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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a classic collection of chillingly scary tales, in which Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, complemented in this paperback edition by spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist. Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death-they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories. Make sure you read these books with the light ON!

Do you like to be scared? Ellen had just fallen asleep when she heard a strange voice. "Ellen," it whispered, "I am coming up the stairs." Ellen was frightened and called her parents, but they didn't hear her, and they didn't come...Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz's most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

Get Ready to be Spooked! It was eleven o'clock at night. Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone. It had gotten so chilly, he went downstairs to turn up the heat. As Peter was on his way back to bed, a black dog ran down the stairs. "Where did you come from?" Peter said. He had never seen the dog before...Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz's most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

"Read these if you dare." - The New York Times"A wonderful collection of tales that range from creepyto silly to haunting. ...Gammell's drawings add just the righttouch..." - John Scieszka, Entertinment Weekly The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's nowa feature film starring Zoe Margaret Colletti, Michael Garza andGabriel Rush! A classic collection of chillingly scary tales, collected andretold by Alvin Schwartz and featuring the original illustrationsby lauded artist Steve Gammell.Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark contains some of the most alarmingtales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events ofall time.Walking corpses, dancing bones, and narrow escapes from death—they'reall here in this chilling collection of ghost stories.Make sure you read these books with the light ON! The perfect collection to read around HalloweenFor fans of R L Stine's Fear Streetand Goosebumps series