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Series

Scary Stories

Language

English

Formats

Description

Drawn from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.

2) More scary stories to tell in the dark

Author

Series

Scary Stories

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

3) Scary stories: 3 :more tales to chill your bones

Author

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

2011

Edition

Reillustrated ed.

Physical Desc

109 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

4) In a dark, dark room, and other scary stories

Author

I can read book
I Can Read!

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries.

5) Short & shivery: thirty chilling tales

Author

Language

English

Description

A collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of Russia, Virginia, Ireland, Canada, and other areas of the world.

6) Ghosts!: ghostly tales from folklore

Author

Series

I can read book

Language

English

Description

Presents seven, easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries.

7) Scary stories to tell in the dark: three books to chill your bones

Author

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Series

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, Playaway

Description

Traditional and modern-day tales and "jump" stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, haunts, superstitions, monsters and horrible scary things.

8) More short & shivery: thirty terrifying tales

Author

Language

English

Description

A collection of scary folktales from the United States, China, England, Italy, Russia, and other countries around the world.

9) Scary stories 3: more tales to chill your bones

Author

Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

Pub. Date

c1991

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

115 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, haunts, superstitions, monsters, and horrible scary things.

10) A terrifying taste of short & shivery: thirty creepy tales

Author

Publisher

Delacorte Press

Pub. Date

c1998

Physical Desc

xii, 159 p.: ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

A collection of scary traditional tales from all over the world, including "Apparitions" from Germany, "The Hundredth Skull" from Ohio, and "The Ogre's Arm" from Japan.

11) Even more short & shivery: thirty spine-tingling stories

Author

Publisher

Delacorte Press

Pub. Date

1997

Physical Desc

62 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Halloween - Children
Holiday Books for Children

A collection of scary traditional tales from all over the world.

12) The Barefoot book of giants, ghosts and goblins: traditional tales from around the world

Author

Mathhews, John

Publisher

Barefoot Books

Pub. Date

1999

Edition

1st ed.

Physical Desc

80 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

Language

English

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Description

A cross-cultural anthology of folk tales carefully chosen to terrify and tantalize young readers. The mystery and magic of the stories are beautifully realized by evocative and enchanting watercolors.

13) Scary stories treasury: three books to chill your bones

Author

Publisher

Barnes & Noble Books

Pub. Date

1995

Edition

Barnes & Noble Books ed.

Physical Desc

1 v. (various pagings) : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Traditional and modern-day tales and "jump" stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, haunts, superstitions, monsters and horrible scary things.

14) More scary stories to tell in the dark: Collected from Folklore

Author

Publisher

Harper

Pub. Date

2010, c1984

Edition

Reillustrated Harper Trophy ed.

Physical Desc

111 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Language

English

Description

Presents a selection of tales about haunted houses, ghastly deeds, wailing specters, and other terrifying phenomena.

15) Moaning bones: African-American ghost stories

Author

Haskins, James

Publisher

Lothrop, Lee & Shepard/Morrow

Pub. Date

c1998

Physical Desc

64 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Language

English

Description

More than fifteen tales from the oral tradition probably originally recorded in the 1920s and 1930s such as "The Haunted Stateroom,""Black Tom," and "The Ghost in the Back Seat."

16) The barefoot book of giants, ghosts and goblins

Author

Matthews, John

Publisher

Barefoot Books

Pub. Date

2008

Physical Desc

80 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm. + 2 sound discs (digital ; 4 3/4 in.)

Language

English

17) A Treasury of spooky stories

Series

Read-aloud book

Publisher

Kingfisher Books

Pub. Date

1992

Edition

1st American ed.

Physical Desc

157 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Language

English

Description