Not Too Scary Stories
BOO! Do you like to be scared, but just a little bit?
These semi-scary stories are for younger children, mostly in picture book (P) format. |
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| THE TAILYPO: A GHOST STORY by Joanna Galdone |
P; Cassette & Book |
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A stange varmint haunts the woodsman that chopped off its tail. |
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| KING OF THE CATS by Paul Galdone |
+398.2 Ga |
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As the gravedigger tells his wife how a band of cats marched into the cemetery, their own cat listens with a stange intensity. |
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| DIANE GOODE'S BOOK OF SCARY STORIES & SONGS by Diane Goode |
+398.2 Go |
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A collection of traditional tales, with some poems and songs, most with a ghost theme. |
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| THE WITCH'S REVENGE by Lynn Gordon |
P |
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When Audrey and Andrew open a door on Halloween night to greet a party guest dressed as a witch, they have no idea what's in store for them. |
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| EEK! CREAK! SNEAKER! SNEAK! by Rhonda Greene |
P |
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Bugbear and Bugaboo are two creatures who like to play scary tricks on children, until the night they get scared themselves. |
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| KNOCK, KNOCK! WHO'S THERE? by Sally Grindley |
P |
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Many scary creatures knock on the door and ask to be let in, but the door only opens for Daddy. |
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| OGRES, OGRES, OGRES! by Nicholas Heller |
P |
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The letters of the alphabet are represented by an assortment of ogres devouring all sorts of foods. |
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| THE GHOST OF NICHOLAS GREBE by Tony Johnston |
P |
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The ghost's bone has been stolen from a New England farm, and he haunts the house - eerie and comical. |
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| THE SOUP BONE by Tony Johnston |
P |
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Looking for a soup bone on Halloween a little old lady finds a hungry skeleton instead. |
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| THE WITCH'S HAT by Tony Johnston |
P; Cassette & Book |
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A witch's hat causes its owner some problems when it turns into a bat, a rat, a cat, and still won't behave after that. |
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| BOOGIE BONES by Elizabeth Laredo |
P |
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Boogie Bones, a skeleton who loves to dance, disguises himself as a living person and enters a dance contest. |
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| THE MONSTER PARTY by Stephanie Laslett |
P |
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With six spooky holograms. |
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| THE GHOST-EYE TREE by Bill Martin |
P |
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Walking down a dark road one night, a brother and sister argue over who's afraid of the dread Ghost-Eye tree. |
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| A BEASTY STORY by Bill Martin |
P |
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Some mice venture into the dark, dark woods where they find a dark brown house leading past other dark colors to a spooky surprise. |
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| OLD DEVIL WIND by Bill Martin |
P |
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On a dark and stormy night one object after another joins in making eeries noises in the house. |
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| THERE'S A NIGHTMARE IN MY CLOSET by Mercer Mayer |
P |
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A child believes that there is a nightmare hiding in his bedroom closet, but no one takes him seriously. |
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