Scary Stories

I’m part of a librarian committee which will create a book list of scary books for kids. Here’s a list of the books that I need to read for the committee including copyright and how many copies are owned in the Monroe County Library system, which is mostly for my benefit. I will eventually be reviewing every single on of these books. So look forward to a good scare!

If you have any scary books that you loved and would like to suggest that we add it to our list, feel free to email me, or just leave a comment! We always love suggestions!

codes:
j = juvenile (kids)
ya = young adult
bocd = book on cd
bot = book on tape
LP = large print

Picture Books

• Boy and the Ghost by Robert San Souci
  • copyright 1989 – copies – 20 (picture book) – 6 (j fiction)
• Cold Feet by Cynthia De Felice
  • copyright 2000 – copies – 13 (picture book)
• Guess What by Mem Fox
  • copyright 1990 – copies – 9 (picture book)
• Scarlett Angelina Wolverton-Manning by Jacqueline Ogburn
  • copyright 1994 – copies – 12 (picture book)
• Tailypo: A Ghost Story by Joanna Galdone
  • copyright 1977 – copies – 33 (picture book) 9 (picture book & tape)
• Widow’s Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
  • copyright 1992 – copies – 23 (picture book) 11 (j fiction)
• Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman
  • copyright 2003 – copies – 18 (picture book)

Children’s Fiction

• Dead Man in Indian Creek by Mary Hahn
  • copyright 1990 – copies – 33 (j fiction)
• Ghost in the Mirror by John Bellairs
  • copyright 1993 – copies – 31 (j fiction) 4 (j bot)
• Jane-Emily by Patricia Clapp
  • copyright 1969 – copies – 9 (j fiction)
• Kate Culhane by Michael Hague
  • copyright 2001 – copies – 18 (j fiction)
• Lucy Dove by Janice Del Negro
  • copyright 1998 – copies – 13 (j fiction)
• Tarot Says Beware by Betsy Byars
  • copyright 1995 – copies – 28 (j fiction) 1 (j lp) 4 (j bot)

Children’s AND Teen Fiction

• Coraline by Neil Gaiman
  • copyright 2002 – copies – 34 (j fiction) 28 (ya fiction) 3 (j bocd) 4 (ya bocd) 1 (ya bot)
• Last Apprentice series by Joseph Delaney
  • Book 1 – Revenge of the Witch
  • • copyright 2005 – copies – 5 (j fiction) 11 (ya fiction)
  • Book 2 – Curse of the Bane
  • • copyright 2006 – copies – 2 (j fiction) 7 (ya fiction)
• Old Willis Place by Mary Downing Hahn
  • copyright 2004 – copies – 16 (j fiction) 4 (ya fiction)

Teen Fiction

• Gift of Magic by Lois Duncan
  • copyright 1971 – copies – 25 (ya fiction)
• Third Eye by Lois Duncan
  • copyright 1984 – copies – 33 (ya fiction)

~ by kitkat on April 15, 2007.