Halloween Reading and Resource List: Free Halloween Worksheets

by Carla on September 27, 2010

Halloween Reading List, Photo by San Jose Library

Halloween is a great time for daycare providers to enhance their lesson plans with story time books and fun Halloween activities. Consider the following reading lists and resources for free Halloween worksheets, coloring pages, and handwriting practice sheets for your child care center:

Halloween Reading List

Halloween Picture Books and Early Readers, Baby – Age 8
My First Halloween by Tomie dePaola [Grosset & Dunlap, 2008]
Halloween ABC by Sarah Albee and Julia Woolf [Golden Books, 2009]
Here Comes Halloween by Caroline Jayne Church [Cartwheel Books, 2009]
Where is Baby’s Pumpkin by Karen Katz [Little Simon, 2006]
Boo Who? A Spooky Lift the Flap Book by Joan Holub [Cartwheel, 1997]
Boo (Halloween Glow Books) by Charles Reasoner [Price Stern Sloan, 1999]
Five Little Pumpkins by Dan Yaccarino [HarperFestival, 1998]
Dora’s Spook Halloween by Sonali Fry [Simon Spotlight, 2006]
Maisy’s Halloween by Lucy Cousins [Walker Books, 2004]
Corduroy’s Halloween by B. G. Hennessey and Don Freeman [Viking, 1995]
The Night before Halloween by Natasha Wing [Grossett & Dunlap, 1999]

Halloween School Age Books, Ages 9-12
Halloween Night by Marjorie Dennis Murray and Brandon Dorman [GreenWillow Books, 2010]
The Halloween Tree by Ray Bradbury and Joseph Mugnaini [Yearling, 1999]
The Best Halloween Ever by Barbara Robinson [HarperCollins, 2006]
Horrible Harry at Halloween by Suzy Kline and Frank Remkiewicz [Puffin, 2002]
Trixie the Halloween Fairy by Daisy Meadows [Scholastic, 2009]
Holidays around the World: Celebrate Halloween by Deborah Heiligman [National Geographic, 2009]
Who Stole Halloween? by Martha Freeman [Holiday House, 2008]
Mommy, Why don’t we Celebrate Halloween? by Linda Hacon Winwood [Destiny Image Publishers, 1994]

Halloween Worksheets and Printables

There are many resources for free Halloween worksheets for daycare providers to use in conjunction with lesson plans and activities. Worksheets with a Halloween theme should include coloring pages, handwriting worksheets, and printable craft patterns.

The following websites provide Halloween printables:

DLTK: Halloween coloring pages, crafts, and worksheets

ABCTeach:  Free Halloween worksheets, calendars, coloring pages, and other printables

A to Z Teacher Stuff: Halloween learning activities, finger plays, and craft printables

Activity Village: Halloween activities, printouts, cards, and crafts.

First-Preschool: Halloween themed activities, crafts, lesson plans, and coloring pages

About Carla

Carla Snuggs has written 719 post in this blog.

Carla is a freelance writer from Southern California. She has a B.A. in early childhood education and a Master of Library and Information Science degree specializing in public librarianship and youth services.

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