Schwartz, Alvin Books

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 25th Anniversary Edition: Collected from American Folklore

Alvin Schwartz

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Total reviews: 87 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

Scary but fun 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

My five year old went through a phase of liking scary books. These are the best collection out there once you are past the "easy reader" scary stories. The stories are short and some are even funny and so my five year old was able to handle them despite the fact that they are listed for a 9+ age group. Do note that many stories are very scary/morbid and if your child is easily frightened, wait till they are older.

Editorial Review:

This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright.

There is a story here for everyone -- skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney.

Stephen Gammell's splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories -- and even scary songs -- all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark.

If You Dare!

More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark

Alvin Schwartz

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Total reviews: 45 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Inspired me 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

When I was three or four, my older sister would show me the pictures in this book and being so scared, I would cry. The images are so strong, they really make the book what it is. When I was 8, I sat there for hours.. staring at the images, afraid that just maybe they were staring back at me too. They hold so much life and creativity, they inspired me. I'm a photographer, and looking at my gallery, I can see where each picture was inspired by this book somehow (my drawings, too).

The stories themselves aren't all that scary, but exciting and morbid. They're descriptive enough, but without going overboard for children.

It gets five stars for being so inspiring to me. One (well, three) of my favorite books ever.

Editorial Review:

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 whose victim returns from the grave? Read about these terrifying predicaments as well as what happens when practical jokes produce gruesome consequences and initiations go awry.

Stephen Gammell's splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories -- and even a scary song -- all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark.

If You Dare!

Scary Stories Treasury; Three Books to Chill Your Bones: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark/ More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark/ Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones

Alvin Schwartz

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

Awesome 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

I remember this from when i was younger, the stories scared me so much. now that i am grown, i have all three books in one and i like to read the stores sometimes to remember the times when i was a child.

Scary Stories Treasury: Omnibus review 5 out of 5 stars.
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I think Scary Stories Treasury: Omnibus was scary, yet funny in a way.I really liked the stories. I have all of Alvin Schwartz's books, and there all very good. I recommend them all to you.

-John

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones

Alvin Schwartz

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Total reviews: 35 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

BEWARE!!! 1 out of 5 stars.
4 of 16 people found this review helpful.

Why would any adult let a child aged 9-12 read a story where a wife takes the liver of the dead lady next door and feeds it to her mean husband? Why would anyone with any common sense of decency allow any child to read about killing dogs, children getting a gun to scare off a ghost, and an adult KILLING A CHILD slowly & painfully because of grudge by using a "voodoo" type spell for revenge. What is wrong with the man who wrote these books? My opinion is that Mr. Schwartz is a disturbed and depraved person and he should seek help - not write childrens books. Even more is wrong with the reviewer who decided these disgusting and morally void stories were appropriate for young children. It seems to me that Mr. Schwartz gets his thrills by taking away the innocence of a young and naive audience. I hope he's happy with the psychological damage he is responsible for. PARENTS BEWARE of this author in your home, your schools & your public library.

Editorial Review:

Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a good, scary story!

Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories 3 joins his other popular collections of scary folklore, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark and More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, to give readers spooky, funny and fantastic tales guaranteed to raise goose bumps.

Who is the Wolf girl? Why is a hearse filled with men with yellow glowing eyes? Can a nightmare become reality? How do you avoid an appointment with Death?

Stephen Gammell's splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozens scary stories -- and even a scary song -- all just right for reading along or for telling aloud in the dark..

Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore (An I Can Read Book, Level 2)

Alvin Schwartz, Victoria Chess

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Total reviews: 4 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

Great for the child who likes a little scare 5 out of 5 stars.
6 of 6 people found this review helpful.

When my son read this book it was the first time ever that he read past his required 20 minutes and actually finished the book! He loved the scary tone, but not too scary for a child.

Cool book 4 out of 5 stars.
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Ghosts

Alvin Schwartz

Reading level: 1-3

Your review: This is a good book! I would recommend it. It has really funny illustrations and really good ones too! It isn't a chapter book but it does have 7 funny but not scary stories about ghosts!

