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Children's Recommendations - Spooky Stories

Spooky Stories - Picture Books

5-minute spooky Disney stories
ISBN: 9781423189152
Title: 5-minute spooky Disney stories - A collection of Halloween stories featuring Disney characters
The good, the bad, and the spooky
ISBN: 9780062954541
Title: The good, the bad, and the spooky by Jory John - When Bad Seed cannot find an amazing costume for Halloween night, he postpones trick-or-treating for everyone else until he finds the perfect one
Author: John, Jory, author.
We're going on a goon hunt
ISBN: 9781984813626
Title: We're going on a goon hunt : a petrifying parody by Michael Rex - A family treks through spooky landscapes looking for a monster, only to run back home when they actually find one
Author: Rex, Michael, author, illustrator.
Creepy carrots!
ISBN: 9781442402973
Title: Creepy carrots! by Aaron Reynolds - The carrots that grow in Crackenhopper Field are the crispiest around and Jasper Rabbit cannot resist pulling some to eat each time he passes by, until he begins hearing and seeing creepy carrots wherever he goes
Author: Reynolds, Aaron, 1970-
Creepy pair of underwear!
ISBN: 9781442402980
Title: Creepy pair of underwear! by Aaron Reynolds - A young rabbit is frightened by his underwear
Author: Reynolds, Aaron, 1970- author.
Spooky America
ISBN: 0375925007
Title: Spooky America : four real ghost stories by Lori Haskins - Recounts four fact-based tales of hauntings, including a ghost horse on the coast of Massachusetts and a haunted painting at a Virginia plantation
Author: Haskins, Lori.
The little ghost who was a quilt
ISBN: 9780735264472
Title: The little ghost who was a quilt by Riel Nason - Ghosts are supposed to be sheets, light as air and able to whirl and twirl and float and soar. But the little ghost who is a quilt has n experience that no other ghost could have
Author: Nason, Riel, 1969- author.
Hardly haunted
ISBN: 9781534441705
Title: Hardly haunted by Jessie Sima - When a house believes she is haunted, she tries everything in her power to stop it in order to get people to move in--until she realizes that she is fine just the way she is
Author: Sima, Jessie, author, illustrator.
In a dark, dark room
ISBN: 9780062643377
Title: In a dark, dark room : and other scary stories by Alvin Schwartz - Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries
Author: Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-2011.

Spooky Stories - Non-fiction

Ask the bones
ISBN: 0670875813
Title: Ask the bones : scary stories from around the world by Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz - A collection of scary folktales from countries around the world including China, Russia, Spain, and the United States
Author: Olson, Arielle North.
Short & shivery
ISBN: 9780385238861
Title: Short & shivery : thirty chilling tales by Robert D. San Souci - A collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of Russia, Virginia, Ireland, Canada, and other areas of the world
Author: San Souci, Robert D.
More short & shivery
ISBN: 0385321023
Title: More short & shivery : thirty terrifying tales by Robert D. San Souci - A collection of scary folktales from the United States, China, England, Italy, Russia, and other countries around the world
Author: San Souci, Robert D.
Even more short & shivery
ISBN: 0385322526
Title: Even more short & shivery : thirty spine-tingling stories by Robert D. San Souci - A collection of scary traditional tales from all over the world
Author: San Souci, Robert D.
Scary stories to tell in the dark
ISBN: 9780060835200
Title: Scary stories to tell in the dark by Alvin Schwartz - Collects tales from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings
Author: Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-2011
More scary stories to tell in the dark
ISBN: 9780060835217
Title: More scary stories to tell in the dark by Alvin Schwartz - More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs
Author: Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-2011.
Scary stories 3
ISBN: 9780060835231
Title: Scary stories 3 : more tales to chill your bones by Alvin Schwartz - Features twenty-five chilling tales of prophetic dreams, feral children raised by wild animals, swamp creatures, and other terrifying phenomena
Author: Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-2011
Favorite scary stories of American children
ISBN: 0874833957
Title: Favorite scary stories of American children by Richard and Judy Dockrey Young - A collection, selected by children as their favorites, of twenty-three spooky tales from a variety of ethnic traditions
Beware!
ISBN: 0066238420
Title: Beware! : R.L. Stine picks his favorite scary stories by R.L. Stine - A selection of unsettling stories by such authors as Ray Bradbury, William Sleator, Robert Service, Edward Gorey, Roald Dahl, Jane Yolen, and Mr. Stine himself
The cabinet of curiosities
ISBN: 9780062331052
Title: The cabinet of curiosities : 36 tales brief & sinister by Stefan Bachmann - A collection of almost forty eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short stories by the acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire LeGrand, and Emma Trevayne
Book cover for Ghosts and bogles by Dinah Starkey
ISBN: 0434964409
Title: Ghosts and bogles by Dinah Starkey - Retellings of sixteen spooky stories collected from various parts of the British Isles about ghosts and other supernatural beings
Author: Starkey, Dinah.

