Scary stories to tell in the dark / collected [and retold] by Alvin Schwartz ; drawings by Stephen Gammell.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062682826
- ISBN: 0062682822
- ISBN: 9780062961280
- ISBN: 0062961284
- 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. |
Summary, etc.: | 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. |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.1 1 18788. |
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Subject: | Ghosts > Folklore. Tales > United States. Ghost stories, American. Ghosts > Folklore. Folklore > United States. Horror stories. |
Genre: | Ghost stories. Horror fiction. |
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- 10 of 12 copies available at Bibliomation. (Show)
- 2 of 2 copies available at Silas Bronson Library.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | J 398.25 SCH (Text) | 34005145459664 | Juvenile Nonfiction | Available | - |
Silas Bronson Library - Waterbury | S J 398.25 SCH C3 (Text) | 34005145459680 | Storage | Available | - |