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The Scary Stories Treasury (Scary Stories #1-3)

by Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)

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Telling scary stories is an old-fashioned way of having a good time, and nobody tells them better than Alvin Schwartz. Here, in one volume, are three of his most spine-tingling collections. B&W illus. Ages 9 & up

Hardcover, 325 pages

Published June 1985 by HarperCollins (first published 1985)

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Mar 15, 2011 Spoonbridge rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: ghosts, nostalgia, folklore, horror, ya

Ah, the memories. I recently picked up this omnibus of spooky favorites from childhood, including the three “Scary Stories” books by Alvin Schwartz “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” and “Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones” and read them for the first time in my adulthood. I really don’t know what about these dark, macabre, downright creepy tales fascinated me so much as a child; normally, I was terrified of anything remotely scary, having...more Ah, the memories. I recently picked up this omnibus of spooky favorites from childhood, including the three “Scary Stories” books by Alvin Schwartz “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” “More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark,” and “Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones” and read them for the first time in my adulthood. I really don’t know what about these dark, macabre, downright creepy tales fascinated me so much as a child; normally, I was terrified of anything remotely scary, having to leave the room if a movie showed even the slightest tinge of blood and shying away from even the most innocuous rubber zombie mask. Perhaps because of this, I found these tingly stories all the more attractive. Perhaps, in spite of my fear, I enjoyed a feeling of dark, ghostly unease, and reading about the supernatural allowed me to experience it on my own terms. From then on, I was hooked on reading of ghostly, eerie places and phenomena (both “real” and fantasy) and the spooky atmosphere of these and similar stories filled me with a delicious dread. Even if I still could not bear to walk into the horror section of the video store, I relished “Scary Stories.” Especially around late October, as Halloween (always a favorite holiday) approached and the wind blew the leaves from the trees over the plowed fields and pumpkin patches, I returned to such stories again and again.

After so many years have passed, I am still greatly impressed by each of Schwartz's “Scary Stories” entries gathered in this one volume. Despite being short, none more than three pages these stories are still extremely effective, still bringing chills to my sister and I (one particular story my sister could still not sit through). The majority a drawn whole cloth by Schwartz from the deep lake of American and Canadian folklore, which in turn takes aspects from ancient stories from a multitude of cultures. These stories touch the very essence of human fears, desires, and delights. Each remains deceptively simple in its telling, rarely going into detail about the ghostly events they describe but leaving just enough to get across the plot, and they are all the more spooky for it. Interestingly, many don’t really have a point or “moral,” which lends to them an aura of “truth” as if they were an actual recalled experience. Also, it must be said that Stephen Gammell's art that goes along with many of the stories really gives them that extra edge of dread. These drawings have a drippy, macabre, unsettling ambiance that turns even the most mundane object (a chair, a stairway) into a horrifying, unnerving apparition. They are without a doubt the most frightening aspect of the book, and Gammell was an excellent choice to illustrate these scenes. Not all is scary, though. Each book also includes of a collection of joke stories that bring humor as a counterpoint to the horror of the unknown. Best of all, in my mind are the copious references, citations, notes and bibliography that Schwartz includes to trace the provenance and background of each of the tales, and invites the reader to continue their exploration of spooky folklore from North America and elsewhere. For me folklore has a timeless quality that lends itself to telling around a fire in the dark, delighting in imagining all the spooky details.

In conclusion, the Scary Stories theory is ideal in my mind for spine tingly story telling for both adults and children at any time of the year, but particularly around Halloween. I was happy to see that this book remains as memorable now as it had when I was just an easily frightened kid!

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Jan 24, 2009 Buggyboo rated it 5 of 5 stars

it's really scary!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Apr 06, 2013 Megan rated it 5 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: books-from-my-childhood, ghosts, horror, favorite-stand-alone

I had all three of Schwartz's Scary Stories books as a child, and remember reading them over and over. The stories are mostly re-tellings of classic urban legends. The stories are creepy, but what really made this book great were the disturbing images by Stephen Gammell. I remember staying up late reading these stories and staring at the images with a mixture of fascination and horror.

Seriously, pretend you're a ten year old girl for a second and just look at these.

