Scary Stories for Elementary


  •     A Terryfying Taste of Short & Shivery by Robert D. San Souci
  •     Arthur and the scare your pants off club
  •      Arthur's halloween
  •      Beardsley Manor/Seventh Boy story from Bruchac's Tell Me a Tale:
  •      Bony Legs by Joanna Cole
  •      Book About Storytelling
  •      Bruchac, et al
  •      Bumps in the night by Allard
  •      Bunnicula and other books in the series by James Howe campfire classic)
  •      Clifford's Halloween
  •      Clyde Monster by Crowe
  •      Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert Service (More of a poem, but a
  •      Dark, dark tale by Ruth Brown
  •      Do Not Open by Turkle
  •      Eek! Stories to Make You Shriek"
  •      Even More Short & Shivery by Robert D. San Souci
  •      Garfield Scary Tales by Jim Craft
  •      Ghost Eye Tree by Bill Martin.
  •      Ghost Stories by Bruce Coville
  •      Golem by Wisniewski
  •      Goosebumps series and Scary
  •      Halloween stories are always good too!
  •      In a dark, dark room and other scary stories by Alvin Schwartz
  •      Jumble Joan by  by Rose Impey
  •      Justice
  •      Listen Ear by Jennings
  •      Lucy Dove - del Negro?
  •      MacDonald
  •      More Scary Tales by Alvin Schwartz.
  •      One Minute Scary Stories by Shari Lewis
  •      Peter and Blue Baby Witch by Robert D. San Souci
  •      Prelutsky poetry
  •      Raw Head & Bloody Bones / Lyons
  •      Scare Yourself to Sleep by Rose Impey
  •      Scary Stories series by Schwarz are great(for 3rd and 4th)
  •      Scary Stories to read when it's dark by Arnold Lobel
  •      Scary Tales by Alvin Schwartz
  •      Scary, scary Halloween by Eve Bunting
  •      Scooby Doo Stories published by Scholastic
  •      Shadow by Cendrars
  •      Short and Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales  by Robert D. San Souci
  •      Skeleton Cinderella by Robert D. San Souci
  •      Some things are scary by Heide
  •      Spine Tinglers by Bruce Coville
  •      Storytelling for Young Adults : Techniques and Treasury by Gail De Vos,
  •      Tailypo by Galdone
  •      Talking Eggs by Robert D. San Souci
  •      The Ankle Grabber by Rose Impey
  •      The biggest pumpkin ever by Kroll
  •      The Boy and The Ghost by Robert D. San Souci
  •      The candy witch by Kroll
  •      The Dark Thirty by Patricia McKissack
  •      The dream eater by Garrison
  •      The EEEeek! Stories to make you shriek series (K-1)
  •      The Fearsome Inn / Singer
  •      The Flat Manby by Rose Impey
  •      The Ghost & I : Scary Stories for Participatory Telling by Jennifer
  •      The Ghost Eye Tree by Bill Martin
  •      The ghost of Nicholas greebe by Johnston
  •      The Ghost of Sifty, Sifty Sam by Medearis
  •      The Haunted Bike",
  •      The Hobyahs by Robert D. San Souci
  •      The Little Old Lady who was not afraid of anything by Williams
  •      The monster under my bed by Gruber
  •      The People Could Fly & Her Stories / Hamilton
  •      The Pumpkin Fair by Bunting
  •      The Secret Of The Stones by Robert D. San Souci
  •      The Soup Bone by Johnston
  •      The Talking Eggs - SanSouci
  •      The teeny tiny woman
  •      The Walking Trees by storyteller Roberta Simpson Brown
  •      The Widows Broom by Van Allsburg
  •      The Wretched Stone / Van Allsburg (yeah, they'll say it's not scary
  •      Velcome
  •      When the Chenoo Howls : Native American Tales of Terror by James
  •      When the Lights Go Out : Twenty Scary Tales to Tell by Margaret Read
  •      Who's in Rabbit's House by Aardema
  •      Wiley and the Hairy Man by Bang
  •      Witches Broom  by Chris Van Alsburgh
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