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The Companion by Katie Alender
Clown in a Cornfield by Adam Cesare
Agnes at the End of the World by Kelly McWilliams
Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian Heidicker
The Forgotten Girl by India Hill Brown
Beetle & The Hollowbones by Aliza Layne
Leo: A Ghost Story by Mac Barnett and illustrated by Christian Robinson
Gustavo the Shy Ghost by Flavia Z. Drago
Vampirina Ballerina by Anne Marie Pace and illustrated by LeUyen Pham
The Monsters' Monster by Patrick O'Donnell
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
The Monster at the End of This Book by Jon Stone and illustrated by Michael Smollin
What There is Before There is Anything There: A Scary Story by Liniers
The Rock From the Sky by Jon Klassen
Where the Wild Things are by Maurice Sendak
Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley
There's a Nightmare in My Closet by Mercer Mayer (and sequels)
The Dark by Lemony Snicket and illustrated by Jon Klassen
Allie All Along by Sarah Lynne Reul
The Big Bad Wolf in My House by Valèrie Fontaine and Nathalie Dion
Monster & Son by David Larochelle and illustrated by Joey Chou (parent & child together time)
There was an Old Mummy Who Swallowed a Spider by Jennifer Ward and illustrated by Steve Gray (this riff is popular around Halloween)
Have You Seen My Monster? by Steve Light (shapes/concept book)
The Haunted Lake by P.J. Lynch (extended picture book for older readers--beautifully creepy illustrated tale)
Black Dog by Levi Pinfold (a story about being afraid...or not)
Creepy Carrots! by Aaron Reynolds (words) and Peter Brown (pictures) (carrots are defending themselves! [there are sequels!])
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak (The baby has been stolen by goblins and sister Ida must come to the rescue; for an actually scary safe-scare book, this is an enduring classic)
Hardly Haunted by Jessie Sima (the old haunted house just needs the right family)
Nibbles the Book Monster by Emma Yarlett (cute Nibbles likes to eat pieces of stories! [there are sequels!])
Novelist's piece on Summer Scares
Dad Suggests: The Top 13 Scary Picture Books for Kids
Batch of Books' Creepy Picture Book Selections
Topher Fixed It for those who may have read The Giving Tree/Love You Forever/Rainbow Fish to the wrong audience
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