Now an adult, I went in searc...more

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Feb 17, 2013 Kaine Andrews rated it 5 of 5 stars

I snagged this the other day merely due to fond memories from my childhood. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was probably my first scary book. 'Salem's Lot was the second. Yes, there is something wrong with me. But that book and it's sequel (More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) made an indelible mark on me, leaving me with psychological scars that would never totally leave. The image on the cover of this collection (originally from SStTitD) inspired such a mortal terror that I dreaded having...more I snagged this the other day merely due to fond memories from my childhood. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was probably my first scary book. 'Salem's Lot was the second. Yes, there is something wrong with me. But that book and it's sequel (More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark) made an indelible mark on me, leaving me with psychological scars that would never totally leave. The image on the cover of this collection (originally from SStTitD) inspired such a mortal terror that I dreaded having to turn that page, not wanting to touch the image for fear it would bite me; reading the page opposite the image was almost impossible, since she was LOOKING at me. The image associated with The Thing (also from the original volume) was burned into my brain, inspiring nightmares and frequent window checks for almost ten years.

I count it as a mark of favor if years later, I can still recall nearly every aspect of a book and in that example, the Scary Stories series shines. Every detail was just as I remembered it, and while I might not have QUITE the same level of dread when coming to The Thing's portrait, and I no longer fear touching the page where the dead young woman waits, I still feel the echoes of those old dreads. Not bad for a series of kid's books that's nearing 30 years old, eh?

There's about a hundred stories in this one (including all three volumes of the series, artwork intact), all of them quick, 2-5 page reads. All of them are wonderfully executed in language anybody can understand - including occasional "reading tips" for ways to scare your friends if you're doing it campfire-style - but that still manage to trigger a twinge of atavistic fear in the staunchest of adults. The bibliography sections are also interesting, if you like learning odd things about folk tales (I do.) There's also a few singsongs (The Worms Crawl In, and The Woman Who Lived by the Cemetery come to mind) with proper notation if you're feeling jovial, as well as a nod to The Winter's Tale. All in all, a solid collection that I'd recommend to anyone attempting to infect a child with a love of reading, or any adult who still remembers hiding under the covers with a flashlight.(less)

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Sep 29, 2012 Andromeda M31 rated it 4 of 5 stars

If you were born in the 80's, there's no way you escaped reading the Scary Stories books when you were young. This edition collects all three books, along with all those illustrations you remember!

I found the Treasury edition on sale while waiting for the DC to NY bus, and I had to have it. I've pulled it out at several black outs since then to scare my foreign national room mates who recognize some of the stories from versions in their home countries. And yes, they can still be scary to twenty...more

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Jul 08, 2011 Tumbleweed rated it 2 of 5 stars

Recommended to Tumbleweed by: My former, pure evil childhood friend Allison.

Shelves: 2011, 4kids-and-ya, reviewed

Once, when I was little, a friend (not a very good one, I may add) decided to have me read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. We were at Marie Calendar's with our moms at the time, so naturally the two of them would be yakking away for a while - long enough for me to read a few of the stories.

I was terrified. Growing up, I read bible stories, and about the scariest part in those was when the missionaries were in the jungle of India and a panther attacked the locals (I felt more sorry for the pa...more

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Oct 31, 2010 Chandra marked it as to-read

Shelves: halloween, horror-thriller, kids-young-adult, short-stories

I can't really give this an official rating yet as we haven't even come close to reading all of the stories in the collection, but I can say that this has provided our family with immense enjoyment this Halloween season. I plan to make this book an October family tradition.

The 'Treasury' includes three volumes - Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones.

Like most short story collections the stories can be hit or...more

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Sep 27, 2010 Monster rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: anthologies-collections, scary-books-for-kids, banned-books

The Scary Stories Treasury contains three popular volumes of “scary stories”, collected from folklore and urban legends by Alvin Schwartz: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones. Any librarian who isn’t familiar with the books collected in this volume really needs to check them out. Not only are these titles in high demand for older children and teens, but they are an incredible storytelling resource. In fact...more The Scary Stories Treasury contains three popular volumes of “scary stories”, collected from folklore and urban legends by Alvin Schwartz: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones. Any librarian who isn’t familiar with the books collected in this volume really needs to check them out. Not only are these titles in high demand for older children and teens, but they are an incredible storytelling resource. In fact, in the introduction to Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Schwartz writes that scary stories are “meant to be told”.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is the best known of the three books, and is the one I’ve used the most. It both starts and ends with “jump” stories, and these are fun to tell to a group. “The Viper” and “The Ghost with Bloody Fingers” are stories I’ve frequently told. Also included are the poem “A Man Who Lived in Leeds”, the song “Old Woman All Skin and Bone”, “The Hearse Song” and the Halloween game “The Dead Man’s Brains”. Other stories in the book include variants on familiar tales, such as “The Guests”, in which a young couple looking for a place to stay the night learn after the fact that their hosts were ghosts, and urban legends like “The Hook”, in which news that a murderer with a hook for a hand is on the loose spoils a date. Finally, there are some truly creepy and scary tales about ghosts, witches, shapeshifters, and the supernatural. While most of these come from folklore, and can’t be mistaken for anything happening today, they can still give readers, and listeners, the shivers.

