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More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories #2)
All those who enjoyed shuddering their way through Alvin Schwartz's first volume of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark will find a satisfyingly spooky sequel in this new collection of the macabre, the funny, and the fantastic.
Is it possible to die and not know it? What if a person is buried too soon? What happens to a thief foolish enough to rob a corpse, or to a murderer
...morePaperback, 112 pages
Published
1984
by Scholastic, Inc.
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Nov 15, 2012
Ronyell
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5 of 5 stars
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Fans of dark and spooky stories!!!
4.5 stars
SCARY STORIES PART TWO!
After reading the first book “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” I just had to read up on the sequel, “More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” which is also written by Alvin Schwartz along with illustrations by Stephen Gammell. “More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” is a continuation of the first book and we are introduced to more spine-tingling tales from this fantastic series as you will definitely be sitting on the edge of your seats after you read this c...more
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May 16, 2013
Kelsey Trinkner
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4 of 5 stars
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When I was little, my mother bought me this series of books. I read all of them within a short period of time. I loved the books. I used to loan them out to my classmates when I was in the third grade. I would also read these stories to my little brother. They scared him, but I loved them. I recently re-read these three books. My favorite story from this book is called "The Bed By The Window." This story is about a few men who are in a nursing home. The three men are unable to lift themselves ou...more
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"More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" by Alvin Schwartz wasn't that great of a book. I thought some of the stories were too short and didn't give enough information about the plot. I thought the drawings were very interesting. The stories that were told were more messed up than scary to me. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes cheesy scary stories.
"More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" is a continuation to the book "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark," and this book's contents are obvious by its name. The stories tell about a multitude of things, from ghosts to strange voices to people going crazy. There are plenty of stories in here to read. I didn't find these stories scary, but they would be great to read around a campfire, or to kids in the dark, as children would be scared by these and may find them enjoyable. I would recommend this...more
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The book “More Scary Stories” is a thriller that will keep people shivering in their boots until the end. I would recommend this book for people who like thrillers or just good stories to tell around the campfire. This book is filled with numerous stories. One of my favorite stories was when a bride was playing Hide-And-Go-Seek with children and accidentally locked herself in a chest. She thought she was smart enough that she wouldent be found. She was right about not being found! They discover...more
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Title: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Author: Alvin Schwartz
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy
Number of Pages: 99 Pages
Summary: This exhilerating book is a collection of quick-read short stories. Each story is about 2-3 pages long. There are 28 different mini stories in this book. Some end with someone dying, others end with screeches and screams. Some titles in this book include Something Was Wrong, The Drum, A Ghost in the Mirror, and A Dead Mans Hand. This book is best known for its use around ca...more
Author: Alvin Schwartz
Genre: Fiction, Fantasy
Number of Pages: 99 Pages
Summary: This exhilerating book is a collection of quick-read short stories. Each story is about 2-3 pages long. There are 28 different mini stories in this book. Some end with someone dying, others end with screeches and screams. Some titles in this book include Something Was Wrong, The Drum, A Ghost in the Mirror, and A Dead Mans Hand. This book is best known for its use around ca...more
I went to the library with my friend Ashley a couple weeks ago to do story telling for the class. We picked up this book called More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and then told the story of the Bed by the Window. Today I went to the library again to find a new book to read and I got the same book. I chose the same book because I wanted to read the rest of the stories in it and I’m glad I did because they are awesome!
