A HUGE List of Halloween Picture Books

Now, I guess the term huge is debatable, but as I was compiling this list, and it kept growing, it sure felt huge to me. To make this organized, I've also sorted them by subjects, though of course, some might fit in more than one category. So let's get to it!

The Berenstain Bears Go on a Ghost Hunt by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Ghosts in the House by Kazuno Kohara

Ten Timid Ghosts by Jennifer O'Connell

At the Old Haunted House by Helen Ketteman

The Berenstain Bears and the Haunted House by Stan and Jan Berenstain

In the Haunted House by Eve Bunting

Frankenstein by Rick Walton

Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich by Adam Rex

Frankenstein Takes the Cake by Adam Rex

Goodnight Goon: A petrifying parody by Michael Rex

The Monsterator by Keith Graves

The Runaway Mummy: A petrifying parody by Michael Rex

Where's My Mummy? by Carolyn Crimi

Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman

The Biggest Pumpkin Ever by Steven Kroll

The Fierce Yellow Pumpkin by Margaret Wise Brown

How Many Seeds in a Pumpkin? by Margaret McNamara

It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse! by Laura Numeroff

Little Boo by Stephen Wunderli

The Pumpkin Smasher by Anita Benarde

From Seed to Pumpkin by Wendy Pfeffer

The Pumpkin Book by Gail Gibbons

Pumpkin Circle: The story of a garden by George Levenson

Pumpkin Jack by Will Hubbell

Too Many Pumpkins by Linda White

Splat the Cat and the Pumpkin-Picking Plan by Rob Scotton

The Vanishing Pumpkin by Tony Johnston

Halloween Hustle by Charlotte Gunnufson

Skeleton for Dinner by Margery Cuyler

Skeleton Hiccups by Margery Cuyler

Skelly the Skeleton Girl by Jimmy Pickering

Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson

A Very Brave Witch by Alison McGhee

The Winnie the Witch series by Valerie Thomas and Korky Paul

The Witches by Roald Dahl - perfect for the older kiddos.

The 13 Nights of Halloween by Guy Vasilovich

The Berenstain Bears Trick or Treat by Stan and Jan Berenstain

Click, Clack, Boo! by Doreen Cronin

Froggy's Halloween by Jonathan London

The Hallo-wiener by Dav Pilkey

The Halloween Kid by Rhode Montijo

Halloween Night by Marjorie Dennis Murray

Happy Halloween, Curious George by H.A. Rey

The Night Before Halloween by Natasha Wing

Scaredy-Cat, Splat! by Rob Scotton

Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting

Shivery Shades of Halloween by Mary McKenna Siddals

Splat the Cat: What was that? by Rob Scotton

Trick or Treat, Marley! by John Grogan

The Very Hungry Zombie: A parody by Michael Teitelbaum

We're Off to Find the Witch's House by Mr. Kreib

Who's There on Halloween? by Susan Hagen Nipp & Pamela Conn Beall

What are you favourites? Leave a comment below!

Halloween Task Cards

It's Saturday! Can I get a cheer for the weekend? I know it's late Saturday night and Monday morning will be here before I know it, but I am still happy to be relaxing . . . well one quarter relaxing, one quarter working and half planning for next week - I'll still take it!

I'm especially thrilled because I was *slightly* productive today, and right now I'll take any bit of productivity I can get!

So, just in time for Halloween (err, maybe only a little last minute!) is a new pack of Halloween-themed task cards:

Whenever a holiday rolls around, I love incorporating that into the classroom in any way that I can. Something about adding ghosts, goblins and candy to math makes it seem so much more fun for the students . . . and me too! That was what I had in mind when I created these task cards. The packet contains 12 (plus four bonus) cards that ask students to solve the multi-step questions, using the four basic operations, to find out how many trick-or-treaters visited each house. Although this pack covers a few of the fourth grade standards, it would also work with high third graders or as a review for fifth graders.

You can click the above pictures or {HERE} if you're interested in the pack.

Now I'm off to eat some of those bite size chocolate bars that I *should* be saving for trick-or-treaters!

Halloween is Grinch Night

Well once again, long time no blog. This school year has been BUSY and I have so much to share, but it's Wednesday and I'm exhausted, so I'm stopping in quick to share a Halloween find.

I cannot believe that next Friday is Halloween (by the way, are other teachers saying a huge thank you to the calendar this year? Halloween on a Friday? Yes, please!). It seems so fast so I'm scurrying around thinking of some new ideas to keep the kiddos busy that day . . . you just know they are going to be so wired!

Most of the day will be filled with whole school activities, but I've been trying to think of something to fill up our morning. I was looking through YouTube and found this old Dr. Seuss movie. Umm, how did I not know about it? If you're looking for a fun little movie for Halloween (and have a SmartBoard, TV or projector in your classroom), try out Dr. Seuss's Halloween is Grinch Night. It's under thirty minutes so won't take up the whole day, but would be an interesting video if you're looking to fill some time.

via YouTube

Hopefully I'll be back soon to talk teacher Halloween costumes - I struggle with this every year!