Creepy Stories: Ghosts, Mysteries, and Other Spooky Tales

by Kelly Anne Mclellan

Fun and spooky stories for everyone to read togetherMake any night in more exciting with this thrilling collection of 16 tales that are creepy, funny, mysterious, and strange. Feel shivers down your spine as you read about ringing bells in a cemetery, ghostly underpants, fairies that create dreams, and more!Perfect for story time—These stories are short, simple, and easy to read aloud at a sleepover, in the car, around the campfire, or anytime!A terrific range of tales—Explore updated retellings of all the classic stories, like The Hook" and "The Ghost of the Bloody Finger."Not too scary— Each story is written to be fun and silly for kids as young as 6, with just enough detail to make them spooky, but not too spooky!From a mysterious fog to two heads in a suitcase, these stories are sure to excite and delight kids and adults of all ages.

Genres: Fiction, Short Stories, Horror, Middle Grade, Juvenile

64 pages, Paperback

Published August 20, 2024

Reviews

[Natalie all_books_great_and_small · Rating 4 out of 5]

I received an advance reader copy of this book to read in exchange for an honest review via netgalley and the publishers.

Creepy Stories is a short collection of spooky stories perfect for sleepovers or campfire stories for children. The collection is fun, spooky, creepy, and just enough of each theme to entertain and satisfy but not scare its extended audience. There are illustrations through the book and I enjoyed that a few of the stories were left a little open for imagination for the reader/audience to conclude themselves.

[Willow · Rating 3 out of 5]

I liked that this book was a collection of different spooky stories that all stood alone. They were all quite short too for ease of telling to young people. The only thing that really brought the rating down is sometimes the stories came to a positive conclusion which took the spook out. Some also ended too unfinished in a non-creepy fashion. The majority of the stories were great and had lots of creepy elements. Some came to a sad ending, while others were left in the right amount of uncertainty that it could happen again.

Overall this is a good pick for a first time collection of spooky stories for young people to read where the spook level isn’t too high, and some have good endings, but for a seasoned spooky reader, you may be left feeling a bit disappointed by some of the stories.

[Joey Susan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Thank you so much to Callisto Kids Publishing and Netgalley for the ebook to read and review.

A collection of short gripping and eerie campfire tales, this book covers an array of different topics each one as creepy and spooky as the previous. A really great Halloween read with children who will find them both fun and creepy.

This was a really fun collection, I liked the variety of stories told, I liked how simple that they were, they certainly gripped you in, having you hanging onto it wanting to know what was happening, they had plot twists in some of them, some were not what you thought, some were even funny. I really enjoyed this collection of short stories.

If you love anything creepy, your kids or if kids within your life love anything creepy this is a perfect read. You’ll be so hooked and gripped by the stories, they are great for around eight upwards unless you child themselves can cope with creepy stories whilst younger. They will stay with you some of these stories as they are strange, creepy and eerie.

A great book for the spooky holiday season, there’s no order to them so you can pick and choose which story suits you whilst reading which I love that element of it. It also had a few illustration per story, I think some big full pages of illustration for each story would have added a lot more to it, but the little ones were still great.

[Lori · Rating 3 out of 5]

The Good - The book is comprised of short stories that will keep young readers from getting bored, most are around 3 pages long. Most of the stories are not really scary, so they won't frighten young children.

The Not-so-Good - These are really short stories so older kids might find them not capturing their interest. Most of the stories are not even scary, or even fully actualized. They are kind of not even really interesting. Many do not have satisfying conclusions.

I really wanted to like this book, but, it really did not work for me.

[MG · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 stars rounded up. This was a cute, short collection of appropriately creepy (and often silly) stories for kids. It's the kind of book I would've loved when I was in elementary school, especially if the teacher read it aloud.

I read an ARC of this book from NetGalley. All comments are my own.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is a collection of 16 short spooky tales for young readers. Some tales are funny, some are alittle spooky and some aren’t either.

I found some of these tales entertaining and should keep a young reader’s attention.

Thank you NetGalley for the ARC

[Meredith · Rating 3 out of 5]

Easy reading for emergent readers who want "scary" books, and struggling readers who don't want to read "baby" books. Short stories, fast paced, and large text. Some stories stand out more than others, ranging from silly to creepy.

[Chelsea May xxx · Rating 3 out of 5]

Such a quick read. Some of the stories were interesting and some of them were boring. Children will love the stories in this book. The stories in this book were not that creepy. Overall enjoyed this book xxx

[Stella Marchione · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a cute read for spooky season. Fun little stories that would be perfect for around the campfire. Fun.

[Joel · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great creepy stories for young children!

[Autumn Koraline · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love it . it is very nice . 1 of my favorite books
And the hook 🪝 is not bad

[Kimberly · Rating 2 out of 5]

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