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has longer stories. Some are set in a specific historical period, such as “The Weird Blue Light”, which takes place during the Civil War. Many of them have sudden endings. In “Something Was Wrong”, we follow a bewildered and frightened John Sullivan around, learning only in the last few words that he is dead. Some folktales have clearly been adapted for a modern audience, such as “The Drum” an ominous contemporary variant of the folktale “The New Mother”. Schwartz doesn’t hold back or moralize when he retells a story. “Wonderful Sausage” is a clever and horrifying tale about a butcher who adds a special ingredient to his sausage. This volume also has a few more contemporary tales, ranging from frightening to tragic, and a description of the creepy sleepover game “A Ghost in the Mirror”. While the stories in this volume are more satisfying in many ways, I’d say these tales are aimed at a slightly older audience.

Scary Stories 3 continues with more detailed and sometimes complicated stories. In “Just Delicious”, a twist on the folktale “The Golden Arm”, a terrified wife feeds her husband a dead woman’s liver without his knowledge... and the woman wants it back. “Harold” is a chilling story of a vengeful doll. “The Wolf Girl”, set in a specific time and place, has its basis in the lives of real people, as does “The Trouble”, a story about poltergeist activity in the Lombardo household. “Maybe You Will Remember”, a baffling story about a girl whose sick mother disappears from her hotel, becomes truly horrifying when the reader turns to the notes at the back of the book to solve the puzzle. The volume wraps up with a couple of mildly funny stories. Of the three books, I’d say this is my least favorite, possibly because it is so grounded in detail, as details often distract listeners, making it harder to get them engaged in the story.

All three books have detailed notes and bibliographies provided by the author. While you don’t have to read the notes to enjoy the stories (with the exception of “Maybe You Will Remember”) they are easy to understand and interesting. All three books also have incredible illustrations by gifted children’s book illustrator Stephen Gammell, done in just black and white ink. It’s his illustrations that make the books so magnetic to kids... and so terrifying. The illustration for “Wonderful Sausage”, as an example, brings a whole new grotesque dimension to the story. With just a few strokes and some shading, Gammell ups the scare level considerably. Tormented, skeletal faces, ragged clothes, distorted and indistinct figures, glowing eyes and teeth, empty chairs, empty baskets, empty clothes...it’s enough to cause nightmares, and makes much more impact than if we had only Schwartz’s words. Many collections of scary stories from American folklore don’t include illustrations, or at least not effective ones, and that is probably one of the reasons why more of them aren’t well known. The Scary Stories books, however, are notorious, to the point that the series was seventh on the American Library Association’s list of the most frequently challenged books for 2000-2009, and the illustrations are surely a good part of the reason why these books in particular are noticed.

The main benefit of owning The Scary Stories Treasury is that you’ll have all three books in one volume. Each book appears to have been faithfully reproduced, with Gammell’s original illustrations. However, there’s no new or additional material here. Readers who don’t have the books and want them might want to consider this volume, but for those who already own them, there’s no reason to purchase it. I highly recommend that libraries of all kinds have at least one copy of each of the books included in The Scary Stories Treasury, and the Treasury itself might make a nice reference volume, and you’ll find that the Scary Stories books are rarely on the shelves. The Scary Stories Treasury is highly recommended to libraries and readers who do not already own copies of the Scary Stories books, and recommended as a reference volume for school and public libraries.