I wouldn't give this to ANYONE!! 1 out of 5 stars.
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I remember when my Dad read this to me when I was 5 I guess, and I got soooo scared by that "Suzie the Cat" story, I had constant nightmares EVERY SINGLE NIGHT!! I still remember it to this day! I was sooo scared I tell u! I didn't like the book after my Dad read it, I couldn't even walk past it! Don't buy this for ANYONE no matter what! I'm serious! Don't buy this! If you want to have a child that cries and screams from nightmares all night, then buy it.

Editorial Review:

Do you believe in ghosts?
Some people do . . .

These spooky -- and funny -- tales about singing ghosts, toast-eating ghosts, and ghosts no one even guesses are sure to send shivers up and down your spine.

Why not retell them to your friends and see if you can make their spines tingle, too?

There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales

Alvin Schwartz

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Total reviews: 3 Average rating: 4.0 of 5

iT WILL AMUSE 99% 5 out of 5 stars.
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.

What a cleverly written children's picture book. Parents andteachers will enjoy reading this to their children as it will amuseand get children interested in reading. Children will want it read to them over and over again, until of course they gather interest in reading and read it themselves. My little brother didn't want to or wasn't interested in reading, until he picked up a copy of THERES A CARROT IN MY EAR!

My non-reader loves this book - its reallly funny!!! 5 out of 5 stars.
4 of 4 people found this review helpful.

This book is hysterical. All kids, and adults, will love it.

Not what I remembered... 2 out of 5 stars.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful.

I read this as a very young child and loved it; as an adult, it's drivel. The book's series of short tales about a very stupid family are mainly an outlet for one-liners. That being said, the book should still be entertaining for very young children, and children just learning to read on their own. The pictures are fairly amusing.

Editorial Review:

Meet the
silliest family
in the world!
Grandpa Brown tries to hatch a baby horse. Mr. Brown shouts at his underwear. And Jane Brown grows a carrot in her ear (she planted a radish). Here are six stories to make you giggle and laugh.

I Saw You in the Bathtub: And Other Folk Rhymes (I Can Read Book 1)

Alvin Schwartz

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Total reviews: 2 Average rating: 4.5 of 5

A real funny 4 out of 5 stars.
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.

My daughter brought this book home from the library and has been reading it to her little sister who responds with uproarious laughter (they are 6 and 3). The forward at the beginning of the book says that the authors of some of the poems were children. What better encouragement could a young writer have? Some of these poems I remember from my childhood as jumprope rhymes. Altogether an enjoyable first reader.

great fun 5 out of 5 stars.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.

My 3 and 5 year old boys both LOVE this book. We have read it over and over. It is great fun. A few rhymes I knew before, but I learned lots of new ones. This is a book you won't get tired of reading to your kids.

Editorial Review:

A collection of 41 folk rhymes, taunts, and insults that have been chanted, sung, and shouted by generations of children throughout the United States.`Children will appreciate the humor of the rhymes and the illustrations. Another I Can Read hit.' —SLJ.

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories Book and CD (I Can Read Book 2)

Alvin Schwartz

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Total reviews: 1 Average rating: 5.0 of 5

It is easy to read and fun. 5 out of 5 stars.
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Reviewed by Sophia McElroy (age 5.5) for Reader Views (9/08)

I can't stop reading this book! I love the CD too; I like to hear the scary voices telling the stories. This book is hilarious and scary at the same time. I liked all of the stories except the story called "The Night it Rained"--this has a really not-so-nice picture of a ghost and it scared me! All of the other drawings are very funny and make me laugh. My sister and I read this book a lot, like every day! It is easy to read and fun. I think some younger kids could be scared of the pictures. "In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories" by Alvin Schwartz would be a perfect book for Halloween.

Editorial Review:

Creak...
Crash...
BOO!

Shivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted graveyards...all to chill your bones! Share these seven spine-tingling stories in a dark, dark room.