{"id":81538,"date":"2023-10-03T06:09:10","date_gmt":"2023-10-02T19:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=81538"},"modified":"2024-09-30T13:57:51","modified_gmt":"2024-09-30T03:57:51","slug":"10-spooky-not-scary-reads-for-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2023\/10\/10-spooky-not-scary-reads-for-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"10 spooky (not scary!) reads for Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for spooky books for kids for Halloween? You&#8217;ve come to the right place.<\/p>\n<p>Not because I&#8217;m an expert in screechy, scary, scratchy reads \u2013 I&#8217;m notoriously wimpy when it comes to this stuff \u2013 but because I can call on author <a href=\"https:\/\/allisonrushby.com\/\">Allison Rushby<\/a>, the third member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourkidsnextread.com.au\/about\/\">Team Your Kid&#8217;s Next Read<\/a>, who absolutely LOVES a spooky story.<\/p>\n<p>So much so that she&#8217;s written several \u2013 check out <a href=\"https:\/\/booktopia.kh4ffx.net\/ZarM1\">The Turnkey<\/a> series, <a href=\"https:\/\/booktopia.kh4ffx.net\/kjYNML\">The Mulberry Tree<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/booktopia.kh4ffx.net\/jWYByP\">The Ghost Locket<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/booktopia.kh4ffx.net\/LP7WmM\">Miss Penny Dreadful<\/a> series for starters!<\/p>\n<p>Who better then to put together an updated list of Halloween reads \u2013 with an emphasis on the spooky, not the scary.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>10 spooky books for Halloween\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>A list by Allison Rushby<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>There\u2019s just something so delicious about being a<em> little bit<\/em> scared.<\/p>\n<p>Tucked up under the sheets in the dark of night, the wind is rattling the window, a tree branch scritch-scratching against the glass. Perhaps there\u2019s even a little screech from some wild animal as you devour a book that has a ghost or two in it.<\/p>\n<p>Your main character is a little bit worried (hey, you\u2019re a little bit worried!).<\/p>\n<p>But not so much so that when your eyes begin to close and you put your book down, you can\u2019t fall straight to sleep and have pleasant dreams.<\/p>\n<p>Bliss!<\/p>\n<p>Yes, there\u2019s nothing better than a spooky (not scary!) read for some safe bedtime thrills. So, with Halloween on the horizon, I thought it might be a great time to list ten spooky-not-scary favourites\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-81541\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spooky books for kids\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.qbd.com.au\/ghost-book\/remy-lai\/9781761065477\/\">Ghost Book<\/a>\u00a0by Remy Lai<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Remy Lai\u2019s newest graphic novel centres on July, who can see ghosts \u2013 a problem during hungry ghost month. When she begrudgingly befriends a little boy ghost, the pair must join forces in order to sort their intertwined destinies.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3N3fnpx\">The World of the Unknown: Ghosts<\/a> by Christopher Maynard<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This cult 1977 non-fiction classic has been reissued and will surely spark a new generation of ghost-hunters. With lots of info on our ghostly friends, as well as factual information on the techniques and equipment of ghost hunting and how lots of sightings have been exposed as natural occurrences or fakes, there\u2019s something here for everyone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-81542\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-2-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spooky books for kids\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-2-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3TNwWxB\">Miss Penny Dreadful and the Midnight Kittens<\/a> by Allison Rushby<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s 1872 and Penny has an enquiring mind and several mysteries to solve. Not only does she need to find out the truth behind authoress Aunt Harriet\u2019s story idea involving some bewitched kittens, she also needs to work out where her parents have disappeared to\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3zrbp6Y\">A Ghost in my Suitcase<\/a> by Gabrielle Wang<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Celeste takes a trip to China to visit her grandmother, Por Por, and finds out she comes from a family of ghosthunters. Lots of exciting action distracts from the scary (but not too scary!) ghosts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-81543\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spooky books for kids\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-3-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-3-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4eJaoWF\">The Bookseller\u2019s Apprentice<\/a> by Amelia Mellor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With another wonderful serve of sinister magic, this prequel to The Grandest Bookshop in the World has just enough terrifying action-packed danger to provide nightmare-free thrills.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3Y24nij\">The Goodbye Year<\/a> by Emily Gale<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Things are not going well for Harper in what should be amazing final year of primary school. Now, to add to all the confusion, she thinks she\u2019s seen a ghost\u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-81544\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-4-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"spooky books for kids\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-4-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-4-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-4-379x382.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4ezrtCq\">The Eerie Excavation<\/a> by Ash Harrier<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Alice England has yet another mystery to solve! Alice and her friends are off to archaeology camp and it\u2019s not long before something unexpected turns up in the dirt, sparking many a question, such as: do curses really exist? Is a monster about? And who \u2013 or what \u2013 is creeping around after midnight?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4dpSMOz\">Ghost Squad <\/a>by Claribel A. Ortega<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Shortly before Halloween, Lucely and her friend Syd cast a spell that accidentally awakens some malicious sprits. They must join forces with Syd\u2019s witch grandmother, Babette and her tabby sidekick, Chunk, to fight the haunting head-on and reverse the curse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-81545\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-5-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Spooky books for kids\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-5-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/ImageHandler-5-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4gNqwrV\">Tashi and the Ghosts<\/a> by Anna Fienberg and Barbara Fienberg, illustrated by Kim Gamble<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Brave Tashi is off on another fabulous adventure, this time involving ghost monsters in the forest!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.readings.com.au\/product\/9780008298357\/theres-a-ghost-in-this-house--oliver-jeffers--2021--9780008298357\">There\u2019s a Ghost in this House<\/a> by Oliver Jeffers<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For young and old, this story of a young girl and a haunted house is an absolute delight.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Allison-Rushby-author-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-81539\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Allison-Rushby-author-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Allison Rushby from Your Kid's Next Read\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Allison Rushby is the author of 20+ books, from junior fiction to novels for adults. She is a member of the Your Kid&#8217;s Next Read team. <a href=\"https:\/\/allisonrushby.com\/\">Find out more here.<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><strong>Need more? Try these spooky book lists<\/strong><\/h5>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2018\/10\/10-spooky-or-scary-middle-grade-books-for-halloween\/\">10 spooky (or scary) middle-grade books for Halloween<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2022\/10\/spooky-stories-for-kids-8\/\"><strong>More spooky stories for kids 8+<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/A.-L.-Tait-The-First-Summer-of-Callie-McGee.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-81418\" src=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/A.-L.-Tait-The-First-Summer-of-Callie-McGee-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"A. L. Tait The First Summer of Callie McGee\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>Are you new here? Welcome to my blog! I\u2019m Allison Tait, aka A.L. Tait, and I\u2019m the author of middle-grade series, The Mapmaker Chronicles, The Ateban Cipher, and the Maven &amp; Reeve Mysteries. My latest novel THE FIRST SUMMER OF CALLIE McGEE is out now. You can find out\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/aboutme\/\"><strong><em>more about me here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, and\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/books\/\"><strong><em>more about my books here<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>If you\u2019re looking for book recommendations for young readers, join the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/276634156006126\"><strong><em>Your Kid\u2019s Next Read Facebook community<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>, and tune in to the\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yourkidsnextread.com.au\/\"><strong><em>Your Kid\u2019s Next Read podcast<\/em><\/strong><\/a><strong><em>!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking for spooky books for kids for Halloween? You&#8217;ve come to the right place. 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