Halloween story time suggestions for 5 year olds

[LeeMiller]

I’m doing a story time session for a group of 5 year old boys.
They’ve outgrown Room on the broom and Meg and Mog and are quite into ghosts and monsters so I’m looking for something a little bit spooky, funny or exciting (but not actually scary). Any Halloween favourites?

Christopher Pumpkin by Sue Hendra always goes down well with my Reception class.

Winnie the Witch is a classic, although not remotely 'scary'. The original story is my favourite.

The Aliens Love Underpants series has a Monsters Love Underpants edition which is quite good.

Tom Fletcher and Dougie Poynter also released a Halloween version of The Dinosaur that Pooped series last year.

Funny Bones

I second Funny Bones. Even thinking about it makes me laugh. I have a granddaughter that needs a copy.

Thanks! We have funny bones but I’ll look at the other funny bones titles.

Thanks for the ideas, Sue Hendra is always good.

anything atmospheric and a little spooky rather than funny?

I'd agree with funny bones but I'd disagree strongly that 5 year olds have outgrown room on the broom.

Yes, rather than outgrown I think it would be more accurate to say they’re a bit bored of Room and the Broom, same with the Gruffalo. They are old favourites but we’ve read them so many times and they’ve been read repeatedly at nursery too so now they’re more comfort reads. I’m looking for something new.

A Dark Dark Tale by Ruth Brown scary all the way through but a not at the end
The Hairy Toe by Daniel Postgate, I think it's quite scary at the end but guess it depends on your child
Haunted House by Jan Pienkowski

DD loved this at that age.

David Walliams has a halloween picture book too, Little Monsters I think it's called.

Thank you! I’ll have a look at these

How about the Winnie the witch series?

Badjelly the Witch by Spike Milligan.

This is great. Ds3 loved it. He's 16 now so a bit old.
Frankie Makes a Friend https://amzn.eu/d/igi9WhP

I'm coming to get you by Tony Ross is another one which is is scary right til the end!

(But about an alien rather than a traditional Halloween monster)

I thought Winnie the Witch might be a bit long, I might be misremembering it though.

I don’t know the others so thanks for the suggestions.

My 6 year old likes Pick a pumpkin and also Oliver Jeffers' There's a ghost in this house

A World Full of Spooky Stories-50 Tales to Make Your Spine Tingle written by Angela McAllister and illustrated by Madalina Andronic is good.

Spider Sandwiches by Claire Freedman and Sue Hendra, Dragon Jelly too.

Winnie the Witch?

Haunted House by Jan Kiensowski (spelling?)

Jan Pienkowski

I love the Meg and Mog books by this author too

It's an oldish one and not exactly spooky but both of mine loved On the way home by Jill Murphy

Second this one. It's pop up and always a hit

Also Ten Little Monsters

I think there's a newish Julia Donaldson one out about a ghost, a witch and a troll? Have they read that one? Its called The Baddies. I havent read it to DD yet though.

Mine (4 and 3) love 101 halloween bums, it stays out all year and they laugh every time we read it