Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

This book is a collection of scary stories meant to read aloud and the book even tells the reader when to jump at your listeners as it is read aloud. One story tells about a boy who finds a toe in the ground and he tugs at it, the toe pops off and he takes it home. After dinner the creature comes back for the toe. Another story just tells the tale of two men who were walking and were very scared of each other. Then the author tells the reader to scream - to scare the listener.

The author creates a mood that children and adults love - fear. Even though the stories may not even be scary, the reader is meant to scare it's listener by jumping or screaming while telling the story. The black and white drawings seem to be scarier than the words in the book.

Schwartz, Alvin. (1986). Scary stories to tell in the dark. HarperTrophy.