"Scarey Tales of Horror" Library Display and List

 

This is such a good idea.  (Not mine, but Stephanie Trzeciakiewicz's.  So simply set out a bunch of the R. L. Stine books, Goosebumps, and all other Halloween tales on a similar table that are spooky and scary looking and get the kids excited to head something scary.  Even the "I Spy" and "Scooby Doo" books would work here!!!!!!!

 

 

Here's a list of some great scary  picture books for both the young and "not so brave" kids:

 

Miss Mary is Scary! (My Weird School Daze, No. 10) by Dan Gutman and Jim Paillot (Jul 27, 2010)

• Books (22)
• Movies & TV (3)
• Music (1)
• Toys & Games (1)

Goosebumps: Scary House Starring R.L. Stine, Kathryn Short, Cody Jones and Scott Wickware (Sep 6, 2005)

Confessions of a Scary Mommy: An Honest and Irreverent Look at Motherhood - The Good, The Bad, and the Scary by Jill Smokler (Apr 3, 2012)

 

Scary, Scary Halloween by Eve Bunting and Jan Brett (Sep 19, 1988)

Can You See What I See?: On a Scary Scary Night: Picture Puzzles to Search and Solve by Walter Wick (Aug 1, 2008)

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and Brett Helquist (Jul 27, 2010)

Hairy, Scary, Ordinary: What Is an Adjective? (Words Are Categorical) by Brian P. Cleary and Jenya Prosmitsky (Sep 1, 2001)

Go Away, Big Green Monster! by Ed Emberley (1992)

Scary Stories Boxed Set by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell (Jun 26, 1992) - Box set

Tell Me a Scary Story...But Not Too Scary! (Byron Preiss Book) by Carl Reiner and James Bennett (Sep 1, 2007)

 

• Books (22)
• Movies & TV (3)
• Music (1)
• Toys & Games (1)

Can You Make a Scary Face? by Jan Thomas (Aug 4, 2009)

Scary Stories Trio (3 Books) (Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark; More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark; Scary Stories 3: More Tales To Chill Your Bones) by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell (2010)

Scary Poems for Rotten Kids by Sean O'Huigin, John Fraser and Scott Hughes (Jan 1, 1989)

 

Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt (Feb 1, 2006)

Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell (Aug 2, 1991)

 

 

 

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell (Sep 25, 1986)

 

For fiction chapter books, try some of these frightening favorites:

The Witches, by Roald Dahl

The Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman

The Crossroads, by Chris Grabenstein

All the Lovely Bad Ones:  A Ghost Story by Mary Downing Hahn

Voices by Shaun Hutson

The Ghost's Grave by Peg Kehret

Nightmare Academy by Dean Lorey

The Secret of the Painted House by Marion Dane Bauer

 

(Suggestion:  Go to Amazon and get a quick review on each book to see if you might like it.)

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SATURDAY SERIES: "Guy Reads" by Jon Scieszka

So I have a son that doesn't much like to read anything, however, he does like these books!!!  The secret??? They are short stories geared to boys.  They only take about 30 minutes to read.  They aren't AMAZING LITERATURE, but if they get him to read, okay!!!  I thought after each one was done that he'd say he didn't really like it, but I was wrong.  I guess I just don't think like a 13 year old boy. (Thank goodness.)  Anyway, the really cool thing is that each story is written by a different author. The "Thriller" authors are all of the best mystery writers of the day, like Patrick Carmen, author of the "Skeleton Creek" series, Mary Haddox Peterson, James Patterson, MT Anderson...  and so on.  Give them a try with your son or struggling male student, or anyone else for that matter.  Girls will love them too!

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Jon Scieszka is the National Ambassador for Children’s Literature emeritus and the bestselling author of more than twenty-five books for kids, including The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales, Math Curse, Robot Zot!, and the Time Warp Trio series. Jon founded Guys Read to encourage a passion for reading among young boys, with the philosophy that boys love to read most when they are reading things they love. A former elementary school teacher, Jon lives in Brooklyn with his family.