With the sunny days of summer hitting their peak, it’s lovely to engage in all the traditional summer activities that the season offers every year. But what if your young reader is a little bit… spooky?

Then I have one word for you: Summerween! For kids and families who love injecting some chills and thrills into their lives year-round, Summerween is a delightful way to bring some spooky vibes to the summer season.

Here are a few recent and upcoming books that make delightfully spine-tingling Summerween reads; which ones are you looking forward to reading?

Jake Spooky And the Wolves Within Him by Michael Grover

But I’m a Pumpkin!: A Summerween Story by Kat Choppy & Heidi Moreno

Monsters Are the Worst! by Alex Willan

The House with Nobody in It by Jon Klassen

Brume, Volume 2: The Forest of Lost Souls by Jérôme Pelissier & Carine Hinder

The Underwearwolf by Gideon Sterer, illus. by Charles Santoso

A frighteningly big thanks to Toon Books, Hippo Park, Astra BFYR, Knopf BFYR, Random House Children’s Books, SimonKIDS, and Candlewick Press for copies of these books!