Spooky Stories - Fiction

Book cover for Out to get you : 13 tales of weirdness and woe by Josh Allen
ISBN: 9780823443666
Title: Out to get you : 13 tales of weirdness and woe by Josh Allen - A collection of thirteen short stories that reveals frightening secrets lurking in everyday objects
Author: Allen, Josh, author.
The Night Gardener
ISBN: 9781419715310
Title: The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier - Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger
Author: Auxier, Jonathan.
Book cover for The seer of shadows by Avi
ISBN: 9781442068261
Title: The seer of shadows by Avi - In New York City in 1872, Horace becomes entangled in a plot to create fraudulent spirit photographs, but when he accidentally frees the real ghost of a dead girl bent on revenge, Horace's life takes a frightening turn
Author: Avi, 1937-
Serafina and the black cloak
ISBN: 9781484709016
Title: Serafina and the black cloak by Robert Beatty - In 1899, a twelve-year-old rat catcher on North Carolina's Biltmore estate teams up with the estate owner's young nephew to battle a great evil and, in the process, unlocks the puzzle of her past
Author: Beatty, Robert, 1963-
Doll bones
ISBN: 9781416963981
Title: Doll bones by Holly Black - Zach, Alice, and Poppy, friends from a Pennsylvania middle school who have long enjoyed acting out imaginary adventures with dolls and action figures, embark on a real-life quest to Ohio to bury a doll made from human ashes
Author: Black, Holly.
The last kids on Earth
ISBN: 9780670016617
Title: The last kids on Earth by Max Brallier - After a monster apocalypse hits town, average thirteen-year-old Jack Sullivan builds a team of friends to help slay the eerily intelligent monster known as Blarg
Author: Brallier, Max, author.
The doll's eye
ISBN: 9781626722040
Title: The doll's eye by Marina Cohen - The day Hadley discovers the lone glass eye in the empty attic of her new house is the day her life changes forever
Author: Cohen, Marina, 1967- author.
Coraline
ISBN: 0066237440
Title: Coraline by Neil Gaiman - Looking for excitement, Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own
Author: Gaiman, Neil.
The graveyard book
ISBN: 9780060530938
Title: The graveyard book by Neil Gaiman - After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own
Author: Gaiman, Neil.
Guys read. Terrifying tales
ISBN: 9780062385581
Title: Guys read. Terrifying tales by Jon Scieszka - Eleven masters of suspense come together to bring you a bone-chilling collection of original ghost stories perfect for sharing around the campfire, reading under the covers, and scaring your friends' pants off
All the lovely bad ones
ISBN: 9780618854677
Title: All the lovely bad ones : a ghost story by Mary Downing Hahn - While spending the summer at their grandmother's Vermont inn, two prankster siblings awaken young ghosts from the inn's distant past who refuse to "rest in peace"
Author: Hahn, Mary Downing.
Room of shadows
ISBN: 9780807568057
Title: Room of shadows by Ronald Kidd - After moving into a creepy house, David begins having strange dreams about a secret room, and violent pranks that resemble Edgar Allen Poe's stories follow him everywhere
Author: Kidd, Ronald, author.
The curse of the campfire weenies
ISBN: 9780765318077
Title: The curse of the campfire weenies and other warped and creepy tales by David Lubar - Thirty-five creepy stories about pigeons, ancient predators, Girl Scouts, and other terrifying things
Author: Lubar, David.
Dare to be scared
ISBN: 0812626885
Title: Dare to be scared : thirteen stories to chill and thrill by Robert San Souci - Thirteen short stories about ghosts, monsters, spirits, and other scary creatures will give the reader thrills and chills
Author: San Souci, Robert D.
Double-dare to be scared
ISBN: 0812627164
Title: Double-dare to be scared : another thirteen chilling tales by Robert D. San Souci - Robert D. San Souci, popular author of Dare to Be Scared, has spun another thirteen masterful tales to keep nightlights burning across the country
Author: San Souci, Robert D.
Zombie Kid
ISBN: 9780062133250
Title: Zombie Kid by J. Scott Savage - Nick, Carter, and Angelo are obsessed with monsters and they go on an adventure to reverse a curse
Author: Savage, J. Scott (Jeffrey Scott), 1963-
Krazyland
ISBN: 9780593431153
Title: Krazyland by Mar Romasco-Moore - Another world exists beneath Krazytown's ball pit. A world where the entertainment park's games come to life. And if he isn't careful, Nathan is going to be the next one sucked under!
Author: Romasco Moore, Mar, author.
Only if you dare
ISBN: 9780823449064
Title: Only if you dare : 13 stories of darkness and doom by Josh Allen - A collection of thirteen short stories showing how horribly wrong food, dating, jobs, and even a bed pillow can be
Author: Allen, Josh, author.
The Clackity
ISBN: 9781665902670
Title: The Clackity by Lora Senf - To rescue her aunt from the ghost of a serial killer, twelve-year-old Evie Von Rathe embarks on a journey into a strange world filled with hungry witches, ghosts, and a story thief
Author: Senf, Lora, author.
It found us
ISBN: 9781728259499
Title: It found us by Lindsay Currie - From the author of Scritch Scratch and The Girl in White comes a new spooky mystery about a girl detective who must decode a series of ominous clues tied to a century-old tragedy to find a missing teenager
Author: Currie, Lindsay, author.