While reading it my son would stop look at me and ask “Is that just pretend?” “Is that just a costume?” which made me feel better about reading it since he will see some scary costumes and if the idea that they aren’t real is concrete in his mind hopefully come Halloween his resilience will be a little stronger. The book takes the reader through a haunted house, and each scary thing it houses.

He opened it and scanned it himself and then brought it over to me so I gave it a try. I am easily frightened, I can’t even watch commercials for scary movies, so I was leery about reading this book to my son. In the Haunted House by Eve Bunting is the type of story that you aren’t sure if you should or shouldn’t read to your 3 year old.

Great way to keep a Halloween theme strong while teaching about the human body! There is also a second layer that has longer text for older children that goes into the anatomy of the bones the song sings about. The superficial layer uses the words of the ever popular old time spiritual with fun Halloween inspired skeleton illustrations. Books about holidays can be used to get kids excited, ease anxiety or my favorite read after the celebrations as a tool to talk about your family’s own holiday experience.ĭem Bones by Bob Barner is sort of two books in one. Halloween books for kids fly off the library shelves once the candy hits the stores so make a list and grab your book bag after you read through this post.

In the haunted house by eve bunting