Halloween Fun!

Have some spooky fun with these titles and resources!

• Send shivers down readers' spines with titles and resources from this 2023 list of scary titles from the Horror Writers Association.

• Watch this spooky video book trailer for Scary Stories for Young Foxes. Ask your students to identify the elements of the video that make it feel “spooky.”

• Take a look at this “Boo to You!” list from Reading Rockets for some picture books and resources with Halloween themes.

• Explore all the bone-chilling titles in the TeachingBooks Horror Collection and use the filters to narrow down to grade level, resource type, and more.

• R.L. Stine’s birthday is October 8th. Watch this interview to learn more about this well-known author of scary tales for children. Then, check out his author page for resources for over 90 of his creepy-fun tales!

• Laugh along to the complete video reading of Pig the Monster read by R.L. Stine!

• Take a look at the video book trailer for Horton Hears a Boo! together, then have students share what they think the mysterious “Boo!” Horton hears could be!

• Write fun or spooky Halloween poems, inspired by this complete video reading of Halloween, Here I Come!

• Enjoy this complete video reading of Skeleton for Dinner. Watch the rest of the video to see the illustrator’s process for drawing skeletons, then have students draw or make cut-outs of their own skeleton characters.