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HALLOWEEN TALES Not Too Scary Stories
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Not Too Scary Stories (Continued) 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.
Title		Author	Location in Library
THERE'S SOMETHING IN MY ATTIC		Mercer, Mayer	P
	Convinced there is something making noise in the attice at night a brave little girl sneaks up the stairs, lasso in hand, to capture whatever it is.
THE DARK AT THE TOP OF THE STAIRS		Sam McBratney
	An old mouse agrees to show three young mice the "monster" at the top of the stairs.
MONSTER FUN			Family Fun Bag
	Contains: 3 books (Harry and the Terrible Whatzit, Monster Riddles, Where the Wild Things Are); Make-a-Monster Kit; Harry and the Terrible Whatzit Tote; Activity Sheet.
I KNOW A MONSTER		Amy Myers	P
	Each child sitting in a circle adds to the story of a monster.
PIGGIE PIE		Margie Palatini	P
	Gritch the Witch flies to a farm for some pigs to make a piggie pie, but when she arrives she can't find a single porker.
GHOST IN A FOUR-ROOM APARTMENT		Ellen Raskin	P
	A mischievous ghost describes the havoc he creates in the life of a family as more and more relatives keep arriving and add to the confusion.
TELL ME A SCARY STORY - BUT NOT TOO SCARY		Carl Reiner	P
	A little boy has an adventure in the scary basement of his mysterious new neighbor, Mr. Neewollah.
I'M COMING TO GET YOU!		Tony Ross	P
	After eating all the planets in outer space, a horrible monster gets a big surprise when it comes to Earth and tries to capture a little boy.
SCARY TALES			Family Fun Bag
	Contains: 3 books ( There's a Nightmare in My Closet; A Dark, Dark Tale; and The Monster in the Third Dresser Drawer); one black cat, one mouse, one activity sheet, one chest.
ABIYOYO		Pete Seeger	P; Cassette & Book
	Banished from the town for making mischief a little boy and his father are welcomed back when they find a way to make the dreaded giant Abiyoyo disappear.
WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE		Maurice Sendak	P
	The classic story of a little boy, sent to bed without his supper, who sails to the land of the wild things.
THE BIG STEW		Ben Schecter	P
	Two people get carried away making stew and turn into witches.
THERE'S A WITCH UNDER THE STAIRS		Maggie Smith	P
	Frances tries everything to get rid of the witch lurking under the basement stairs.
WHAT'S UNDER MY BED		James Stevenson	P
	Grandpa tells his two young houseguests a story about his own childhood when he was scared at bedtime.
THE HORRIBLE SPOOKHOUSE		Kicki Stridth	P
	A girl, lost in the woods, wanders into a haunted house where she disappoints the monsters and other inhabitants because she refuses to be frightened of them.
THE TEENY-TINY WOMAN: A GHOST STORY		Paul Galdone (retold)	P
	A teeny-tiny woman finds a teeny-tiny bone in a churchyard and puts it away in her cupboard before going to sleep.