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Scary stories to tell in the dark  Cover Image Book Book

Scary stories to tell in the dark / collected [and retold] by Alvin Schwartz ; drawings by Stephen Gammell.

Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992 (author.). Gammell, Stephen, (illustrator.).

Summary:

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780062682826
  • ISBN: 0062682822
  • ISBN: 9780062682895
  • ISBN: 006268289X
  • Physical Description: viii, 111 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
  • Edition: Revised edition.
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper, 2017.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-110).
Formatted Contents Note:
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 -- The thing -- Cold as clay -- The white wolf -- The haunted house -- The guests -- 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?" -- The hook -- The white satin evening gown -- High beams -- The babysitter -- The viper -- The attic -- The slithery-dee -- Aaron Kelly's bones -- Wait till Martin comes -- The ghost with the bloody fingers.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.1 1 18788.
Subject: Ghosts > Folklore.
Tales > United States.
Ghost stories, American.
Ghosts > Folklore.
Folklore > United States.
Horror stories.
Ghosts > Fiction.
JUVENILE FICTION > Fairy Tales & Folklore > Adaptations.
JUVENILE FICTION > Ghost Stories.
JUVENILE FICTION > Holidays & Celebrations > Halloween.
Ghost stories, American.
Ghosts.
Tales.
United States.
Genre: Folklore.
Ghost stories.
Horror fiction.
Ghost stories.
Horror fiction.
Nonfiction.
Folklore.

Available copies

  • 2 of 2 copies available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Regional Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Regional Library.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 2 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
La Conner Regional Library J 398.25 SCHWARTZ 85339 J NON FICTION Available -


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