Thomas Ford Memorial Library: Cassie's Picks Cassie Scary SEPT2023

In a dark, dark room, and other scary stories : And Other Scary Stories
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

Scary stories for young foxes
by Christian McKay Heidicker

Seven fox kits, wanting a scarier story than their mother will tell, visit the old storyteller at Bog Cavern in the Antler Wood, but will any be brave enough to stay until the end?

A dark, dark tale
by Ruth Brown

Journeying through a dark, dark house, a black cat surprises the only inhabitant of the abandoned residence

A tale dark & Grimm
by Adam Gidwitz

In a mischievous and utterly original debut, Hansel and Gretel walk out of their own story and into eight other classic Grimm-inspired tales that have never been more irreverent or subversive, as the siblings learn to take charge of their destinies and become the clever architects of their own happily ever after.

The witches
by Roald Dahl

A young boy is placed in the custody of his eccentric witch-expert grandmother before being transformed into a mouse by an evil coven that is plotting against local kids

There's a nightmare in my closet
by Mercer Mayer

At bedtime a boy confronts the nightmare in his closet and finds him not so terrifying after all

The Night Gardener
by Jonathan Auxier

Irish orphans Molly, fourteen, and Kip, ten, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house

Bunnicula : the graphic novel
by James Howe

Though scoffed at by Harold the dog, Chester the cat tries to warn his human family that their foundling baby bunny must be a vampire. Presented in comic book format

The little old lady who was not afraid of anything / : A Halloween Book for Kids
by Linda Williams

A little old lady who is not afraid of anything must deal with a pumpkin head, a tall black hat, and other spooky objects that follow her through the dark woods trying to scare her. Reissue.

Coraline / : 10th Anniversary Edition
by Neil Gaiman

Coraline ventures through a mysterious door into a world that is similar, yet disturbingly different from her own, where she must challenge a gruesome entity in order to save herself, her parents, and the souls of three others

The skull : a Tyrolean folktale
by Jon Klassen

In this thrilling retelling of a traditional Tyrolean folktale, brave girl Otilla finds herself lost in the dark forest after escaping a terrible danger then comes upon a cabin where she's hosted by a skull who's afraid of something, too. Simultaneous eBook. Illustrations.

The dark
by Lemony Snicket

A poetic tale by the best-selling author of the Series of Unfortunate Events books and the award-winning creator of This Is Not My Hat follows the transformation of young Laszlo, who gradually learns to overcome a universal fear of the dark. 75,000 first printing.