My first favorite short story was called The Voice. The story is about how a...more
My first favorite short story was called The Voice. The story is about how a...more
When I was a child, I used to love reading Alvin Schwartz's scary story books! There was nothing more fun than going to the library during the summer and getting my fix of creepy stories and macabre artwork by Stephen Gammell. I recently picked up a copy of this book as a testament to my childhood nostalgia to see if the stories held up to the test of time. I'm glad to say that they did! While written for children, the stories definitely gave me a few chills as an adult. The artwork is still jus...more
I had to read this book for an assignment on "banned books" in a children's lit class. To save myself a trip to the library, I went to my (then) second grade daughter's and my (then) fourth grade daughter's classrooms and asked their teachers if they had "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" in their classroom collections. Both teachers said that they had had it in the past but that their copies had been "read to death" and they had not gotten around to replacing them. Fortunately, the literacy sp...more
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I loved scary stories as a kid. I also was a dork, and loved to write. I entered some kind of "kid author/illustrator" contest in 4th or 5th grade, and I won! I remember that the highlight of winning included meeting awesome author Gary Paulsen and illustrator Stephen Gammell. Stephen Gammell, in my memory, was super amazing, and even created a creepy watercolor painting during the seminar. I also happened to love Alvin Schwartz's book In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories , who also wro...more
Sep 16, 2012
Dolly
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
older children and parents reading with them
This is a collection of strange, scary, shocking, gross and funny stories for older children. The tales presented are an interesting mix of old and new and our girls loved them. I was less enthused about the collection, although a good storyteller could have a lot of fun with these stories.
The illustrations were scarier than the tales, in my opinion, but overall, it was an interesting compilation. We've also read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and will move on to Scary Stories 3: More Tales...more
The illustrations were scarier than the tales, in my opinion, but overall, it was an interesting compilation. We've also read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and will move on to Scary Stories 3: More Tales...more
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I think "More Short Stories" is very interesting and i wouldn't recommend it to anyone who gets scared easily or anyone who can't handle scary movies. This book includes many different scary stories with many different characters. For example, The first story is called, "Something Was Wrong" which included a guy named John Sullivan, who was wondering outside. He forgot the time and asked a women nearby if she could tell him the time. So when he went up to the lady and asked her, she creamed and...more
All the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books are wonderful. The stories are really scary while at the same time being written for kids, the drawings are really scary, and these books are some of my best memories of being a kid.
As in the first volume, the storytelling skills of Alvin Schwartz and the eerie drawings of the more than capable Stephen Gammell come together in the telling of these incredibly scary folk tales.
For some reason, "Wonderful Sausage" has always caught my fascination, though the story itself is chillingly brutal. "Oh, Susannah" has always been one of the scariest stories of any in the Alvin Schwartz collections that I have read, and more than once I found myself truly getting cold with goosebump...more
For some reason, "Wonderful Sausage" has always caught my fascination, though the story itself is chillingly brutal. "Oh, Susannah" has always been one of the scariest stories of any in the Alvin Schwartz collections that I have read, and more than once I found myself truly getting cold with goosebump...more
One of the most memorable series of books from my childhood. The stories in the books aren't particularly scary; some are humorous, some are eerie, some will give a kid chills...some are not even original to Mr. Schwartz, and are the sort of urban-legend stories you hear around the campfire growing up.
No, what makes these spectacular books stand out as fine examples of kindertrauma is Stephen Gammell's most excellent illustrations.
Some of them still give me heart palpitations, even as an adult.
I...more
No, what makes these spectacular books stand out as fine examples of kindertrauma is Stephen Gammell's most excellent illustrations.
Some of them still give me heart palpitations, even as an adult.
I...more
I still love these books. They're still pretty spooky, because the stories are archetypal. Some things are always scary. For the target audience, this will likely be their first exposure to most of these archetypes. And nostalgia helps those of us who read these years ago. The stories are nice and short, perfect for telling around a campfire or at a sleepover.
The original art by Stephen Gammell is horrible and I love it. I always did. It was a pleasure to be horrified by it. The newest edition h...more
The original art by Stephen Gammell is horrible and I love it. I always did. It was a pleasure to be horrified by it. The newest edition h...more
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I really enjoyed the notes on each of the stories, discussing the origins of the stories.
this was good it gave me chills and i like dthat so have fun reading it
Not as good as the first one but definetly one of my favorites!
