A Tale for Halloween

Halloween Stories for Children

Halloween stories perfect for young children (not-too-scary) about good-luck witches, friendly ghosts, magic, black cats and jack-o-lanterns. You might enjoy our other children's collections: Short Stories for Children, Children's Poems, Books for Young Readers, and Lullabies

Ready for truly SCARY? For grown-ups and older students: Halloween Stories and Gothic, Ghost, Horror & Weird

Halloween Poems for Children: Halloween, Halloween, is the night when the future may be seen — Halloween

Halloween Songs for Children: Jack-O-Lantern Song — Jack-O-Lantern Song

Halloween Stories for Children: A Tale for Halloween — A Tale for Halloween

Halloween Songs for Children: The Goblin Man — The Goblin Man

Halloween Stories for Children: Lewis Carroll, Phantasmagoria — Phantasmagoria

Halloween Stories for Children: Louisa May Alcott, Our Little Ghost — Our Little Ghost

Halloween Stories for Children: Jolly Halloween — Jolly Halloween

Halloween Stories for Children: Hallow Eve Motion Song, Pumpkins in the Cornfield — Pumpkins in the Cornfield

Hansel and Gretel

Halloween Stories for Children: The Two Sisters — The Two Sisters

The Bogey-Beast

Grimm's Fairy Tales: The Old Witch — The Old Witch

The Strange Visitor

Halloween Poems for All Ages: Halloween, A Poem by Robert Burns, a Scottish/English celebration — Halloween

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Linus waits for The Great Pumpkin, a holiday tradition thanks to Peanuts' creator, Charles Shultz! — The Great Pumpkin

Song of the Witches

Not Exactly Halloween Stories, But Great Fall Read-Alouds

Halloween Stories for Children: Magic Beans in Jack and the Beanstalk — Jack and the Beanstalk

Halloween Stories for Children: Wolf Wears a Costume in Little Red Riding Hood — Little Red Riding Hood

The Pumpkin-Glory

Perfect for Halloween: The Little Bat Who Whouldn't Go to Bed — The Little Bat Who Wouldn't Go to Bed

You might also like our whimsical Children's Poems, Pre-K Wordplay!, Yummy Stories and Children's Stories

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