More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

by Alvin Schwartz

Book Overview

The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's soon to be a highly anticipated feature film This is a new edition of the complete original book. Stephen Gammell's artwork from the original More... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0440842654
• ISBN13: 9780440842651
• Release Date: January 1984
• Publisher: Scholastic
• Length: 100 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Not what was pictured

I ordered this book and a different book came. . Not what was advertised, And the condition was not very good.

Love it!

"More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" is an awesome, chilling, campfire short story book. My children enjoy the twist endings. So glad I can share a piece of my childhood with them. Order came in time, just as described.

Scary stories

Absolutely love taking a trip back to my childhood

Love

More creepy! These books are great quick reads!

I paid for a very good and a hard cover as well and my book came ripped and torn and it’s not even a

The book is good but the delivery was just awful

Man, take a trip back to the 90's!

Great artwork and amazing stories! 5 stars!

Disappointing

The original illustrations were replaced. If so had known that, I wouldn't have bought any of them.

Awesome Read Aloud

Kindergarten and first-grade students love story time. However, this summer I am teaching children who have completed third grade. They have that "I'm too cool to have a story read to me" attitude. That is until one of my students checked this book out of the library. Every day they would beg me to read stories from the book -- and not just one, but two, three or four. They would grab their chairs and circle as close as they could to me. One of the students would always run and turn out the lights to help with the atmosphere. Using different voices, many pauses and the build up of suspense, I was able to scare the living bejeebeez out of them many times. They loved it! Thank you for giving me a book that's "cool" for third/fourth grade story time! I would highly recommend it to teachers of grades 3-6.

Lots of really nifty stories!

During a recent Cub Scout campout, I realized that I needed to expand my stock of scary stories. I checked this book out, and it is just perfect! These 28 (if I counted correctly) stories run from the funny to the downright frightening. Some are short and some are long. And, as an added bonus, one of these 28 is actually a song (Ba-Rooom!), and one is a game (A Ghost in the Mirror).This is a great book, with a lot of really nifty stories. I especially like the "gotcha" stories, where you grab someone at the climax of the story. So if you want some scary stories for younger listeners, then I highly recommend that you get this book!

this is scary

I'm 23 and i'm still get creeped out by these stories! I don't know how I was able to handle them when I was younger. And those pictures...my goodness! The images get stuck in my head when I try to sleep at night. These stories will definitely scare you, no matter how old you are.

Been reading this book since 2nd grade! I'm 19

You know what, this book still scares the living ... outa me. There are some things that I won't even do today like go in a really dark place, or walk down a street at night. This is one book where the illustrator can be appreciated as much as the author was. You have got to get this book!!!

They're Back! 28 More Chilling Tales for the Kiddies!

The second in the Scary Stories series, this one has even darker stories and even spookier illustrations than the first! Pure nightmare inducing fun for youngsters (and even us adults, I must admit). These books are written in perfect, around the campfire brevity, which only adds to their greatness. A must for any kid who plans on going to overnight summer camp! Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell ought to be honored for bringing young kids such a memorable approach to spook stories! The scariest illustrations in this volume are for "One Sunday Morning", "Somebody Fell From Aloft", "Clinkity-Clink", "The Bride", and "Oh, Susannah!". A must have for the young Horror fan!