Urban Legends and Ghost Stories

These books are a little easier...but still pretty scary!    

Good for brave kids

Southern Fried Rat and Other Gruesome Tales by Daniel Cohen

• Call number: X398 COHEN 
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

• Call number: X398.2 SCHWARTZ  
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Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales retold by Robert D. San Souci

• Call number: X398.25 SAN SOUCI  
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Dare to be Scared: Thirteen Stories to Chill and Thrill by Robert D. San Souci

• Call number FIC SAN SOUCI
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The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales by Maria Leach

• Call number: X LEACH  
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Whistle in the Graveyard: Folktales to Chill Your Bones by Maria Leach

• Call number: X398 LEACH  
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The Headless Haunt and Other African-American Ghost Stories by James

Haskins

• Call number: X398.25089 HASKINS  
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The Dark Way: Stories from the Spirit World by Virginia Hamilton

• Call number: X398.2 HAMILTON  
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A little harder...and a little scarier! 

Good for teens and adults

The Big Book of Urban Legends: Adapted from the Work of Jan Harold

Brunvand by Robert Loren Fleming and Robert F. Boyd, Jr.

• Call number: YA741.5973 FLEMING  
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The Scary Story Reader: 41 of the Scariest Stories for Sleepovers, Campfires,

Car & Bus Trips, Even for Dates! by Richard & Judy Dockrey Young

• Call number: YA FIC SCARY  
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The Mexican Pet: More “New” Urban Legends & Some Old Favorites by Jan Harold Brunvand

• Call number: 398.2 BRUNVAND  
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Real Vampires by Daniel Cohen

• Call number: YA398.21 COHEN  
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updated 9/13/07