Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

By (author) Alvin Schwartz; By (author) Schwartz Alvin; Illustrated by Helquist Brett
Description
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a classic collection of chillingly scary tales, in which Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, complemented in this paperback edition by spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist. Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death-they''re all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories. Make sure you read these books with the light ON!
Review quote
"This new edition is handsome and accessible; now young readers have a choice of how scared they want to be-just a little, or a whole lot. " -- Horn Book Magazine
Biographical note
Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explores everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories-Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read books, In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories and Ghosts!-are just one part of his matchless folklore collection. Brett Helquist''s celebrated art has graced books from the charming Bedtime for Bear, which he also wrote, to the New York Times-bestselling A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket to the glorious picture book adaptation of Charles Dickens''s A Christmas Carol. He lives with his family in Brooklyn, New York.
Flap / cover copy

Are you brave enough for Scary Stories?

Some boys and girls were at a party one night. There was a graveyard down the street, and they were talking about how scary it was.

"Don''t ever stand on a grave after dark," one of the boys said. "The person inside will grab you."

"A grave doesn''t scare me," said one of the girls. "I''ll do it right now. . . ."

Welcome to the macabre world of Scary Stories. Inside, you''ll find alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and the supernatural, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.