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Author:

Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-

Title:

Scary stories to tell in the dark / collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; illustrated by Brett Helquist.

Edition:

Reillustrated ed.

Publisher:

ScholasticInc.,

Copyright Date:

2010, c1981

Description:

viii, 113 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Ghost stories, American--Juvenile fiction.
Tales, American.--Juvenile fiction.
Ghosts--Juvenile fiction.--Juvenile fiction.
Horror stories--Juvenile fiction.
Folklore--United States.--Juvenile fiction.
Ghost stories.
Horror Stories.

Other Authors:

Helquist, Brett, ill.

Notes:

Originally published: New York : Lippincott, 1981. With new ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 89-111).

Contents:

Strange and scary things : 1."AAAAAAAAAAAH!" : 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 -- 2. He heard footsteps coming up the cellar stairs : The thing -- Cold as clay -- The white wolf -- The haunted house -- The guests -- 3. They eat your eyes, they eat your nose : 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?" -- 4. Other dangers : The hook -- The white satin evening gown -- High beams -- The babysitter -- 5. "AAAAAAAAAAAH?" : The viper -- The attic -- The slithery-dee -- Aaron Kelly's bones -- Wait till Martin comes -- The ghost with the bloody fingers -- Notes -- Sources -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments.

Summary:

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

ISBN:

0590431978
9780590431972 (pbk.)

LCCN:

bl2010018809

Locations:

MNPB553 -- Bancroft Public Library (Bancroft)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

MWPB943 -- Dayton Public Library (Dayton)

VYPA964 -- Fort Atkinson Public Library (Fort Atkinson)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

DPPE403 -- Kendall Young Library (Webster City)