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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore
 
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore (Paperback)

by Alvin Schwartz (Author), Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)
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  • Paperback: 128 pages
  • Publisher: HarperTrophy; Reissue edition (Jul 1986)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0064401707
  • ISBN-13: 978-0064401708
  • Product Dimensions: 21.3 x 14.7 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 138,678 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of really nifty stories!, 17 Oct 2003
By Kurt A. Johnson (Marseilles, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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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!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spooky stories, Creepy illustrations, 4 Jul 1999
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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 :)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Very creepy stories; frightening art., 16 Jun 1999
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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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