Schwartz, A: In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories

Creak...
Crash...
BOO!

Shivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted graveyards...all to chill your bones! Grinning strangers with three-inch teeth and a rainy road beside a cemetery—each tale brings a sudden surprise!

Author Alvin Schwartz gathers classic folklore into seven easy-to-read spooky stories. A mysterious dark chest, a vanished hitchhiker's sweater, and an unwelcome voice under the covers: no corner stays quiet for long!

Share these seven spine-tingling stories in a dark, dark room.

• Halloween Books for Kids: Alfred begs his bride Jenny to explain why she always wears a green ribbon around her neck, but she insists the secret must wait until the right time comes.
• Rhyming Text: Chilling sing-song verses follow an old woman sitting in a graveyard with three tall corpses, and a rhythmic song about the chilly white bones of a phantom named John.
• Ghost Stories: A late-night motorist offers his warm sweater to a rain-soaked boy named Jim standing outside a cemetery, never guessing who the quiet rider might be.
• Bedtime Story: Ruth searches under her bed and behind the curtains for an old pirate ghost.
• Also by This Author: Scary Stories Paperback Box Set, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Deluxe Collector’s Edition and Scary Stories 3-Book Box Set Movie Tie-in Edition.