Scary Stories
A Bibliography of Stories from Silly to Spine-Chilling for Grades K-9
Junior Fiction | Junior Non-Fiction | Stories for Younger Readers
 Junior Fiction
Something Upstairs
Avi
J AVI / 120 pages / grades 5-7
When he moves from Los Angeles to Rhode Island, Kenny discovers that his new house is haunted by the spirit of a black slave boy who asks Kenny to go back in time to prevent his murder.
Beware!: R. L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories
R. L. Stine, editor
J BEW / 214 pages / grades 4-6
A selection of unsettling stories by such authors as Ray Bradbury, Jack Prelutsky, Roald Dahl, Patricia McKissack, and Mr. Stine himself.
The Fresh Grave and Other Ghostly Tales
Raymond Bial
J BIA / 145 pages / grades 5-7
Hank and his 'fraidy-cat sidekick Clifford explore old buildings and cemeteries around the central midwestern town of Myrtleville and encounter a number of ghosts.
Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts: Tales to Haunt You
Bruce Coville
J BRU / 180 pages / grades 4-6
The Boy With Dinosaur Hands
Al Carusone
J CAR / 85 pages / grades 4-7
A collection of nine spooky stories.
Don’t Open the Door After the Sun Goes Down
Al Carusone
J CAR / 83 pages / grades 5-7
A collection of nine scary stories about a woman who is turned into a dog, a joke that makes people disappear, and other unusual situations.
Stonewords
Pam Conrad
J CON / 130 pages / grades 5-9
Zoe discovers that her house is occupied by the ghost of an eleven-year-old girl, who carries her back to the day of her death in 1870 to try to alter that tragic event.
A Night in Moonbeam County
Alexander Cramer
J CRA / 197 pages / grades 6-9
While riding the rails, two teenagers meet a mysterious group of hoboes who tell the boys a series of ghostly stories.
Don’t Give Up the Ghost
David Gale, editor
J DON / 165 pages / grades 4-7
Presents a collection of ghost stories by such authors as Mary Downing Hahn, Joyce Hansen, and Walter Dean Myers.
Don’t Read This
Margarey Mahy, selector
J DON / 213 pages / grades 6-9
An international collection of ghost stories and spooky tales by such authors as Susan Cooper, Roberto Piumini, and Bjarne Reuter.
Faces in the Dark
Chris Powling, selector
J FAC / 80 pages / grades 3-6
A collection of stories about ghosts and other spooky subjects.
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
J GAI / 163 pages / grades 4-7
Looking for excitement, 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.
In a Creepy, Creepy Place and Other Scary Stories
Judith Gorog
J GOR / 51 pages / grades 2-4
A collection of scary stories with unpredictable events and bizarre characters.
In a Messy, Messy Room
Judith Gorog
J GOR / 48 pages / grades 3-5
A collection of scary stories with humorous or unexpected endings.
Frankenstein’s Hamster: Ten Spine-Tingling Tales
Barbara Griffiths
J GRI / 113 pages / grades 6-9
A collection of ten scary stories featuring a schoolboy with a talent for taxidermy, the highwayman of death, and other disturbing characters.
Time for Andrew
Mary Downing Hahn
J HAH / 165 pages / grades 4-8
When he goes to spend the summer with his great-aunt in the family's old house, eleven-year-old Drew is drawn eighty years into the past to trade places with his great-great-uncle who is dying of diptheria.
The House of Dies Drear
Virginia Hamilton
J HAM / 246 pages / grades 6-9
A black family of five moves into an enormous house once used as a hiding place for runaway slaves. Mysterious sounds and events as well as the discovery of secret passageways make the family believe they are in grave danger.
Unreal!: Eight Surprising Stories
Paul Jennings
J JEN / 107 pages / grades 4-8
Stories that range from one about ice cream that changes your looks to another about "lucky" lipstick that makes everyone kiss you.
Also see: Undone and Uncovered
The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales
Maria Leach
J LEA / 126 pages / grades 4-6
A Sliver of Glass
Anne Mazer
J MAZ / 70 pages / grades 5-9
The Chilling Hour
Collin McDonald
J MCD / 153 pages / grades 4-7
A collection of horror stories in which some strange occurrences happen in such otherwise ordinary settings as a ski vacation and a school field trip.
The Dark-Thirty
Patricia McKissack
J MCK / 122 pages / grades 4-8
A collection of ghost stories designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.
Jade Green
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
J NAY / 168 pages / grades 6-9
While living with her uncle in a house haunted by the ghost of a young woman, recently orphaned Judith Sparrow wonders if her one small transgression causes mysterious happenings.
Witch’s Sister
Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
J NAY / 150 pages / grades 6-9
Lynn's belief that her sister is learning witchcraft from a neighbor reaches its peak when they are left for a weekend in the neighbor's charge.
