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Classroom Halloween Children's Books Under $5

Celebrate the Halloween season in a budget-friendly way with these fun read-alouds! 

By Scholastic Editors
October 14, 2024

From trick-or-treating to costume parties, Halloween is arguably the most fun holiday for kids. Get your students in the spirit of this spooky holiday with these fun Halloween read-alouds! 

Perfect for a classroom Halloween party, The Spooky Wheels On the Bus is a slightly spookier rendition of the classic song, The Wheels on the Bus. Not only does this Halloween book have charming illustrations that will captivate your students’ imaginations, but it is also great for learning to count. Make literacy the center of your celebrations by sharing this entertaining and interactive sing-along book! 

Meanwhile, Peppa's Halloween Party perfectly captures the excitement of the season as Peppa and her friends play in the leaves, carve pumpkins, and dress up in costumes for a party. 

Shop all the best Halloween books under $5 below! You can find all Halloween books at The Teacher Store.

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The Spooky Wheels On The Bus

Grades Pre-K - 2
$4.49$5.99
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A haunted Halloween bus ride that will have children singing with excitement.

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Peppa's Halloween Party

Grades Pre-K - K
$4.49$5.99
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It is the spookiest time of year! Peppa and her family play outside in the leaves, carve pumpkins, and dress up in costumes for a Halloween party with all of their friends!

 

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Join favorite character Princess Truly and her dog, Sir Noodles, on a trip to the pumpkin patch! Princess Truly wants to find a marvelous pumpkin that is extra special. But all the pumpkins in the patch are ordinary, orange and round! With a shake of her magical, sparkling curls, Princess Truly creates a pumpkin that is just-right: a RAINBOW pumpkin!

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The Legend of Spookley the Square Pumpkin

Grades Pre-K - K
$3.71$4.95
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One day in the pumpkin patch the strangest little pumpkin hatched...Spookley the Pumpkin was different. All the other pumpkins teased him until Spookley proved that being different can save the day!

 

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Sing and Read Storybooks: Ten Little Pumpkins

Grades Pre-K - K
$3.71$4.95
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These familiar American songs are now in book form, accompanied by humorous and energetic illustrations. Sheet music is featured at the end of each lively book.

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Ten Flying Brooms

Grades Pre-K - K
$3.74$4.99
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A rhyming, high-flying counting story featuring all your favorite Halloween creatures!

 

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If You Give a Mouse: It's Pumpkin Day, Mouse!

Grades Pre-K - 2
$3.71$4.95
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The pumpkin-painting party just got bigger in this darling read-along board book.

 

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How to Catch...: How To Catch a Monster

Grades Pre-K - 1
$3.71$4.95
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Get ready to laugh as a young ninja heads into the closet to meet the monster that's been so scary night after night! But what if things aren't what they seem and our monster isn't scary at all? What if our ninja hero is about to make a friend of strangest sort?

$4.46$5.95
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The utterly satisfying conclusion of this marvelous story shows children that facing fears can often turn something that seems scary into a delightful surprise.

 

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Five Little Ghosts

Grades Pre-K
$4.46$5.95
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In this comic counting caper, five goofy ghosts are looking for somewhere to play together!

$5.24$6.99
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Clown, witch, knight, or ghost — what will Clifford decide to dress up as this year?

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Skelly's Halloween

Grades K - 2
$3.71$4.95
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Get ready for a spooktacular time with Skelly's Halloween, a playful read aloud with a Humpty Dumpty-like hook, sure to become a Halloween staple.

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The Haunted Ghoul Bus

Grades K - 1
$4.46$5.95
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Told in rhyme, this playful picture book tells the story of a mutant mummy bus driver and a menagerie of monster passengers who are startled one Halloween night by someone who boards their bus by mistake: a normal little boy.

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Happy Halloween, Stinky Face

Grades Pre-K - K
$3.74$4.99
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Even though Stinky Face can think of a million things that could go wrong while trick-or-treating, Mama knows that no matter what happens, he's going to have the best night ever. That is, if he can settle on a costume!

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Ten Timid Ghosts

Grades K
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Young readers are shown how to count backwards from ten in this Halloween tale involving ten ghosts, a witch, and a haunted house.

 

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Join television favorite Peppa and her friends on their wonderful adventures!

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