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

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Collected from American Folklore

1981 • 111 pages

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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. If You Dare!

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Scary Stories

Scary Stories is a 2-book series with 2 primary works first released in 1981 with contributions by Alvin Schwartz.

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I read them slowly and creepily which helped the stories be more scary but.. I didn't enjoy most stories. They ended too quick and just... ugh I cant explain

September 22, 2021
July 25, 2019

The nostalgia for the illustrations lead me to revisit this one.

October 22, 2023

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