Alvin Schwartz Books In Order

Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark Books In Publication Order

  1. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981)
  2. In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories (1984)
  3. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984)
  4. More Tales to Chill Your Bones (1991)

And Other Noodle Tales Books In Publication Order

  1. There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales (1982)
  2. All of Our Noses Are Here And Other Noodle Tales (1985)

Alvin Schwartz Picture Book Books In Publication Order

  1. Kickle Snifters and Other Fearsome Critters (1911)

Collections In Publication Order

  1. A Twister of Twists, A Tangler of Tongues Tongue Twisters (1972)
  2. Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies (1975)
  3. Tomfoolery: Trickery and Foolery with Words (1975)
  4. Chin Music: Tall Talk and Other Talk (1979)
  5. Ten Copycats in a Boat, and Other Riddles (1980)
  6. Flapdoodle: Pure Nonsense from American Folklore (1980)
  7. Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters (1982)
  8. Fat Man in a Fur Coat and Other Bear Stories (1984)
  9. The Cat’s Elbow and Other Secret Languages (1985)
  10. Tales of Trickery from the Land of Spoof (1985)
  11. Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure (1988)
  12. I Saw You in the Bathtub and Other Folk Rhymes (1989)
  13. Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore (1991)
  14. And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone (1992)
  15. Stories to Tell a Cat (1992)

Non-Fiction Books In Publication Order

  1. Hobbies: An Introduction to Crafts, Collections, Nature Study, and Other Life-Long Pursuits (1972)
  2. Going Camping: A Complete Guide for the Family Camper (1972)
  3. Witcracks: Jokes and Jests from American Folklore (1973)
  4. Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat (1974)
  5. When I Grew Up Long Ago: Family Living, Going to School, Games and Parties, Cures and Deaths, a Comet, a War, Falling in Love, and Other Things I Remember (1978)
  6. Unriddling: All Sorts of Riddles to Puzzle Your Guessery (1983)
  7. Telling Fortunes: Love Magic, Dream Signs, and Other Ways to Learn the Future (1987)

Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark Book Covers

And Other Noodle Tales Book Covers

Alvin Schwartz Picture Book Book Covers

Collections Book Covers

Non-Fiction Book Covers

Alvin Schwartz Books Overview

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz’s popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright.

There is a story here for everyone skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney.

Stephen Gammell’s splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories and even scary songs all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark.

If You Dare!

In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories

Creak…
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 narrationMusic and sound effectsTurn the page signals on Side IUninterrupted reading on Side 2

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

All those who enjoyed shuddering their way through Alvin Schwartz’s first volume of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark will find a satisfyingly spooky sequel in this new collection of the macabre, the funny, and the fantastic. Is it possible to die and not know it? What if a person is buried too soon? What happens to a thief foolish enough to rob a corpse, or to a murderer whose victim returns from the grave? Read about these terrifying predicaments as well as what happens when practical jokes produce gruesome consequences and initiations go awry. Stephen Gammell’s splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories and even a scary song all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark. If You Dare!

There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales

Six funny stories about a family of very silly people. Lavishly laced with hilarity, they can be read alone or aloud over and over again. Cartoon drawings are bright and perky. BL. Brisk, easy to read words and sentences. K. Children’s Editors’ Choices 1982 BLChildren’s Books of 1982 Library of Congress

All of Our Noses Are Here And Other Noodle Tales

The noodle headed Browns are back! And all of their noses are here, but clearly their wits are not. Jane gets a donkey or does she? Grandpa misses the last ferryboat home. The Browns go on a rowboat trip, but have they all come back? Poor Sam falls out of a tree. And the whole family meets a nice new family in a mirror. Oh, those silly Browns! Who could be funnier? And what could be better than five new noodle tales from Alvin Schwartz with Karen Ann Weinhaus’s perfect pictures of these noodleheads in action?

Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies

There are few things as beguiling as a really audacious lie, and the prospect of a collection of them seems almost too good to be true. There are hunting yarns, lies about farming, about insects and animals, about the weather…
all illustrated to a T.’ NYT. Children’s Choices for 1976 IRA/CBCNotable 1975 Children’s Trade Books in Social Studies NCSS/CBC

Tomfoolery: Trickery and Foolery with Words

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

Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters

A tongue twister will twist you tongue and make you laugh. Just say it three times as fast as you can. There is a spiderinside the ciderbeside her. Alivin Schwartz presents a delightful collection of forty six easy to read tongue twisters that will challange the smoothest talkers. And he’s even included one that will cure hiccups! Now in full color, with whimsical drawings by Paul Meisel adding to the fun, this book will have young readers laughing, coming back for more and inventing their own clever ways to twist a tongue!

The Cat’s Elbow and Other Secret Languages

Presents instructions for speaking thirteen secret languages, including Pig Latin, one of the best known and easiest codes to learn, and Boontling, developed by people in a California town.

Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure

Pirates and Spanish galleons, clues to undiscovered ho*ards, and more here is a collection of rich lore and legends, facts and myths, that will appeal to the treasure seeker in everyone. I doubt that today’s kids will be able to resist Alvin Schwartz s new collection of stories…
It s just as exciting as his earlier gatherings of tales. The Washington Post Book World An excellent work on a high interest subject, this will be a natural for book talks. Starred, Booklist An NCSS CBC Notable Children s Trade Book in the Field of Social Studies

I Saw You in the Bathtub and Other Folk Rhymes

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.

Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore

Do you believe in ghosts? Some people do…
These spooky and funny tales about singing ghosts, toast eating ghosts, and ghosts no one even guesses are sure to send shivers up and down your spine. Why not retell them to your friends and see if you can make their spines tingle, too?

And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone

Do your ears hang low, Do they wobble to and fro?If they do, you may be a folk poet! From autograph rhymes to street rhymes, from riddles to nonsense rhymes, folk poetry celebrates the vitality and originality of everyday language. Birdie, birdie, in the Sky, Why’d you do that in my eye?Compiled by renowned folklorist Alvin Schwartz and illustrated with antic humor by Sue Truesdell, here is a treasure trove of more than 250 folk poems to share with friends and family. It may even inspire you to create your own!Understand, rubberband? Notable Children’s Books of 1993 ALA1993 Fanfare Honor List The Horn Book1992 Books for Youth Editors’ Choices BLChildren’s Choices for 1993 IRA/CBCChildren’s Books of 1992 Library of Congress100 Books for Reading and Sharing 1992 NY Public LibraryBulletin Blue Ribbons 1992 BCCB1993 Notable Trade Books in the Language Arts NCTE1993 4 Alabama Emphasis on Reading Award

When I Grew Up Long Ago: Family Living, Going to School, Games and Parties, Cures and Deaths, a Comet, a War, Falling in Love, and Other Things I Remember

Brief statements from people whose childhoods were in the period 1890 1914 on such areas of their past lives as food, social life, music, holidays, and health present glimpses of life in the United States at that time.

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