I like more scary stories. But only to tell in the light.
Jan 09, 2013
Aaron_ebert
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5 of 5 stars
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Recommends it for:
All Ages
Recommended to Aaron_ebert by:
Lincoln VanCuick
Shelves:
scary
"More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark" is a compilation of old folk tales and truly terrifying stories. My favorite story was about this person, described as a ticket, named McLaren from a ship called the Gertrude Spurshoe. They were sailing and a dead man fell from a loft. They couldn't figure out who it was. Guessing it was a stowaway. They wanted to throw the body overboard, but were afraid of a curse. McLaren states, "I've taken care of him once and I'll take care of him again." As McLaren...more
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I read " More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" by Alvin Schwartz, because I personally enjoy reading about thrilling things. I thought before reading this book that it was going to be historical and give out certain nonfictional locations, but it was more of a fictional book. Overall i thought this book was fantastic because i really enjoyed the short stories and i got hooked only after reading the first few pages. I would recomend this book from ages 8-16 because it seemed a little to simple...more
Horror stories are always and will always be part of anyone ones child hood. This book written by Mr.Alvin Schwartz has been part of my childhood. I remember first reading this book, when I was in elementary school. But it wasn't just the writing that spooked me, but the illustrations. And I know I wasn't just the only kid who grew up and still remembers this book and the other two books in the series. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, along with the other two, are a great read for old, yo...more
As a kid I remembered reading the first book of this series and of course all of the stories scarred me at night. I never read the second book out of the series though, which is this book, and I personally enjoyed it a lot. The style of the book was the same old one to four page scary story and some of them were actually pretty good; even reading them now. Whether it be a sausage maker grinding people up into sausage, or demonic people falling from the sky to haunt a ship, each story had its own...more
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I like this book because the author puts the voice into it. For an example, I can hear the characters groaning. The author can make my voice go up, down, slow, and fast. It makes me scared at night and I like to be scared. I think authors who can scare a reader with words are a very good writer. People who like to be frightened should read this book, but people who don’t like to be scared should not read this book.
This book is divided into many short scary stories. Every main character is scared...more
This book is divided into many short scary stories. Every main character is scared...more
The sequel to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has fewer truly creepy tales than its predecessor. A handful are just variations of stories from the first book. The illustrations are just as mesmerizing and haunting, however.
I've found so many archetypes in these books of stories I remember from various summer camps I've attended, and may at some point make myself a short list of all the ones that I can recall hearing at camps in my childhood.
I've found so many archetypes in these books of stories I remember from various summer camps I've attended, and may at some point make myself a short list of all the ones that I can recall hearing at camps in my childhood.
I'm disappointed to see there are not many new books like this anymore. Kids when I was young ate this stuff up, we would all race to the library shelves to get them before someone else did. Kids loved trying to prove they couldn't get scared, and they loved the thought that these books were somehow suppose to be forbidden but for some reason we were aloud to check them out. If more books like this were written I think more boys would like reading.
"More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" was a very creative book. This book was filled with about four or five different short stories to read or share with your friends. I enjoyed reading this book, but I thought some of the stories were a little too creepy. I read these types of books when I was younger and I had gotten a little scared from one of the stories. I recommend this book to anybody who would like to read scary stories.
I thought the book was okay. It was a book of short stories that were supposed to be scary. In my opinion I thought they were not scary. The book was a little messed up at times and the stories were kind of strange but other than that it was okay. It was a very easy book that anyone could read in a short amount of time. I would recommend this book to older children because some of the context is not suitable for younger children.
Jun 11, 2011
Taylor Cobb
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Children. Siblings? Even better.
This series comprises the most memorable books from my childhood. The stories are great, the art is amazing, and they actually instilled in me at a very young age an appreciation for oral tradition and the stories of other cultures. I can't count how many times me and my brothers sat around at night reading ghost stories to each other. We ended up losing the books in a move when I was nine, but I still remember them fondly.
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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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