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Read-Alike Suggetions

Read-alikes for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz.


Scary Short Stories
  • Aiken, Joan. A Whisper in the Night: Tales of Terror and Suspense and others.
  • Charles, Veronika M. Easy to Read Spooky Tales series.
  • Goode, Diane. Diane Goode's Book of Scary Stories and Songs.
  • Gorog, Judith. In a Creepy, Creepy Place and Other Scary Stories and others.
  • Greenberg, Martin. A Newbery Halloween: Thirteen Scary Stories by Newbery Award-Winning Authors.
  • Haskins, James. The Headless Haunt and Other African-American Ghost Stories.
  • Hill, Susan. The Random House Book of Ghost Stories.
  • Hoberman, Mary Ann. You Read to Me, I'll Read to You: Very Short Scary Tales to Read Together.
  • Jacques, Brian. The Ribbajack and Other Curious Yarns.
  • Lewis, Shari. One-Minute Scary Stories.
  • Lubar, David. Invasion of the Road Weenies: and Other Warped and Creepy Tales series.
  • Lunn, Janet. The Unseen: Scary Stories.
  • McKissack, Patricia. The Dark Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural.
  • Nixon, Joan Lowery. Ghost Town: Seven Ghostly Stories.
  • Olson, Arielle North. Ask the Bones series.
  • Parkhurst, Liz Smith. The August House Book of Scary Stories: Spooky Tales for Telling Out Loud.
  • Rau, Margaret. Scary Stories for Campfires.
  • Rich, Susan. Half-Minute Horrors.
  • San Souci, Robert. Short and Shivery series.
  • San Souci, Robert. Haunted Houses.
  • Stine, R.L. Beware! R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories.
  • Teitelbaum, Michael. The Scary States of America.
  • Tingle, Tim. Spooky Texas Tales series.
  • Ury, Allen B. Scary Stories for When You're Home Alone series.
  • VandeVelde, Vivian. All Hallow's Eve.
  • Various. Scary Stories for Sleepovers series.
  • Warren, William E. The Thing in the Swamp and More Not-So-Scary Stories.
  • Yolen, Jane. Here There Be Ghosts.





  • Penny Peck
    June, 2012


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