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More scary stories to tell in the dark / collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell.

Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992 (author.). Gammell, Stephen, (illustrator.).

Summary:

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0397320825
  • ISBN: 9780397320820
  • ISBN: 0397320817
  • ISBN: 9780397320813
  • ISBN: 0440842654
  • ISBN: 9780440842651
  • ISBN: 0590135864
  • ISBN: 9780590135863
  • ISBN: 0064401774
  • ISBN: 9780064401777
  • ISBN: 0808579959
  • ISBN: 9780808579953
  • ISBN: 9781404640641
  • ISBN: 1404640649
  • Physical Description: xii, 100 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Edition: 1st edition
  • Publisher: New York : Lippincott, [1984]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Publisher may vary.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-99).
Formatted Contents Note:
Hoo-ha's -- When she saw him, she screamed and ran: Something was wrong -- The wreck -- One Sunday morning -- Sounds -- A weird blue light -- Somebody fell from aloft -- The little black dog -- Clinkity-clink -- She was spittin' and yowlin' just like a cat: The bride -- Rings on her fingers -- The drum -- The window -- Wonderful sausage -- The cat's paw -- The voice -- When I wake up, everything will be all right: "Oh, Susannah!" -- The man in the middle -- Cat in a shopping bag -- The bed by the window -- The dead man's hand -- A ghost in the mirror -- The curse -- The last laugh: The church -- The bad news -- Cemetery soup -- The brown suit -- BA-ROOOM! -- Thumpity-thump.
Target Audience Note:
760L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR MG 4.7 1 18776.

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Subject:
Ghost stories, American.
Tales > United States.
Genre:
Horror fiction.

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5050 . ‡aHoo-ha's -- When she saw him, she screamed and ran: Something was wrong -- The wreck -- One Sunday morning -- Sounds -- A weird blue light -- Somebody fell from aloft -- The little black dog -- Clinkity-clink -- She was spittin' and yowlin' just like a cat: The bride -- Rings on her fingers -- The drum -- The window -- Wonderful sausage -- The cat's paw -- The voice -- When I wake up, everything will be all right: "Oh, Susannah!" -- The man in the middle -- Cat in a shopping bag -- The bed by the window -- The dead man's hand -- A ghost in the mirror -- The curse -- The last laugh: The church -- The bad news -- Cemetery soup -- The brown suit -- BA-ROOOM! -- Thumpity-thump.
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