13 Halloween Books for Kids Yoga: Inspire Movement with These Frightfully Fun Stories
As the leaves turn color and the air grows crisp here in New England, Halloween brings an opportunity to combine storytelling and movement in a fun, engaging way—especially to help children get out their wiggles and ease their anxieties during this particularly electric time of year!
What better way to celebrate the season than with Halloween books for kids that spark imagination and inspire yoga poses? At Kids Yoga Stories, we believe in the power of storytelling to enhance children’s physical and emotional wellbeing. These books invite children to explore the whimsical world of Halloween characters, from friendly ghosts to playful witches, all while practicing their yoga moves.
Check out these Halloween books that easily translate into yoga postures, making story time an interactive and engaging experience. Whether it’s pretending to fly on a broomstick or stretching like a black cat, the images in these stories are sure to inspire giggles, movement, and a sense of spooky fun!
5 Halloween Books that Easily Inspire Yoga Moves
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Room on the Broom
by Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler
Halloween wouldn’t be complete without a read of this infamous rhyming book! There are lots of fun postures to practice, including ones for witch, ginger cat, black hat, crow, dog, broomstick, owl, green bird, and frog.
At the Old Haunted House
by Helen Ketteman & Nate Wragg
This is a fun picture book follows a well-known counting rhyme. There are lots of characters to inspire yoga postures, including a witch, monsters, black cats, goblins, werewolves, and vampire bats!
Shivery Shades of Halloween
by Mary McKenna Siddals & Jimmy Pickering
This is a silly story brought to life with colorful illustrations and engaging rhyming text that’s perfect for toddlers and preschoolers. Through yoga postures, pretend to be a gray gargoyle, a yellow candle, or a black cat. See more here.
10 Spooky Pumpkins
by Gris Grimley
This is a perfect book for preschool yoga. You can practice the poses as you count along, including pumpkin, black cat, bat, goblin, ghost, wolf, skeleton, witch, and scarecrow!
Ten Orange Pumpkins
by Stephen Savage
This is another great book for Halloween preschool yoga. You can practice the poses as you count along, pretending to be a pumpkin, a scarecrow, a mummy, lightning, a ghost, and a pirate ship!
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Halloween Hustle
by Charlotte Gunnufson & Kevan J. Atteberry
Readers will naturally want to join the Skeleton as he moves and shakes on his way to a Halloween party with his other spooky friends.
We’re Going on a Ghost Hunt
by Susan Pearson & S.D. Schindler
While reading this classic rhyming story, readers can act out the ghost’s search as the family goes through a murky swamp, a rattling cornfield, a swishy river, and the windy woods.
We’re Going on a Ghost Hunt
by Marcia Vaughan & Ann Schweninger
The cute illustrations in this version are aimed at younger children, as the two characters and their dog go through a spooky swamp, by a haunted house, under black bats, by dancing skeletons, and into a creepy cave.
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I Got the Spooky Spirit
by Connie Schofield-Morrison & Frank Morrison
This is a fun, brightly illustrated book to get into the Halloween spirit. It’s a great addition to your Halloween story time!
Little Ghost Makes a Friend
by Maggie Edkins Willis
This is a sweet, beautifully illustrated book about having the courage to make friends, and the real secret to making friends is to just be yourself!
Griselda Snook’s Spectacular Books
by Barry Timms & Laura Borio
I love that this book encourages children to find their “perfect” book, and the illustrations are truly spectacular. This is a wonderful story to inspire reluctant readers.
Froggy’s Halloween
by Jonathan London & Frank Remkiewicz
As a teacher, I was a huge fan of all the Froggy books. They are goofy and engaging, and my students loved Froggy’s misfit adventures, like this one where Froggy can’t decide what to be for Halloween!
Ladybug Girl and the Dress-Up Dilemma
by David Soman & Jacky Davis
My daughter loved the Ladybug Girl series when she was little. The stories are all predictably sweet, and my daughter even went as Ladybug Girl one Halloween!
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