Scary stories treasury
By: collected from American folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell.
Contributors: Gammell, Stephen, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins; HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9780060263416
Subjects: Ghost stories, American.; Tales -- United States.; Ghosts -- Folklore.; Horror stories.; Folklore -- United States.
Description: Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
Table of contents: title: Scary stories to tell in the dark --; title: More scary stories to tell in the dark --; title: Scary stories 3.; title: The big toe --; title: The walk --; title: "What do you come for?" --; title: Me Tie Dough-ty Walker! --; title: A man who lived in Leeds --; title: Old woman all skin and bone --; title: The thing --; title: Cold as clay --; title: The white wolf --; title: The haunted house --; title: The guests --; title: The hearse song --; title: The girl who stood on a grave --; title: A new horse --; title: Alligators --; title: Room for one more --; title: The Wendigo --; title: The dead man's brains --; title: "May I carry your basket?" --; title: The hook --; title: The white satin evening gown --; title: High beams --; title: The babysitter --; title: The viper --; title: The attic --; title: The slithery-dee --; title: Aaron Kelly's bones --; title: The ghost with the bloody fingers.