Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Alvin Schwartz, Stephen Gammell I think I read these books on a near weekly basis between the ages of 9 and 11. My school librarian would joke about how often I checked them out again, telling me she should just give them to me because I was the only one reading them. I would read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark while waiting for new books to come along, and I fell in love with them. These stories, along with Goosebumps and Shivers books, were my first real introduction to horror stories.

Now, over 15 years later, I'm re-reading them and I still love them. The stories are still kind of creepy, even though I remember exactly what happens in most of them, and I've read (and seen) scarier things. There's something about these kinds of tales that never gets old. I grew up loving scary stories told by flashlight or campfire, based on folklore, and it's always fun for me to revisit things like this to recapture the fun, minor frights I relished as a child.

I can't wait to find out if my own child enjoys scary stories, so I can share these with the next generation.