Contains: Violence, gore, cannibalism, deception, the occult, witchcraft, murder.
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Feb 25, 2009 Alissette rated it 4 of 5 stars

MY favorite part of this book was when the girl went to sleep and the spiders had layed eggs on her face and by the time she woke up her faced was totally destroyed and now i know for a fact that the story was also true because many people had said they were and at that point i was really scared i read this book a year ago and i seemed to like it because it interested me and I kept reading it

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Oct 17, 2012 Erin rated it 5 of 5 stars

This is by far one of my favorite scary stories book series. I had each of the individual books as a child, and now I have the three together in this hardback edition. I enjoyed scaring myself year after year reading the stories, as well as enjoying the super creepy artwork provided by Stephen Gammell. Although I am all grown up, I still make a point to read this book occasionally and enjoy the well told stories of Alvin Schwartz. (Some of which could actually happen!) All three books have been...more

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Jul 21, 2009 Natalie Pietro rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: timeless, childhood, eerie, re-read, own

I love this book ever since I was a little girl. It scard me at nights when I should have been sleeping. Its a collection of scary legeds or true stories. The art work is unbeliveably great. Classic bed times stories that will keep you up all night.

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Sep 01, 2009 Dramane rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: 8th-grade-ir-chris

This book is about scary stories that you can tell in the dark. My favorite one is the one where the girl stood on the the grave. The author gave a bone chillin poem. It goes like this, dont you ever laugh as the hearse goes by, for you may be the next to die. That was a little scary.

This book connects to me because i used to like telling scary stories. The ones i told were no where near the ones in the book. This also connects to me because I think about these things and i get scared.

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Apr 26, 2011 Carl Cranney rated it 4 of 5 stars

When I saw this book for sale at the liquidation of our local borders, I had to snag it. Oh, the memories from my childhood and teenage years. The stories aren't as creepy anymore, which is probably a side effect of my now being substantially older, but the pictures still give me the heebie jeebies. For anybody looking for a young adult (maybe slightly younger) horror book, this one is definitely one to consider. Schwartz has done an excellent job of collecting many folk scary stories, and the b...more

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May 23, 2010 Julie rated it 4 of 5 stars

Shelves: kiddos

So, there is a story in this book about a kid who finds a toe and eats it, and then the monster/zombie or whatever it was that he took the toe from comes to get his toe back.

My sister told me this story when I was young, but with alterations. For instance, the toe wasn't eaten on purpose, it was mistaken for a black eyed pea and then the unsuspecting kid ate the black eyed pea-toe and set in motion a scary monster/zombie coming to get revenge for the eaten toe.
Then of course, she convinced me th...more

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Sep 21, 2012 Nicole rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: misc-horror-sci-fi-collaborations, young-adult

What can I say, these were the first books (other than my Dr.Seuss books) that I absolutely treasured!
So I could not resist when coming across them at a rummage sale. :) While the stories have lost their power to make me tuck my legs under the covers while reading them, the illustrations still creep me out as much as ever lol. Still can't believe they used them in a childrens book but I have heard they are re-releasing the series with a different illustrator.
Who knows, maybe my garage sale...more

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Jul 26, 2011 Daniel Haeusser rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: children-s, horror, folklore

I was in love with these when younger, and now I realize half of the joy in them stems from the brilliant illustrations. Rereading these now, well, they don't resonate in quite the same way because the writing is so simplistic. This is understandable given that they're for kids. But some of the stories still retain their creepiness and there is an enjoyable nostalgia in them. Other stories seem incomplete, and you wish there were more meat on 'em. Now as an adult I think it would be worthwhile t...more

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Sep 17, 2011 Jenny rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: anthologies-shortstories, childhood-favorites

This book series brings back a lot of memories from my childhood. Next to mythology, folklore, and fairy tales; as a kid i loved to ready anything that had to do with ghost and other supernatural things. I still remember how excited I was the day I first found these books at the library. And boy did some of these stories give me the creeps! I'm not too ashamed to admit that even now the story about The Red Spot (about the spider laying eggs in a girls cheek) and the story of Harold the doll stil...more

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Oct 23, 2011 Rsoeffker added it · review of another edition

What a great collection! Loved this book as a kid. The grim tales did more for my imagination than all 13 years of school. The dancing shadows that would invade my room were one of my favorite childhood memories. Thoughts of mystery and macabre would keep me entertained for hours.

I picked this book up recently from our local bookstore. I have a 2 year old, and I couldn't imagine letting him miss out on such fun tales. When he gets older, he too will enjoy the darker side of literature!

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Jun 08, 2012 Benjamin rated it 3 of 5 stars

A really entertaining read. It's a collection of scary stories based on usually local, yet widespread, legends and lore. Most of those stories are already well-known and won't be anything new to many.

The book was meant for children (or at least pre-teens) and there's no real "shock" factor in any of those tales. "Scary" would also be somewhat exaggerated, but still, it's rather pleasant, regardless of how old you are, which is all that matters.

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Oct 23, 2009 babyhippoface rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: kids-fiction, fantasy, folklore, mystery-thriller

I cannot keep the 3 books in this series on our library shelves; they are constantly checked out. Getting into the spirit of Halloween, I decided to listen to the audiobook. Narrator does a really good job, and the stories are fun, even when they're not scary. Some are downright gross (see spider egg sac in face), but they're almost all creepy and fun. The third book is the weakest of the three, though. I didn't find any of them scary.

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Mar 08, 2010 Caroline rated it 4 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: childrens, read-before-2000, read-in-2010

This was a favorite of mine (and my sister's--we loved reading these together) as a child, and it was a lot of fun to revisit these. I remembered the illustrations in here vividly, and the stories pretty well. By far the highlight is the brilliant illustrations. The text is a bit cheesy at times, but it's definitely a lot of fun for children that aren't too sensitive to scary stuff!

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Mar 29, 2010 Amy Wirth rated it 4 of 5 stars

Some fun, Some creepy! I love this anthology for it's scary stories and terrifying drawings. I read these as a child and discovered them again after years of blissful peace, having forgotten the horrible images that lurked behind each turned page. A great resource for any parent, aunt or uncle ready to scare the bejeezus out of their little folk.

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Oct 17, 2011 Celeste rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: owned, favorites, fiction

I read this book when I was a young child. I was never frightened by the artwork, but always fascinated. I've always treasured these stories because they're so out of the ordinary. Things that only happen in scary movies. These books helped me overcome my fear of watching frightening movies. I now own the series, and I will forever treasure them.

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Apr 16, 2012 Kit★ added it

Shelves: horror, kids, short-stories-and-or-novellas

I read all these as a kid and they used to freak me out, especially the illustrations. So when I saw this at Goodwill I had to snag it up so when my kid's older he can read 'em too. Reading them again as an adult they weren't scary at all, even a little silly, but the nostalgia of it was worth the $2 I paid for it.

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Aug 08, 2010 Nathalie rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: books-i-loved, books-of-my-intermediate-childhood

Probably the scariest book I ever read as a child. Definitely well written- I still quote from the various stories and poems (especially "Wait till Martin Comes" and "The Slithergadee"). One thing I could probably do without were the illustrations, which were sometimes more frightening than the stories themselves.

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May 11, 2013 Brie rated it 3 of 5 stars

Shelves: oh-my-fluffy-youth

Rereading these stories and and viewing the illustrations, it becomes glaringly clear to me why I am such a screwed up adult.

The stories themselves aren't that disturbing, it's Stephen Gammell's illustrations that made me stop and think, "Why in the fuck was my mother letting me have these books as a child?!"

Still fun stories and as morbid as the illustrations are, they're fantastical and intriguing.

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Oct 07, 2010 Kristine rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: favorites

I've loved all three of these books since I was child, and still enjoy reading them even now, especially when I have writers block, I'll read a few stories from this novel and I'll be writing again in minutes. This novel was one of my first inspirations to write horror, and it even still inspires me now.

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Nov 08, 2012 Jennifer McGee rated it 5 of 5 stars

Shelves: spooks-ville, para-sci-fantasy, child-at-heart

I grew up on these! Haha! I have literally always been drawn to darker literature, and it tickled me so to see one of these on Goodreads when I had almost entirely forgotten about them! I need to buy each of these to add to my collection. I read, and reread them so many times. many times.

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Feb 11, 2012 Daniel Koeker rated it 3 of 5 stars · review of another edition

This is a pretty good book for all ages. The stories themselves are fun, but the illustrations really provide the kick and make everything so much more creepy. Fantastic for reading alone at night or just for enjoying any time. I pull this one out every so often and it gets me every time.

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Dec 19, 2012 Hailey Story rated it 2 of 5 stars · review of another edition

Shelves: 50-book-challenge

This book is prbably the best for a younger girls sleepover. It isnt the scariest stories but they can be chilling to others. The tone is probably fearful because of how you feel while your reading it. I probably wouldnt recommend it to someone because I really didnt enjoy it.

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