Scary Stories Treasury [Hardcover]

Alvin Schwartz (Author), Stephen Gammell (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1985

Schwartz's three best-selling collections of scary folklore -- Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3 -- are made available in one book, each one in its complete form.

Reviews

"A wonderful collection of tales that range from creepy to silly to haunting. ...Gammell's drawings add just the right touch..." -- John Scieszka, Entertinment Weekly

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

"Read these if you dare." -- The New York Times

Product Details

• Hardcover: 325 pages
• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers (June 1985)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060263415
• ISBN-13: 978-0060263416
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #14,495 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best way to own the classic trilogy, October 21, 2010

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Walter "Richardson" (Maine) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Scary Stories Treasury (Hardcover)

As a kid these books creeped me out beyond belief, and now they're all here in one nifty package. The illustrations by Stephen Gammell are simply mind-blowing. I saw that they re-released the books with different artwork by some lame illustrator who can't hold a candle to Gammell's work. He was the reason these books were so great, although Alvin Schwartz does do an amazing job re-creating old folk ghost tales. This is the true scary stories to tell in the dark don't bother with the new versions.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the best way to own the item, September 3, 2009

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Jon Thysell (Redmond, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scary Stories Treasury (Hardcover)

It has all the stories and all three books. They're kept grouped as the original books were (as if you bound all three together in a row) so you get three table of contents, bibliographies, etc. Might have been nicer to search for stories if they had just one TOC, the stories, and then one bibliography, but it's not a deal breaker.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dad + kids + book + trampoline + starry night = priceless, July 15, 2011

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D. Vanderbeek "davidlory" (Costa Mesa, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scary Stories Treasury (Hardcover)

I read these stories when I was a boy and was permanently disturbed by them. Just kidding. I never forgot them and now that my children are old enough (ages 11, 9, 7, 4) I wanted to read something with them that would be fun. They stayed in rapt attention for hours as we read by flashlight laying on the trampoline with blankets looking up at the stars of the Nevada summer sky. As a father, you can't trade those times for anything. I'm grateful to risk-taking authors like this one who have freedom of speech to upset all the self-righteous do-gooders. I'm a dad and I'll expose my children to healthy doses of fear and mystery from within the safety of my arms. Later.