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

Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992 (Author). Helquist, Brett, (illustrator.).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780060835194 :
  • ISBN: 0060835192 :
  • ISBN: 9780060835200
  • ISBN: 0060835206
  • Physical Description: 113 pages (paperback) : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: Reillustrated edition.
  • Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Harper, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 105-111)
Formatted Contents Note:
"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 -- 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.
Target Audience Note:
640L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG 4.1 1 1 18788
Subject: Ghost stories, American > Juvenile literature.
Folklore > United States > Juvenile literature.
Tales > United States > Juvenile literature.
Ghost stories, American.
Folklore > United States.

Available copies

  • 13 of 14 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

Holds

  • 1 current hold with 14 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library J398.25 SCH (Text) 37268003142312 AHMFL Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Altoona Area Public Library J 398.2 SCH (Text) 33240005378800 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Ashland Public Library JFIC SCH (Text) 30399000187096 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Bangor Public Library JNF 398.25 SCH (Text) 75011000365764 Juvenile Nonfiction Available -
Blossburg Memorial Library JF SCH (Text) 30063000193096 Juvenile Fiction Available -
Cambria County Library j398.25 Sch (Text) 85131001376764 CACM Juvenile Non-Fiction Available -
Carbondale Public Library JUV 398.25 SCHWART (Text) 50688010839687 Juv Nonfiction Available -
Frackville Free Public Library J398.25Sc (Text) 30459000328536 Childrens Area Available -
Hallstead - Great Bend j 398.2 SCHW (Text) 36000000354348 SSQH Main Floor Available -
Lackawanna County Children's Library JUV 398.25 SCHWART (Text) 50686013905588 Juv Nonfiction Available -


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