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This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone -- skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney. Stephen Gammell's splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories -- and even scary songs -- all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark.
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Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explore everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories -- Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read Books, In A Dark, Dark Room and Ghosts! -- are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
During a recent Cub Scout campout, I realized that I needed to expand my stock of scary stories. I checked this book out, and it is just perfect! These 29 (if I counted correctly) stories run from the funny to the downright frightening. As an added bonus, one of these 29 is actually a song (The Hearse Song), and one is an activity (The Dead Man's Brains).
This is a great book, with a lot of really nifty stories. If you want some scary stories for younger listeners, then I highly recommend that you get this book!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is certainly one of the best book-fair purchases I even made in grade school. It's one of the few books I still have from those days, at least :)
It contains an eclectic collection of old and new folk tales ranging from the disturbing to the scary to the silly. The illustrations do a wonderful job of capturing the mood and essence of the stories.
I liked the stories and illustrations so much, I got them tattooed on my arm :)
It contains an eclectic collection of old and new folk tales ranging from the disturbing to the scary to the silly. The illustrations do a wonderful job of capturing the mood and essence of the stories.
I liked the stories and illustrations so much, I got them tattooed on my arm :)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read these books when they were originally published, in 1986, when I was 13. The stories are mostly folklore, which I was familiar with, but the pictures added a new, grisly dimension of horror. I recently dug the books out of storage, and at 25, I still find them incredibly creepy! I think perhaps the age range is a bit low--the drawings are quite graphic in their depiction of rotting corpses and strange, amorphous beings floting through the night--but still, they are wonderful little books for a budding horror enthusiast like I was! I think, however, they'll be packed away until my 20 month old girl is about 14 years old....
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Bit too scary for little kids
Bought the book for an 8-year-old and a 5-year-old, but the stories are not really suitable for this age group.
Published 10 months ago by LargeCactus
Not a good read
This book says that it contains scary stories and funny stories. I have to say that I have read this book right the way through to try to identify either scary or funny stories to... Read more
Published 19 months ago by P. Howard
Scary Stories
I waited ages for my books to arrive! and it was well worth the wait it had all the old stories I used tell as a kid and some new ones. Read more
Published on 14 Oct 2003 by "e-z-listening"
Good book for elementary students
The book that I read Scary Stories to tell in the dark is a good book for kids who still believe in ghost and the others things. Read more
Published on 21 Jan 1999
a scaaaaaaaaaaaaary book.....
I didn't know whether to give it five stars for the authors' success of creating perfect horror or no stars for frightening the bajeebas out of me years ago. Read more
Published on 17 Jan 1999
On of the best "scary" books I can remember.
This was my favorite book all through 4th, 5th and 6th grades. I would borrow it from the library at the beginning of the year and renew it until the end of the year. Read more
Published on 13 Nov 1998
This is an amazing collection of folklore!!!
This book came out a long time ago. I read it when it first came out and it introduced me into the world of ghosts and and lore. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 1998
Do you love to scare yourself?
I am now 20-years old, and over the weekend I enjoyed a bonfire with family. Everyone wanted to hear a scary story, but no one could remember any good ones. Read more
Published on 17 July 1998
A Great Collection Of Scary Stories
This book is excellent! The stories are great for all ages and the drawings are superb! I recommend this book to anyone who is looking for fun and creepy stories about ghosts,... Read more
Published on 19 Jun 1998
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