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scary
stories
For Younger Readers
Junior Picturebooks &
Junior Easy Fiction
** Indicates additional titles by the Author.
Brown, Ruth** JP-Bro
A
dark, dark tale
In this predictable story, a black cat, journeying through a
dark, dark house, surprises the only inhabitant of the abandoned residence.
Bunting, Eve** JP-Bun
Ghost's
hour, spook's hour
Scary incidents at midnight
give Biff the dog and his master a frightening time but all turn out to have
good explanations.
Cuyler, Margery JP-Cuy
Skeleton
hiccups
Ghost tries to help Skeleton get rid of the hiccups.
Emberley, Ed JP-Emb
Go
away, big green monster!
Die-cut pages through which bits of a monster are revealed are
designed to help a child control nighttime fears of monsters.
Harness, Cheryl JP-Har
Midnight
in the cemetery: a spooky search-and-find
alphabet book
An alphabet book, featuring collage art, in which ghosts scare
away two children searching for treasure in a graveyard.
Hines, Anna JP-Hin
When
the goblins came knocking
Last Halloween was a scary experience because of walking
pumpkins, haunting ghosts, flying witches, and other disturbing sights, but
this Halloween will be different.
Kutner, Merrily JP-Kut
Z
is for zombie
Martin, Bill** JP-Mar
The
ghost-eye tree
Walking down a dark lonely road on an errand one night, a
brother and sister argue over who is afraid of the dread Ghost-Eye tree.
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Mayer,
Mercer** JP-May
There's
a nightmare in my closet
At bedtime a boy confronts the nightmare in his closet and
finds him not so terrifying after all.
Seeger, Pete JP-See
Abiyoyo
Banished from the town for making mischief, a little boy and
his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant
Abiyoyo disappear.
Sendak, Maurice** JP-Sen
where
the wild things are
A naughty little boy, sent to bed without his supper, sails to
the land of the wild things where he becomes their king.
Sierra, Judy JP-Sie
The
house that Drac built
In this Halloween version of a familiar cumulative rhyme, the
inhabitants of a haunted house get increasingly agitated until a group of
children sets things right.
Vaughan, Marcia JP-Vau
We're
going on a ghost hunt
When trick-or-treaters let their imaginations run wild,
ordinary backyard items seem spooky, so that a mud puddle looks like a swamp
and tree branches look like skeletons.
Wick, Walter** JP-Wic
I
spy spooky night: a book of
picture riddles
Williams, Linda JP-Wil
The
little old lady who was not afraid of anything
A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with
a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her
through the dark woods trying to scare her.
Winters, Kay JP-Win
Whooo's
haunting the teeny tiny ghost?
The teeny, tiny, very timid ghost tries to be brave when he
suspects that his house is haunted.
Yates, Philip JP-Yat
Ten
little mummies: an Egyptian counting book
Ten little mummies become bored with staying in a room
together all day but when they go outside to play they disappear, one by one.
junior
easy readers
Allard, Harry** JE-All
Bumps
in the night
When he discovers his house is haunted, Dudley Stork enlists
the help of his friends to find out what is causing the spooky noises.
Benchley, Nathaniel JE-Ben
A
ghost named Fred
A little boy goes into an old house to get out of the rain and
finds that it is haunted.
Berenstain, Stan** JE-1R
Ber
Bears
in the night
Seven bears sneak out of bed, through the window, and across
the dark countryside to investigate the source of a noise.
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Berenstain,
Stan** JE-Ber
The
Berenstain bears and the spooky
old tree
One by one, three brave little bears have second thoughts about exploring the
interior of a spooky old tree.
Cole, Joanna** JE-Col
Bony-legs
When a terrible witch vows to eat her for supper, a little
girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb given to her by the witch's
cat and dog.
Greer, Gery JE-Gre
Billy
the Ghost and me
Young Sarah, with the help of her friend Billy the Ghost,
proves herself as a deputy by planning the perfect capture of two bank
robbers in her Western town of Cactus
Junction.
Herman, Gail** JE-Her & JE
Paperback H’s
Scooby-Doo
readers
Haskins, Lori JE-Has
spooky
America:
four real ghost stories
Recounts four fact-based tales of hauntings, including a ghost horse on the
coast of Massachusetts, a haunted painting
at a Virginia plantation, a skeleton in Colorado, and a ghostly sea captain of California.
Keeler, Kathleen JE-Paperback
I
dare you: stories to scare you
Kwitz, Mary DeBall JE-Kwi
Little
Vampire and the Midnight Bear
Vampire discovers that he can fly when he needs to save his
baby sister from the dreadful Midnight
Bear.
Marshall, Edward** JE-Mar
Four
on the shore
Hoping to scare away Spider's little brother, Willy, Lolly
Spider, and Sam each tell a spooky story--but then Willy has a story of his
own to tell.
O'Connor, Jane** JE-Oco
Eek!
Stories to make you shriek
Three easy-to-read scary stories about a talking doll, a dog
picture that barks, and a Halloween monster.
O'Connor, Jane** JE-Oco
The
teeny tiny woman
A teeny tiny woman, who puts a teeny tiny bone she finds in a
churchyard away in a cupboard before she goes to sleep, is awakened by a
voice demanding the return of the bone.
Schwartz, Alvin** JE-Sch
IN
A DARK, DARK ROOM; AND OTHER SCARY STORIES
Standiford, Natalie JE-Sta
The
headless horseman
A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's
daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.
Loveland Public Library
10/05
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