Night Terrors: Stories of Shadow and Substance
Lois Duncan, editor
J NIG / 175 pages / grades 6-9
Jesse’s Ghost and Other Stories
Barbara Ann Porte
J POR / 105 pages / grades 4-6
Twelve stories told by the storyteller, a woman who sits where three worlds meet, to anyone who is willing to listen.
If You Want to Scare Yourself
Angela Sommer-Bodenburg
J SOM / 105 pages / grades 3-5
Bored and sick in bed, Freddy listens to four scary stories told to him by members of his family and then makes one up himself.
That’s Ghosts for You: 13 Scary Stories
Marianne Carus, editor
J THA / 134 pages / grades 4-7
An international collection of spine-tingling stories.
Vampires
Jane Yolen and Martin H. Greenburg, editors
J VAM / 228 pages / grades 5-8
A collection of thirteen original stories about vampires by a variety of authors.
Chills in the Night
Jackie Vivelo
J VIV / 123 pages / grades 4-7
Scary Stories for Sleepovers
R. C. Welch
J WEL / 126 pages / grades 4-7
Scary Stories for Stormy Nights
R. C. Welch
J WEL / 127 pages / grades 4-6
A collection of frightening tales and haunting illustrations.
- More Scary Stories for Stormy Nights J ING
- Even More Scary Stories… Stormy Nights J WUL
- Still More Scary Stories… Stormy Nights J CHA
- Scary Stories for Stormy Nights #5 J PEA
Vampire Bugs: Stories Conjured from the Past
Sharon Dennis Wyeth
J WYE / 80 pages / grades 3-7
The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings
Dennis Pepper, selector
J YOU / 216 pages / grades 6-9
Junior Non-Fiction
The Very Scary Almanac
Eric Elfman
J 001.9 ELF / 80 pages / grades 4-6
An almanac of facts about witchcraft, ghosts, vampires, zombies, horror movies, superstitions, and other scary subjects.
Chicagoland Ghosts
Dylan Clearfield
J 133.1 CLE / 124 pages / grades 6-9
A collection of local ghost stories.
Ghost in the House
Daniel Cohen
J 133.1 COH / 60 pages / grades 5-7
Includes nine stories about some of the best known haunted houses in the world.
Ask the Bones: Scary Stories From Around the World
Arielle Olson and Howard Schwartz, selectors
J 398.2 ASK / 145 pages / grades 4-7
A collection of scary folktales from countries around the world including China, Russia, Spain, and the United States.
Short and Shivery
Robert D. San Souci
J 398.2 SAN / 175 pages / grades 4-7
A collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of Russia, Virginia, Ireland, Canada, and other areas of the world.
- More Short and Shivery J 398.2 SAN
- Even More Short and Shivery J 398.2 SAN
The Scary Story Reader
Richard and Judy Dockrey Young, selectors
J 398.2 SCA / 174 pages / grades 7-9
A collection of scary urban legends and other modern-day horror tales preserved by oral tradition.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz
J 398.2 SCH / 111 pages / grades 4-6
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
- More Scary Stories… in the Dark J 398.2 SCH
- Scary Stories 3 J 398.2 SCH
Spooky Stories for a Dark and Stormy Night
Alice Low, selector
J 398.2 SPO / 128 pages / grades 3-5
A collection of more than fifteen traditional and original scary stories.
Favorite Scary Stories of American Children
Richard and Judy Dockrey Young, editors
J 398.2 YOU / 112 pages / grades 3-5
A collection, selected by children as their favorites, of twenty-three spooky tales from a variety of ethnic traditions.
Stories for Younger Readers
One-Minute Scary Stories
Shari Lewis
J LEW / 46 pages / grades K-3
A collection of twenty scary stories in a one-minute format.
King of the Cats
Paul Galdone
J 398.2 GAL / 32 pages / K-3
As the gravedigger tells his wife how a band of cats marched into the cemetery to mourn their dead king, their own cat, Old Tom, listens with a strange intensity.
Four Scary Stories
Tony Johnston
JE JOH / 32 pages / grades 2-3
An imp, a goblin, a scalawag, and a boy tell each other scary stories.
Velcome
Kevin O’Malley
JE OMA / 32 pages / grades 1-3
An illustrated collection of scary stories with humorous endings, featuring such elements as a boy being followed home by a coffin, a rapping noise in a haunted house, and strange intruders at the front door.
This Book is Haunted
Joanne Rocklin
JE ROC / 46 pages / grades K-3
This book's "not too scary" ghost host tells five spooky stories.
Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales
Nancy Van Laan
JE VAN / 32 pages / grades K-2
This collection of three spooky yet hilariously scary read-aloud tales are from a master of rhyme and also features wickedly funny illustrations.
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