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More Scary Stories
| Spooky and the Wizard’s Bats Spooky the cat is plagued by a wizard’s bats and must think of a plan to outwit them. Also see Spooky and the Ghost Cat and Spooky and the Bad Luck Raven. |
Carlson, Natalie Savage |
| Bony-Legs When a witch vows to eat her for supper, a little girl escapes with the help of a mirror and comb. |
Cole, Joanna |
| Boris and Bella Bella Legrossi and Boris Kleanitoff, the messiest and cleanest monsters in Booville respectively, do nothing but argue until the night of Harry Beastie's Halloween party. |
Crimi, Carolyn |
| Bedtime at the Swamp Who's chasing the kids at the spooky old swamp? |
Crow, Kristyn |
| The Dancing Skeleton A dead man refuses to stay in his coffin. |
DeFelice, Cynthia |
| Lucy Dove A seamstress tries to outwit a terrible monster. |
Del Negro, Janice |
| The Wolves in the Walls Lucy is sure that there are wolves living in the walls of her house. |
Gaiman, Neil |
| The Tailypo: A Ghost Story A creature haunts a woodsman who chopped off its tail. |
Galdone, Joanna |
| King of the Cats A gravedigger tells his wife a story that has an unusual ending. |
Galdone, Paul |
| Eek! Creak! Snicker, Sneak Bugbear and Bugaboo like to scare kids when they’re in bed. Find out what happens when the kids try and scare them. |
Greene, Rhonda Gowler |
| Wake the Dead Henry makes so much noise that he wakes the dead. He must then find a way to help the dead rest in peace again. |
Harris, Monica A. |
| My Creature Teacher A student describes all the things that his scary “creature teacher” does at school. |
Leuck, Laura |
| 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. |
Martin, Bill |
| Velcome An illustrated collection of scary stories with humorous endings, featuring such elements as a boy being followed home by a coffin, a rapping noise in a haunted house, and strange intruders at the front door. |
O’Malley, Kevin |
| Tell Me a Scary Story—But Not Too Scary A little boy has an adventure in the scary basement of his mysterious new neighbor, Mr. Neewollah. |
Reiner, Carl |
| In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories Seven scary stories based on folktales from various countries. |
Schwartz, Alvin |
| The Man Who Tricked a Ghost Traveling late at night, a young man meets a ghost. |
Yep, Laurence |
Intermediate Readers (3rd-4th)
| Southern Fried Rat & Other Gruesome Tales Twenty-one shivery tales. |
Cohen, Daniel |
| Cold Feet Willie McPhee steals the shoes off of a dead person and uses them to trick a farmer. |
DeFelice, Cynthia |
| Grandpa’s Ghost Stories Grandpa chooses a stormy night to tell stories of skeletons, witches, ghosts and werewolves. |
Flora, James |
| Ask the Bones Scary stories from around the world. |
Olson, Arielle North |
| The Headless Horseman and Other Ghoulish Tales A collection of haunting stories. |
Pearson, Maggie |
| The Ghost Belonged to Me Alexander’s barn is haunted, and only with the help of his uncle and a girl named Blossom can he put the ghost to rest. |
Peck, Richard |
| Clockwork A storyteller’s story takes a strange twist and becomes real. |
Pullman, Philip |
| Short & Shivery Thirty chilling tales from folklore around the world. |
San Souci, Robert D. |
| The Ink Drinker A boy discovers an ink-drinking vampire in his father’s bookshop. Sequels: A Straw for Two, The City of Ink Drinkers, Little Red Ink Drinker. |
Sanvoisin, Eric |
| The Ghost in Room 11 Matt’s efforts to fit into his new fourth grade class are complicated by his encounter with a ghost. |
Wright, Betty Ren |
| Favorite Scary Stories of American Children Twenty-three spooky tales for children of all ages. |
Young, Richard & Judy Dockrey |
| Dr. Illuminatus Pip and her twin brother, Tim, awaken an alchemist's son from a centuries-long slumber on an old English country estate, and he enlists them in the fight against an evil alchemist who seeks to create a homunculus. |
Booth, Martin |
| Skeleton Man After her parents disappear, Molly is given into the care of a strange great-uncle. |
Bruchac, Joseph |
| Coraline Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world in which things are disturbingly different and yet similar to her world. |
Gaiman, Neil |
| Look for Me by Moonlight Cynda feels isolated from her family and finds comfort in the attentions of a charming but mysterious guest. |
Hahn, Mary Downing |
| The Old Willis Place Twelve-year-old Diana ignores her brother's warnings and befriends the daughter of the new caretaker, which leads to the release of the spirit of an evil, crazy woman who once ruled the old Willis place. |
Hahn, Mary Downing |
| Wait Till Helen Comes Molly and Michael dislike their spooky new stepsister, Heather, but realize that they must try to save her when she seems ready to follow a ghost to her doom. |
Hahn, Mary Downing |
| The Ribbajack & Other Curious Yarns Six short horror stories. |
Jacques, Brian |
| The Dark Portal A few daring mice journey below to the sewers to an evil world of rats who worship the Dark Lord. |
Jarvis, Robin |
| Eight Days of Luke A boy learns that his new friend possesses supernatural powers. |
Jones, Diana Wynne |
| The Changeover Laura’s little brother seems to have become possessed by an evil spirit. |
Mahy, Margaret |
| The Haunting When her mother inherits a supposedly haunted house in Louisiana, a 15-year-old girl must try and put the ghost to rest. |
Nixon, Joan Lowery |
| The Spirit House A spirit seems to have followed the exchange student that Julie has staying at her home. |
Sleator, William |
| There’s a Dead Person Following My Sister Around When five-year-old Vicki begins getting visits from a ghost, her brother tries to find out what’s going on. |
Vande Velde, Vivian |
| Loch Loch and his sister join their father in a scientific expedition searching for prehistoric creatures. |
Zindel, Paul |
More Scary Stories
You can find more scary stories in the J/398.25 and J/Halloween sections of the Children’s Department.