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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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1981
2022
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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 Eveing 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
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A series of illustrated childrens' books by Alvin Schwartz.

1) Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
3) Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones
Text copyright © 1981 by Alvin Schwartz
To Dinah
Pioneers used to entertain themselves by telling scary stories.
May contain spoilers
"Get yourself a Band-Aid!"
Comments may contain spoilers
"The Thing" is adapted from an untitled story in Bluenose Ghosts by Helen Creighton with permission of McGraw-Hill Ryerson Ltd., Toronto. Copyright 1957 by The Ryerson Press.

"The Haunted House" is adapted from a story of that title in American Folk Tales and Songs by Richard Chase with permission of Dover Publications. Copyright 1956 by Richard Chase, 1971 by Dover Publications.

"Aaron Kelly's Bones" is adapted from "Daid Aaron II" in Doctor to the Dead by John Bennett with permission of Russell & Volkening, Inc., as agents for the author. Copyright 1943, 1971 by Mr. Bennett.

"Me Tie Dough-ty Walker!" is adapted from the tale "The Rash Dog and the Bloody Head," which appeared in the Hoosier Folklore Bulletin, vol. 1, 1942. Used by permission of Dr. Herbert Halpert, collector or the tale.

"Alligators" is adapted frum "The Alligator Story" in Sticks in the Knapsack and Other Ozark Folk Tales by Vance Randolph with permission of the Columbia University Press. Copyright 1958 by the Columbia University Press.

"The White Wolf" is adapted from a story of that title in The Telltale Lilac Bush and Other West Virginia Ghost Tales by Ruth Ann Musick with permission of the University of Kentucky Press. Copyright 1965 by the University of Kentucky Press.

"A New Horse" is adapted from the tale "Bridling the Witch" in Up Cutshin and Down Greasy: The Couches' Tales and Songs (reprinted as Sang Branch Settlers: Folksongs and Tales of an Eastern Kentucky Family) by Leonard W. Roberts with permission of Dr. Roberts.  Copyright 1980 by Leonard W. Roberts.

The musical notation on page 20 and page 39 was transcribed and illustrated by Melvin Wildberger.
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Added: 21-Jun-2022
Last Updated: 15-Oct-2024

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 01-Jan-2010
HarperCollins Children's Books
Trade Paperback
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Cir 01-Jan-2010
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Trade Paperback
Cover Price:
$5.99
Pages*:
115
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1)   21 Jun 2022 - 25 Jul 2022
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Internal ID:
2656
ISBN:
0-060-83520-6
ISBN-13:
978-0-060-83520-0
Country:
United States
Language:
English
Credits:
Torborg Davern - Cover Design
Brett Helquist  - Cover Artist
ARE YOU BRAVE
ENOUGH FOR
SCARY STORIES?


Some boys and girls were at a party one night.  There was a graveyard down the street, and they were talking about how scary it was.

"Don't ever stand on a grave after dark," one of the boys said.  "The person inside will grab you."

"A grave doesn't scare me," said one of the girls.  "I'll do it right now...."


Welcome to  the macabre world of Scary Stories.  Inside, you'll find alarming takes of horror, dark revenge, and the supernatural, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

"Read these if you date." - The New York Times
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Reillustrated edition, 2010
Canada: $6.99

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Author(s)

 Alvin Schwartz
Birth: 25 Apr 1927 Brooklyn, New York, USA
Death: 14 Mar 1992

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