Most Popular Books by Alvin Schwartz

Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries.

Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

H4Creak... Crash... BOO! Shivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted graveyards...all to chill your bones! Share these seven spine-tingling stories in a dark, dark room. Now the beloved characters and adventures from this popular line of books come to life with I Can Read Book & Cassettes. Each package includes a best-selling beginning reader storybook and a lively audio recording featuring: Word-for-word narration Music and sound effects Turn-the-page signals on Side I Uninterrupted reading on Side 2

Get Ready to be Spooked! It was eleven o''clock at night. Peter was in bed on the second floor of the old house where he lived alone. It had gotten so chilly, he went downstairs to turn up the heat. As Peter was on his way back to bed, a black dog ran down the stairs. "Where did you come from?" Peter said. He had never seen the dog before. . . . Welcome to the frightening world of Scary Stories, a collection of folklorist Alvin Schwartz''s most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time, with spine-tingling illustrations by renowned artist Brett Helquist.

"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 "Read these if you dare." -- The New York Times The iconic anthology series of horror tales that''s soon to be a highly anticipated feature film! A classic collection of chillingly scary tales, collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz and featuring the original illustrations by lauded artist Steve Gammell. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark contains some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time. Walking corpses, dancing bones, and narrow escapes from death - they''re all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories. Make sure you read these books with the light ON!

A collection of tall tales involving animals, the weather, narrow escapes, and many other topics.

The iconic anthology series of horror tales that''s now a feature film! The three Scary Stories books come together in this ebook collection to form a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends. Folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time. The ebooks in this collection feature Stephen Gammell’s artwork from the original Scary Stories books. Read if you dare! Includes Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories, and Scary Stories 3.

A collection of humorous tales from a variety of sources.

A collection of six stories about a family of silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, Europe, and Asia Minor

Entertain friends with these riddles, wisecracks, and practical jokes.

A collection of 41 folk rhymes, taunts, and insults that have been chanted, sung, and shouted by generations of children throughout the United States. ‘Children will appreciate the humor of the rhymes and the illustrations. Another I Can Read hit.’ —SLJ.

A collection of riddles of various traditional types including queer-word, hidden-answer, neck, leg, rebus, and tricky-question riddles.

A collection of traditional beliefs, popular sayings, and superstitions that can be used as games to determine the future.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE All of the Scary Stories books are now available in one hardcover! These stories are some of the most terrifying tales of horror, revenge, and supernatural events of all time, collected and retold by Alvin Schwartz and featuring the classic artwork by Stephen Gammell. This jacketed hardcover edition includes the complete original books in the series in one volume: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones

Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folktales and legends from various countries

A collection of five stories about a family os silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, India, Japan, Korea, and the Arabian Nights.

From autograph rhymes to street rhymes, from riddles to jump-rope chants, here is a wonderful collection of more than 250 folk poems to share with friends & family. Understand, rubberband?

This handbook of indoor activities includes quiet and active games, arts and crafts, hobbies, science experiments, jokes, riddles, puzzles, tongue twisters, recipes, and lists of story books.

Ninety-nine dollars missing from a shop ownerÕs cash register lead Batman and Robin on the trail of the would-be thief.

Featuring the 20-page "Moon of the Wolf" story... Batman faces a most unbelievable foe!

They had been fighting crime separately for years but it wasn’t until the historic SUPERMAN #76 in 1952 that Superman, the Man of Steel, finally teamed up with the Caped Crusader himself—Batman. That story proved so popular that the team quickly became the main feature in WORLD’S FINEST COMICS—and thus the greatest partnership in comics was born. Their adventures together would feature heroes and villains such as Robin, Batwoman, Lex Luthor, Bat-Mite and Mr. Mxyzptlk, as well as more alien threats than might seem possible. BATMAN & SUPERMAN: THE WORLD’S FINEST – THE SILVER AGE VOLUME ONE collects the classic story of the two heroes first meeting from SUPERMAN #76 and their super team-ups from WORLD’S FINEST #71-94.

The earliest adventures of Superman, from 1943 through 1946, are collected for the first time together in one massive hardcover. In these early stories, Superman battles social injustice and political corruption, fighting for the common man, taking on crooked land developers, spoiled socialites and much more.

Surveys the projects and programs undertaken by a city''s government in its continued efforts toward community development.

Discusses slums, poverty, lack of facilities, and other problems of expanding urban areas. Also describes, with actual cities as examples, renewal projects and the construction of new towns.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

A collection of tongue twisters, both traditional and new in prose and verse.

Bring the fiendishly gruesome characters of Alvin Schwartz''s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark to life this Halloween with the Scary Stories Fright Pack. This spine-tingling parcel is packed with a paperback copy of the book, three vats of non-toxic face paint, and one tube of fake blood. Disguise yourself as a menacing monster or a ghastly ghoul. The possibilities are endless!

Brief text and illustrations introduce such strange creatures from American folklore as the snawfus, billdad, lufferlang, and tripodero.