Scary Stories to Read When It's Dark

by Arnold Lobel, Alvin Schwartz, Jane O'Connor

Encounter a creepy croaker who eats little froggies for supper, and a mysterious man who waves his bloody fingers! Includes seven stories, featuring Arnold Lobel, Lane Smith, Betsy Byars, Marc Simont, Alvin Schwartz, Dirk Zimmer, Jane O'Connor, G. Brian Karas, and more.

Genres: Short Stories, Horror, Childrens, Halloween

64 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Arnold Stark Lobel was a popular American author of children's books. Among his most popular books are those of the Frog and Toad series, and Mouse Soup, which won the Garden State Children's Book Award from the New Jersey Library Association.

Reviews

[Luci · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fun fun!

[Julie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fun, scary tales to share with children! This book and some Halloween snacks would be a terrific night for kids!

[Nicoswan · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a fun collection to read to our youngest.
All but 2 were readable to him, as he is still pretty young I avoided those.

[IvyInThePages · Rating 3 out of 5]

Rating: 3.21 leaves out of 5
Characters: 4/5
Cover: 3/5
Story: 2.84/5
Writing: 3/5
Genre: Children
Type: Book
Worth?: Yes

[Rosa Cline · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a book that has several various authors in it along with several short stories. some of them are kind of 'out there' so would be scarey for smaller kids (like in one a woman has a green scarf on her neck and no one knows why. She gets married and grows old and on her death bed she tells her husband he can now know why the scarf is there and the illustration shows her head on the floor! My special needs teen age son wasn't sure at first how to handle that but then he was okay with it. So just kind of know ahead of time that these can be a bit on the scary side (instead of silly scarey)

[Kristy Schwertfeger · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book would be good to read around Halloween time. But some of the stories may scary some of the younger children if they believe in ghosts and monsters. So i think that you would have to know your class and how they would handle a book like this before you read it.

[Edward Creter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This short story collection is a 64-page omnibus of fun horror stories. (Fun Horror? What a concept!!!) Six amazingb authors treat kids to spooky tales with a profound lesson slipped in for good measure. Only the most daring need apply but BE WARNED!!!! ABANDON ALL DEPRESSION YE WHO ENTER HERE!!!

[Madeline Wright · Rating 4 out of 5]

A couple of these made me laugh out loud. My favorite ones are "The Dark Wood" by Emma Chichester Clark and "Bloody Fingers" by Judith Bauer Stamper. I think it would be great to read with a "brave" 4 y.o. around Halloween time.

[Jen one n · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some stories too scary for younger children. A good read around Halloween.

[twilightsprincess · Rating 5 out of 5]

今回5星をあげる。大人になってこの話を覚えた！
Giving this five stars. I'm an adult but I still remember these stories from when I was a kid!

[Allyson · Rating 2 out of 5]

For journal logs in creative writing class

[Mary · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not very scary at all, even according to my 6yo... and we even read them at bed time...

[Gray · Rating 3 out of 5]

The green ribbon is our all time fave.

[Gabriel]

I liked the "Bloody Fingers" one. I like - the basketball player was tapping the window that was funny. I didn't like that some of the stories were not scary. I did not like "Halloween." It was too cartoon-y and it wasn't scary. I give it a 9. Actually a 10 out of 7.