Scary Stories
by Tony Johnston (Author) Tomie dePaola (Illustrator)
First published in 1978, this perfectly spooky picture book with illustrations by beloved and award-winning Tomie dePaola compiles four spine-tingling tales as told by little monsters.
One dark night three little things--an imp, a goblin, and a scalawag--get together to tell the scariest stories they can think of. They are brash and brave as they argue over who should go next, and each one tries to make his story the scariest. When they finish, they realize someone was listening...and that may be the scariest thing of all.
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PreS-Gr 4--Four spine-tingling tales as told by an imp, a goblin, and a scalawag; they may be the scariest stories these three can think of, but combined with dePaola's illustrations, are just the sort of bedtime fare that little monsters need. VERDICT Reissue is just another word for "repeat" and that's the hallmark of good scary stories everywhere, to retell them.--Kimberly Olson Fakih
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