{"id":17892,"date":"2022-10-19T20:56:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T20:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/2022\/10\/halloween\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T10:02:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T15:02:01","slug":"10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Kelsey McCallum<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Halloween is almost here, and what better way to celebrate the spooky season than with some equally spooky books? Age-appropriate scary stories have been shown to get kids excited about reading, while also teaching them how to confront their fears, build resilience, and cope in difficult situations. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve compiled a list of 10 chilling tales for kids of all ages, just in time for October 31. These works contain stories of myths and magic, featuring vampires, goblins, ghouls, and more. Read on to discover some deliciously frightful books. That is, if you dare\u2026 &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-woocommerce-memberships-member-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"woocommerce\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"woocommerce-info wc-memberships-restriction-message wc-memberships-message wc-memberships-content-restricted-message\">\n\t\t\t\t<h3>Subscribe to Keep Reading<\/h3>\r\n<p>\ud83d\udd11 You\u2019re one step away from unlocking premium content.<br>\r\nSubscribe now for as low as $5.99 and get full access!<\/p>\r\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"\/product-category\/subscription\/\">Subscribe<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p><small>If you\u2019re already subscribed, please <a href=\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/my-account\/\">Log In<\/a>.<\/small><\/p>\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What better way to celebrate the spooky season than with some equally spooky books? We\u2019ve compiled a list of chilling tales for kids of all ages, just in time for Halloween.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":24573,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3815,2915],"tags":[4339],"class_list":{"0":"post-17892","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-book-lists","8":"category-reading-and-literacy","9":"tag-halloween"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween - TEACH Magazine<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"What better way to celebrate the spooky season than with some equally spooky books? Check out these 10 chilling tales for kids of all ages.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Read on to discover some deliciously frightful K\u201312 books. That is, if you dare\u2026 \u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TEACH Magazine\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teachmag\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-10-19T20:56:03+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-01-26T15:02:01+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bookstuff_Halloween_Twitter.png?_t=1769439721\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"628\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Kelsey McCallum\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Read on to discover some deliciously frightful K\u201312 books. That is, if you dare\u2026 \u00a0\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Love_of_Reading_3.webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@teachmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@teachmag\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Kelsey McCallum\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"7 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Kelsey McCallum\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/128e19b2d735a04ad7ee6401a870275b\"},\"headline\":\"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-19T20:56:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-26T15:02:01+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/\"},\"wordCount\":1004,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Halloween_Bookstuff_Web_1920px.webp\",\"keywords\":[\"Halloween\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Book Lists\",\"Reading and Literacy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/\",\"name\":\"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween - TEACH Magazine\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Halloween_Bookstuff_Web_1920px.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-10-19T20:56:03+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-01-26T15:02:01+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/128e19b2d735a04ad7ee6401a870275b\"},\"description\":\"What better way to celebrate the spooky season than with some equally spooky books? Check out these 10 chilling tales for kids of all ages.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Halloween_Bookstuff_Web_1920px.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Halloween_Bookstuff_Web_1920px.webp\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1600},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/\",\"name\":\"TEACH Magazine\",\"description\":\"Education for Today and Tomorrow | L&#039;Education Aujourd&#039;hui et Demain\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/128e19b2d735a04ad7ee6401a870275b\",\"name\":\"Kelsey McCallum\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kelsey_McCallum_headshot.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kelsey_McCallum_headshot.webp\",\"caption\":\"Kelsey McCallum\"},\"description\":\"Kelsey McCallum is an Associate Editor for TEACH Mag. She holds a BSc from the University of Guelph and a Graduate Certificate from Centennial College. She currently lives in Toronto, ON, with her partner and their cat, Banksy.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/author\/kmccallum\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween - TEACH Magazine","description":"What better way to celebrate the spooky season than with some equally spooky books? Check out these 10 chilling tales for kids of all ages.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween","og_description":"Read on to discover some deliciously frightful K\u201312 books. That is, if you dare\u2026 \u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/","og_site_name":"TEACH Magazine","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/teachmag","article_published_time":"2022-10-19T20:56:03+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-01-26T15:02:01+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":628,"url":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Bookstuff_Halloween_Twitter.png?_t=1769439721","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Kelsey McCallum","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween","twitter_description":"Read on to discover some deliciously frightful K\u201312 books. That is, if you dare\u2026 \u00a0","twitter_image":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Love_of_Reading_3.webp","twitter_creator":"@teachmag","twitter_site":"@teachmag","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Kelsey McCallum","Est. reading time":"7 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/"},"author":{"name":"Kelsey McCallum","@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/128e19b2d735a04ad7ee6401a870275b"},"headline":"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween","datePublished":"2022-10-19T20:56:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-26T15:02:01+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/"},"wordCount":1004,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Halloween_Bookstuff_Web_1920px.webp","keywords":["Halloween"],"articleSection":["Book Lists","Reading and Literacy"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/","url":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/","name":"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween - TEACH Magazine","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Halloween_Bookstuff_Web_1920px.webp","datePublished":"2022-10-19T20:56:03+00:00","dateModified":"2026-01-26T15:02:01+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/128e19b2d735a04ad7ee6401a870275b"},"description":"What better way to celebrate the spooky season than with some equally spooky books? Check out these 10 chilling tales for kids of all ages.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Halloween_Bookstuff_Web_1920px.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/Halloween_Bookstuff_Web_1920px.webp","width":1920,"height":1600},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/10-scary-stories-to-read-this-halloween\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"10 Scary Stories to Read This Halloween"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/","name":"TEACH Magazine","description":"Education for Today and Tomorrow | L&#039;Education Aujourd&#039;hui et Demain","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/128e19b2d735a04ad7ee6401a870275b","name":"Kelsey McCallum","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kelsey_McCallum_headshot.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Kelsey_McCallum_headshot.webp","caption":"Kelsey McCallum"},"description":"Kelsey McCallum is an Associate Editor for TEACH Mag. She holds a BSc from the University of Guelph and a Graduate Certificate from Centennial College. She currently lives in Toronto, ON, with her partner and their cat, Banksy.","url":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/author\/kmccallum\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17892","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17892"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17892\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32153,"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17892\/revisions\/32153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17892"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17892"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teachmag.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17892"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}