Books that Go BOO!
Halloween is this Thursday so you might be looking for some books to share with the children in your life to get them excited. These picture books will provide just the right amount of silly and creepy fun. Kids will enjoy the colourful illustrations, funny story lines and scary (but not too scary) characters.
Mary McScary by R.L. Stine ; Illustrated by Marc Brown
From the famed author of the Goosebumps series, R.L. Stine brings us this story about a little girl who loves to scare everyone around her. When she finds out her cousin, Harry, is coming for a visit, she can't wait to find the perfect trick to play on him. Unfortunately for Mary, her cousin doesn't scare as easily as she had hoped. What will it take to finally spook him?
Boo! by Ben Newman
If you need a book to satisfy your little prankster year round, then Boo! by Ben Newman might do the trick. In this brightly coloured book we meet a little mouse that thinks he is the bravest animal around. However, his bravery is quickly put to the test as other, bigger animals come along to try their hand at scaring.
Click Clack Boo! A Tricky Treat by Doreen Cronin and Betsy Lewin
A Halloween spin on the popular story Click Clack Moo: Cows that Type, follows the adventures of everyone’s favourite troublesome cows. Farmer Brown finds Halloween a bit too spooky for his liking, but when the farmyard animals decide to throw a costume party, he realizes that there was nothing to be afraid of after all.
Boo! Haiku by Deanna Caswell and Bob Shea
You might be looking for something unique to read, and a haiku might be just the thing! A Haiku is a poem consisting of seventeen syllables, in three lines of five, seven and five. Here each poem goes together with colourful pictures that deliver the perfect dose of Halloween fun.
Just Say Boo by Susan Hood ; Illustrated by Jed Henry
If a Halloween haiku didn’t satisfy your need for something new, then Susan Hood’s Just Say Boo might be what you're looking for. Trick-or-treaters learn how to navigate going from house to house and about what to say in each situation using fun rhyming patterns that make this a great read aloud option.
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