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Best selling author and expert on all things that go bump in the night, Q. L. Pearce began her career as a writer and editor in 1985 with Lowell House / Roxbury Press in Los Angeles. She has since written more than one hundred and twenty books for children, including eight collections of scary stories for middle grade and film tie-in books for the Fox animated film Titan AE and the Universal animated series Land Before Time. Q believes strongly in the value of scary books for young readers. When asked what credentials she has which qualify her as an expert in this area she replies, "I was a child once. That was very scary."
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	Even More Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs (Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs, #4) by Q.L. Pearce (Goodreads Author), Dwight Been 3.85 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1994 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs (Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs, #2) by Q.L. Pearce (Goodreads Author), Bartt Warburton (Illustrator) 4.03 avg rating — 113 ratings — published 1992 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Super Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs (Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs, #5) by Q.L. Pearce (Goodreads Author), Dwight Been (Illustrator) 3.91 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1995 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Still more scary stories for sleep-overs (#3) 3.96 avg rating — 89 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	More Super Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs (Scary Stories for Sleep-Overs, #6) by Q.L. Pearce (Goodreads Author), Dwight Been (Illustrator) 3.86 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1995 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spine Chillers: Hair-Raising Tales 4.14 avg rating — 29 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mothman 3.74 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Tale Of Two Cities by Q.L. Pearce (Goodreads Author), Charles Dickens, Robert Greisen (Illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1997 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Pegasus 3.82 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2008	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Why Is a Frog Not a Toad?: Discovering the Difference Between Animal Look-Alikes 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1992 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Scary Stories for Sleep-overs (10 books)
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