Alvin Schwartz

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born

April 25, 1927 in Princeton, New Jersey, The United States

died

March 14, 1992

gender

male

genre

Children's Books

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Alvin Schwartz was the author of more than fifty books dedicated to and dealing with topics such as folklore and word play, many of which were intended for young readers. He is often confused with another Alvin Schwartz, who wrote Superman and Batman daily comics strips and a novel titled The Blowtop.

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Books by Alvin Schwartz

Average rating: 3.98 · 16,522 ratings · 1,070 reviews · 37 distinct works

	Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) 3.92 avg rating — 8,817 ratings — published 1981 — 19 editions	My rating:
	More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 3,052 ratings — 17 editions	My rating:
	Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) 4.01 avg rating — 2,508 ratings — published 1991 — 17 editions	My rating:
	The Scary Stories Treasury by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator) 4.26 avg rating — 1,277 ratings — published 1985 — 10 editions	My rating:
	In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz, Dirk Zimmer (Illustrator) 4.16 avg rating — 568 ratings — published 1984 — 11 editions	My rating:
	There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales by Alvin Schwartz, Karen Ann Weinhaus (Illustrator) 3.97 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1948 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies 3.88 avg rating — 34 ratings — 5 editions	My rating:
	Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore by Alvin Schwartz, Victoria Chess 3.62 avg rating — 37 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat 3.89 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 1974 — 5 editions	My rating:
	And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone 3.57 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	My rating:

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Series by Alvin Schwartz

Scary Stories (4 books)
by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)

3.98 avg rating — 15,624 ratings

Polls

What frequently challenged or banned children's or young adult book (or book about banning books) should we read in May and June?

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

21 votes, 27.3%

Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks

14 votes, 18.2%

Memoirs of a Bookbat by Kathryn Lasky (about banning books)

11 votes, 14.3%

Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

8 votes, 10.4%

The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler

8 votes, 10.4%

The Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine Paterson

6 votes, 7.8%

Anastasia Krupnik by Lois Lowry

5 votes, 6.5%

Girls and Sex by Wardell Baxter Pomeroy

3 votes, 3.9%

The Stupids Step Out by Harry Allard

1 vote, 1.3%

Running Loose by Chris Crutcher

0 votes, 0.0%

77 total votes

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