sheff
9780062337092– $17.99 – Ages 14 and up
Jen Noonan’s father thinks a move to Harmony House is the key to salvation. But to everyone who has lived there before, it is a portal to pure horror. But Harmony House is more than just a creepy old estate. It’s got a chilling past—and her father is at the center of one of its most disturbing secrets.
The Blood Between Us written by Zac Brewer
9780062307910– $17.99 – Ages 13 and up
When his adoptive parents die in a mysterious fire, Adrien suspects their biological daughter, Grace, may have had something to do with it. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod series and The Cemetery Boys.
Escape from Asylum written by Madeline Roux
9780062424426– $17.99 – Ages 14 and up
In this prequel to the New York Times bestselling ASYLUM series, a young teen is wrongfully committed to the Brookline asylum and must escape before becoming one of the evil Warden’s experiments.
As I Descended written by Robin Talley
9780062409232– $17.99 – Ages 14 and up – On Sale 9/6/2016
Maria and Lily, Acheron Academy’s power couple, will stop at nothing to ensure their victory over campus superstar Delilah Dufrey, including harnessing the dark power long rumored to be present on the former plantation that houses their school. But when feuds turn to fatalities, and madness begins to blur the distinction between what’s real and what is imagined, the girls must decide where they draw the line. From acclaimed author Robin Talley comes a Shakespeare-inspired story of revenge and redemption.
Spare and Found Parts written by Sarah Maria Griffin
9780062408884– $17.99 – Ages 14 and up– On Sale 10/4/2016
As a child, Nell Crane, daughter of the great inventor Julian Crane, nearly died from the last wave of an epidemic that wiped out most of the population and all technology in her country. Saved by her father’s ticking mechanical heart invention, Nell lived while thousands of others died. With the last of the epidemic behind them, the city is finally starting to rebuild, and Nell is struggling to find a place among her peers.
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Kimberly
*I was not compensated for this post. I posted this for the enjoyment of site readers.