An edition of Scary stories to tell in the dark (1981)

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An edition of Scary stories to tell in the dark (1981)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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  • ★★★ ★ 3.8 (16 ratings) ·
  • 247 Want to read
  • 9 Currently reading
  • 33 Have read

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

Publish Date
Publisher
Scholastic Inc.
Language
English
Pages
111

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Subjects

Cuentos de terror estadounidenses, American Ghost stories, American Horror tales, Cuentos de fantasmas estadounidenses, Tales, Folklore, Cuentos populares, Horror stories, Ghosts, Spanish language materials, Translations into Spanish, Ghost stories, American, Juvenile literature, Fiction, Horror, Ghost Stories, Children's fiction, Folklore, united states, Children, Children's, Kid's, Tweens, Teens, Teenager, YA, Young adult, Fantasy, Folktales, Literature, Short, Scary, Stories, Anthology, Collection, Various authors, Adventure, Mystery, Suspense, Goblins, Halloween, Sleepover stories, Brett Helquist, Folklore & Mythology, Folk literature, Folk tales, Children's stories, Ghosts, fiction, Fantasy fiction, Fairy tales, Fiction, general, American Tales

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Cover of: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2017, Harper
in English
Cover of: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
2015, Harper
hardcover in English
Cover of: Scary stories to tell in the dark
Scary stories to tell in the dark
2010, Harper
in English
Cover of: Historias de Miedo 1
Historias de Miedo 1
2003, Editorial Everest
Paperback in Spanish
Cover of: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
/1993, HarperCollins Publishers
School & Library Binding in English
Cover of: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
1986, HarperTrophy
Paperback in English
Cover of: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
1981, Scholastic Inc.
in English
Cover of: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
1981, J.P. Lippincott
Paperback in English
Cover of: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
1981, Scholastic Inc.
Paperback in English
Cover of: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
1981, HarperCollins Publishers
in English

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Table of 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.

Edition Notes

Published & Printed in the U.S.A. Lexile Meas. 640

Published in
New York, USA
Series
A Scholastic Book
Genre
Folklore.
Copyright Date
1981 by Alvin Schwartz; Stephen Gammell (illus)

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
398.25
Library of Congress
PZ8.1.S399 Sc 1989, PZ8.1.S399 Sc 2010, PZ8.1.S399 Sc 1981

Contributors

Illustrator
Stephen Gammell

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
viii, 111 p. [4p.fr-5p.bk] illus
Number of pages
111
Dimensions
7.5 x 5.25 x .25 inches
Weight
4.8 grams

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24218930M
ISBN 10
0590431978
ISBN 13
9780590431972
LCCN
2009934072, 80008728
OCLC/WorldCat
21774709, 1087872103, 1192990445
Amazon ID (ASIN)
B00ZQB6AW0
Library Thing
28301
Goodreads
1325218

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Excerpts

Pioneers used to entertain themselves by telling scary stories
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A boy was digging at the edge of the garden when he saw a big toe.
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