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The Scary stories treasury / collected from American folklore by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell.

Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992 (Author). Gammell, Stephen. (Added Author).

Summary:
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0060263415
  • ISBN: 9780060263416
  • Physical Description: 115 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 1991.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Scary stories to tell in the dark. -- More scary stories to tell in the dark. -- Scary stores 3: more tales to chill your bones.
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 sating 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.
Subject: Ghost stories, American.
Tales > United States.
Ghosts > Folklore.
Folklore > United States.
Genre: Horror fiction.

Available copies

  • 13 of 17 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 17 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Abington Community Library JUV 398.25 SCHWART (Text) 50687011388710 Juv Nonfiction Checked Out 04/11/2024
Ashland Public Library JFIC SCH (Text) 30399000028180 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library JNF 398.25 SCH (Text) 75011000369980 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Bellwood-Antis Public Library J398.2 Sch (Text) 310BEL00061860 Juvenile Nonfiction Checked Out 01/02/2024
Emmaus Public Library J 398.25 SCHW (Text) 36446001909076 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Emmaus Public Library J 398.25 SCHW (Text) 36446001986234 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Hollidaysburg Area Public Library J 398.25 Sch 1991 (Text) 10HOL000178250 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Nancy Kay Holmes Branch Library JUV SCHWART (Text) 50686014159938 Juv Fiction Checked Out 04/01/2024
North Pocono Public Library JUV SCHWART (Text) 50691010561343 Juv Fiction In Transit -
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