Scary stories to tell in the dark

Scary stories to tell in the dark

Alvin Schwartz, 1927-

Book - 1981

Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

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Subjects
Ghost stories > Juvenile fiction.
Horror tales > Juvenile fiction.
Ghost stories, American > Juvenile fiction.
Tales, American > Juvenile fiction.
Folklore > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Published
New York : Lippincott c1981.
Language
English
Main Author
Alvin Schwartz, 1927- (-)
Item Description
2010 edition includes illustrations by Brett Helquist.
Physical Description
111 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN
9780060835194
9780808566595
9780397319268
9781442005273
9780590431972
  • "AAAAAAAAAAAH!" : the big toe
  • The walk
  • "What do you come for?"
  • Me tie dough-ty
  • Walker!
  • A man who lived in leeds
  • Old woman all skin and bone
  • He heard footsteps coming up the cellar stairs : The thing
  • Cold as clay
  • The white wolf
  • The haunted house
  • The guests
  • They eat your eyes, they eat your nose : The hearse song
  • The girl who stood on a grave
  • A new horse
  • Alligators
  • Room for one more
  • The wendigo
  • The dead man's brains
  • "May I carry your basket?"
  • Other dangers : The hook
  • The white satin evening gown
  • High beams
  • The babysitter
  • "AAAAAAAAAAAH?" : The viper
  • The attic
  • The slithery-dee
  • Aaron Kelly's bones
  • Wait till Martin comes
  • The ghost with the bloody fingers.
Review by Booklist Review

From "The Ghost of the Bloody Fingers" to "The Hook" and "The Big Toe" (tales for which campfires are made), Schwartz offers a collection of stories from American folklore. Besides sending a chill up the reader's spine, this and its sequel, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, provide students with models of scholarship--careful documentation, lists of sources, and useful bibliographies.

From Booklist, Copyright (c) American Library Association. Used with permission.
Review by Horn Book Review

Helquist's new illustrations for Schwartz's classic collection of ghost stories inhabit an altogether more benign universe than the nightmarish 1981 Stephen Gammell originals, more mood-setting decorations than permanently etched images of horror. This new edition is handsome and accessible, ceding the stories themselves pride of place; now young readers have a choice of how scared they want to be -- just a little, or a whole lot. martha v. parravano (c) Copyright 2010. The Horn Book, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

Schwartz' latest folklore collection will be a popular sourcebook for ghost story sessions. Some of these tales end in shock screams by the teller and some in laughs. Most are old, but some, about a girl driver followed home or a babysitter receiving threatening phone calls, have contemporary settings. Whether the subject is a witch caught out, a girl dying of fright in a graveyard, or a wolf's revenge on a bounty hunter, all are perfectly tailored for telling aloud and splendidly illustrated with an appropriate blend of scraggly and truly eerie notes. Copyright ©Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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