Scary stories to tell in the dark /

Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992

Scary stories to tell in the dark / collected from American folklore by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell. - First edition. - viii, 111 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Bibliography: pages 105-110.

"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.

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



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Ghost stories, American--Juvenile literature.
Tales--United States--Juvenile literature.
Ghosts--Folklore.
Horror stories
Folklore--United States--Juvenile literature.

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