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Beware!: R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories

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On the threshold of R.L. Stine's favorite holiday, Halloween, he's come out with a wonderful new book that is like a witches brew with multiple ingredients. The main ingredient in BEWARE is 'scary'. Added to the mix of scary stories, are some funny ones, tantalizing poems, a horror-comic, spooky illustrations, and like a cherry-on-top of an ice cream sundae, are R.L. Stine's intriguing introductions. I really liked reading an assortment of thrilling stories, R.L. Stine's favorites by different authors,the two he wrote himself, and two he retold. The scary ones definitely gave me chills. I now have a new appreciation for rats, ferris wheels, halloween costumes, elevators, witches, ghosts, and all kinds of creatures that can surface from one's imagination. Everyone will have their own favorites...Another cool thing are the spiders and cobwebs that trickle down each page while you read...This is a great book for both children and adults who like twists and thrills.

The perfect collection of scary stories. My grandson and I cuddle in a large chair with the lights turned down. I read each story with character voices which he loves. There's not a boring story in the bunch. We have a wonderful time.

I would also recommend Scary Stories: The complete 3-Book Collection by Alvin Schwartz.

This is a really good book. It gives you a full picture in your head about what each author is talking about. I recommend this book for you.

I was disappointed in this book. I'm a fan of R.L. Stine so I picked this book because of his reputation. However, the stories did not go over well on the 7 and 9 year old boys that I had hoped to entertain. We tried really hard to make them scary - sitting around a campfire at night and reading in a scary voice but it just wasn't possible. They didn't find the stories scary and at times, I would skip to the end of a story because the boys were completely bored with it. If you have kids that really like scary stories, this is not the book to buy. They will likely get bored of the stories as well.

What kid doesn't like R.L. Stine? My boy read it a couple of times and will probably read it more. It's a hard cover - it'll last forever! Really happy with this purchase.

Awesome book! Kinda scary but do-able. Great book for any kid 8 and older. Bunch of short stories, easy to read.

A fun and (at times) creepy collection of author R.L. Stine's favorite scary stories. This short story compilation was overall enjoyable, and a few of the entries were downright spooky! I think R.L. Stine did a fantastic job of selecting a variety of different genres and formats for these horror stories: some are ghostly tales, some are classic suspense stories, some are science-fiction oriented, and some are just campy fun. Stine also includes poems, a comic strip, and a selection from a longer book, in addition to short stories. Some of my favorites from the collection were Stine's reteling of Bram Stoker's ghastly "The Judge's House," Ray Bradbury's creepy and well-told "The Black Ferris," and R.L. Stine's "The Surprise Guest," a Halloween ghost story. (Side note: I can imagine many of these stories and poems being read aloud in the classroom or at home around Halloween time!). One of the elements I liked most about this collection was that Stine included a short introduction to each story, either making a personal connection or explaining his choice to include the selection (which is a great draw for his young fans who hope to gain insight into a favorite author!). I definitely recommend this collection to R.L. Stine fans and readers 9 and up who like spine-tingling stories!