More Scarey Stories to Tell in the Dark [Audio Cassette]

Alvin Schwartz (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1995 | Age Level: 8 and up

Just when you thought it was safe to turn the cassette player back on . . .

This second collection of spooky tales is as riveting as its predecessor, Scarry Stories to Tell in the Dark. Ghosts and ghouls and disembodied horrors haunt these bloodcurling stories, each told with chilling detail by Broadway actor George S. Irving. Pull up a chair, find a hand to hold, and prepare to be terrified!Creaks, thumps and moans turn into chilling shrieks and bloodcurdling laughs in these retellings of over two dozen tales ‘guaranteed to make teeth chatter. Not since Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has there been a collection of horror stories as well suited for children." 'SLJ.

Children's Books of 1984 (Library of Congress)
1984 Children's Books (NY Public Library)
1989 Buckeye Children's Book Award (Ohio)

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Gauranteed to make your teeth chatter and your spine tingle." -- -- School Library Journal

About the Author

Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explore everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories -- Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read Books, In A Dark, Dark Room and Ghosts! -- are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 8 and up
  
• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Children's Book Company, Inc. (September 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1559942843
• ISBN-13: 978-1559942843
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (54 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,814,515 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explore everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories -- Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, More Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read Books, In A Dark, Dark Room and Ghosts! -- are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome Read Aloud, July 19, 2005

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Teacher Jeannie (Monterey, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)

Kindergarten and first-grade students love story time. However, this summer I am teaching children who have completed third grade. They have that "I'm too cool to have a story read to me" attitude. That is until one of my students checked this book out of the library. Every day they would beg me to read stories from the book -- and not just one, but two, three or four. They would grab their chairs and circle as close as they could to me. One of the students would always run and turn out the lights to help with the atmosphere. Using different voices, many pauses and the build up of suspense, I was able to scare the living bejeebeez out of them many times. They loved it! Thank you for giving me a book that's "cool" for third/fourth grade story time! I would highly recommend it to teachers of grades 3-6.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of really nifty stories!, October 20, 2003

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Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)

During a recent Cub Scout campout, I realized that I needed to expand my stock of scary stories. I checked this book out, and it is just perfect! These 28 (if I counted correctly) stories run from the funny to the downright frightening. Some are short and some are long. And, as an added bonus, one of these 28 is actually a song (Ba-Rooom!), and one is a game (A Ghost in the Mirror).

This is a great book, with a lot of really nifty stories. I especially like the "gotcha" stories, where you grab someone at the climax of the story. So if you want some scary stories for younger listeners, then I highly recommend that you get this book!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Revised: A waste of your money!!, October 5, 2011

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Sandra Bergsma (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Paperback)

This is a revised edition of a book that was part of a series so famously gruesome that it was the most frequently challenged book of the nineties. This was not because of the stories themselves, which are mostly retellings of pretty well known urban legends and ghost stories, but because of the ORIGINAL artwork by Stephen Gammell.

Those illustrations are so lurid, frightening, and demented that several of them frighten me to this day, as an adult.

Helquist is a talented artist to be sure, but don't make the mistake of purchasing this new edition of More Scary Stories if you are truly looking to be scared: invest in an older copy: You won't regret it. (Unless of course you are buying it for a small child or nightmare-prone preteen, in which case I would NOT recommend the older editions.)