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Author:
Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Title:
Scary stories to tell in the dark / collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; illustrated by Brett Helquist.
Publisher:
Scholastic Inc.,
Copyright Date:
2011, c1981
Description:
113 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Subject:
Ghost stories, American.
Tales--America.
Ghosts--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Horror tales--Juvenile literature.
Folklore--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Other Authors:
Helquist, Brett, illustrator.
Notes:
Reprint: Originally published: New York : Lippincott, c1981. "First Scholastic printing, October 1989"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-110).
Contents:
"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, He heard footsteps coming up the cellar stairs : the thing, cold as clay, the white wolf, the haunted house, the guests -- 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?" -- Other dangers : the hook, the white satin evening gown, high beams, the babysitter -- "AAAAAAAAAAAH?" : the viper, the attic, the slithery-dee, Aaron Kelly's bones, wait till Martin comes, the ghost with the bloody fingers.
Summary:
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
ISBN:
0545385032
9780545385039
OCLC:
(OCoLC)760068424
Locations:
LEPI975 -- Woodbury County Library (Moville)
HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

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