Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Alvin Schwartz

Apr 2019 · Scary Stories Book 1 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this eBook

The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.

Available for the first time as an ebook, Stephen Gammell’s artwork from the original Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark appears in all its spooky glory. Read if you dare!

And don't miss More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and Scary Stories 3!

Ratings and reviews

Cliche, boring, edgy book that only attracts young children who find anything scary of the simple fact it states it's scary or just edgy people in general. Never liked it as a kid and still don't. I'm also absolutely mind blown as to how this this won e book of the year.

It's an ok book to read, NOT really a scary book like I was thinking, but maybe it will be scary for younger reading maybe in elementary / middle school. Only took me one day to read.

Nothing will ever compare to this book series. They are short, sometimes sad, sometimes gross, sometimes scary, sometimes sweet,and sometimes, unexpectedly funny. but they are still to the point and straight forward. No one will ever know how awesome these books truely were. Especially during the 90s/2000s, unless you were lucky enough to live in that time. I will reread this books as long as I live ❤️ I can't recommend them enough. They are 10/10!

About the author

Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explores 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 Other Scary Stories and Ghosts!—are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.

Stephen Gammell is the illustrator of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3, as well as many other books. He won the Caldecott Medal for Song and Dance Man by Karen Ackerman. He also earned Caldecott Honors for Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker and The Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant.