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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| "GUS" SERIES by Jane Thayer |
P |
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Tales of a friendly ghost |
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| DO NOT OPEN by Brinton Turkle |
P |
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Miss Moody and her cat find an intriguing bottle washed up on the beach. Should they ignore its "Do Not Open" warning? |
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| THE WIDOW'S BROOM by Chris Van Allsburg |
P |
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A witch's worn-out broom serves a widow well, until her neighbors decide the thing is wicked and dangerous. |
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| WHISTLING DIXIE by Marcia Vaughan |
P |
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Dixie Lee brings home an alligator, a snake, and an owl as pets to protect her family from such spooky creatures as the churn-turners, the bogeyman and the mist-sisters. |
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| MY MAMA SAYS THERE AREN'T ANY ZOMBIES, GHOSTS, VAMPIRES, CREATURES, DEMONS, MONSTERS, FIENDS, GOBLINS, OR THINGS. by Judith Viorst |
P |
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Can Nick trust his mother's word that there are no goblins and such lurking in the night? |
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| DRACULA'S CAT AND FRANKENSTEIN'S DOG by Jan Wahl |
P |
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Two famous monsters' pets give their views of life with their masters. |
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| TAILYPO by Jan Wahl |
+398.21 Wa |
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A strange varmint haunts the woodsman who chopped off his tail. |
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| BOOGIE KNIGHTS by Lisa Wheeler |
P |
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When the castle knights are awakened by the Madcap Monster Ball, they decide to join the party. |
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| THE LITTLE OLD LADY WHO WAS NOT AFRAID OF ANYTHING by Linda Williams |
P |
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Our heroine must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods. |
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| THE MONSTER BED by Jean Willis |
P |
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A little monster is afraid to go to bed because he thinks humans will get him in his sleep. |
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| HECKEDY PEG by Audrey Wood |
P |
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A mother saves her seven children from Heckedy Peg, a witch who has changed them into different kinds of food. |
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| HILDA HEN'S SCARY NIGHT by Mary Wormell |
P |
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During her nighttime hourney to the henhouse Hilda Hen finds unexpected courage within herself as she tiptoes past a snake, runs from a fox, and swims a lake. |
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