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Alvin Schwartz
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,... show more

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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Children's Books, Fiction, Historical Fiction, Young Adult
Alvin Schwartz's Books
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories - Alvin Schwartz, Dirk Zimmer Inventing Madness - J.G. Schwartz Start & Run Your Own Record Label (REV 03) by Schwartz, Daylle Deanna [Paperback (2003)] - Schwartz All of Our Noses Are Here: And Other Noodle Tales - Alvin Schwartz, Karen Ann Weinhaus The Rainy Day Book - Alvin Schwartz The Rainy Day Book - Alvin Schwartz Hobbies: An Introduction to Crafts, Coll... Hobbies: An Introduction to Crafts, Collections, Nature Study, and Other Life-Long Pursuits - Alvin Schwartz Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays Volume ... Superman: The Atomic Age Sundays Volume 2 (1953-1956) - Alvin Schwartz Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies - Alvin Schwartz Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure - Alvin Schwartz, David Christiana Kickle Snifters and Other Fearsome Critters - Alvin Schwartz Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Series: More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark; Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 3 (Book sets for Kids: Grade 3 and Up) - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell I Don't Need a Record Deal! (05) by Schwartz, Daylle Deanna [Paperback (2005)] - Schwartz Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore (An I Can Read Book, Level 2) - Alvin Schwartz, Victoria Chess Unriddling - Alvin Schwartz, Sue Truesdell The Scary Stories Treasury - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone - Alvin Schwartz University - Alvin Schwartz University - Alvin Schwartz
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Stories to Tell a Cat - Alvin Schwartz
Scary Stories Treasury: Three Books to Chill Your Bones [Paperback compilation] - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell
Stories To Tell A Cat - Alvin Schwartz
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark: Collected from American Folklore - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz
Inventing Madness - J.G. Schwartz
Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales From Folklore - Alvin Schwartz, Victoria Chess (Illustrator)
Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones - Alvin Schwartz, Brett Helquist
And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone - Alvin Schwartz
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell
Alvin Schwartz's readers
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FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt rated it 7 years ago
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Note: Review of the reillustrated 2017 version For more reviews, check out my blog: Craft-CycleI found a copy of this book at the library the other day. The title sounded familiar, but I didn't recognize the illustrations, so I figured it was a book I'd heard of but never read. I just got aroun...
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FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt
FatherCraneMadeMeDoIt rated it 8 years ago
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I got this book from a book order as a child and have read it multiple times since then. A good collection of stories about cats based on various sources such as Lewis Carroll, folktales from around the world, Aesop's fables, and rhymes. I really enjoy the illustrations. The stories themselves are v...
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Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog)
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog) rated it 8 years ago
text In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz
Genre: Short Stories / Horror / Drama / Monsters Year Published: 1984 Year Read: 2017Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Now, I have been introduced to Alvin Schwartz’s works before through his famous and controversial “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” series and after I found out that Alvi...
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Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog)
Ronyell (a.k.a Rabbitearsblog) rated it 8 years ago
text Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones by Alvin Schwartz
Genre: Horror / Short Story / Monsters Year Published: 1991 Year Read: 2016 Series: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark #3 Publisher: HarperCollins YES! YES! YES!Finally, I got the chance to read the final set of stories from Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell’s controversial yet popula...
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Casual Debris
Casual Debris rated it 9 years ago
text Traditional tales for a younger audience
For my full-length review, please visit Casual Debris. Given its oral tradition and its transcendence of culture which contribute to its widespread popularity, the folk tale often lacks its intended wallop of surprise. Unless, of course you, are a youngster first encountering these tales. In my yo...
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