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More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Brief Description: More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs. Jacket Description/Back: Do you like to be scared? Ellen had just fallen asleep when...

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

Jacket Description/Back:

Do you like to be scared?

Ellen had just fallen asleep when she heard a strange voice.

"Ellen," it whispered, "I am coming up the stairs."

Ellen was frightened and called her parents, but they didn't hear her, and they didn't come. . . .

Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz's most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.



Review Quotes:

Praise for Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones: "Perfect for reading alone or aloud in a dimly lit room." - Kirkus Reviews

"Guaranteed to make your teeth chatter and your spine tingle." - School Library Journal

Praise for Scary Stories to tell in the Dark: "Read these if you dare." - New York Times

"Sure to provoke chills along the spine... " - ALA Booklist



Publisher Marketing:

The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends. Folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.

This paperback edition is illustrated in spine-tingling detail by renowned A Series of Unfortunate Events artist Brett Helquist. Read if you dare!

And don't miss Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Scary Stories 3!


  • Classic Folklore: Discover chilling tales of dark revenge, witches, and ghosts, including the story of a gravedigger haunted by the corpse he robbed.
  • Urban Legends: Encounter modern myths you might have heard whispered, from the ghostly hitchhiker to the terrifying discovery in a college dorm room.
  • Haunted Tales: Explore nightmarish places where blood drips from the ceiling, a ghostly pirate ship haunts the bay, and a thumping chair reveals a hidden murder.
  • Perfect for Reading Aloud: Terrify your friends with stories designed to be told in the dark, complete with instructions on when to JUMP and SCREAM!


Review Citations:

  • Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 137 (EAN 9780060835224, Paperback)
  • Wilson Children's Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780062682857, Paperback)
  • Wilson Middle/Jr. High Catalog 04/11/2019 (EAN 9780062682857, Paperback)
  • Hornbook Guide to Children 01/01/2011 pg. 137 (EAN 9780060835217, Hardcover)

Contributor Bio:Schwartz, Alvin

Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explores 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 Other Scary Stories and Ghosts!--are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.



Contributor Bio:Helquist, Brett

Brett Helquist's celebrated art has graced books from the charming Bedtime for Bear, which he also wrote, to the New York Times-bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.




Author: Schwartz, Alvin
Publisher: HarperCollins
Binding: Paperback
Pub Date: 2010-08-24
BISAC: Juvenile Fiction|Horror|Juvenile Fiction|Short Stories|Juvenile Fiction|Fairy Tales & Folklore|Anthologies|Juvenile Fiction|Monsters|Juvenile Fiction|Thrillers & Suspense|Juvenile Fiction|Activity Books|Coloring|Juvenile Fiction|Activity Books|Sticker|Juvenile Fiction|Ghost Stories|Juvenile Fiction|Mysteries & Detective Stories|Juvenile Fiction|Travel|Juvenile Fiction|Girls & Women|Juvenile Fiction|Humorous Stories|Juvenile Fiction|Stories in Verse (see also Poetry)|Juvenile Fiction|Holidays & Celebrations|Halloween
Subjects: Tales|Folklore|Ghosts|Horror stories|Ghost stories, American|United States
Weight: 0.3 lbs
ISBN: 9780060835224
ASIN: -
SKU: SP-9780060835224

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