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Bone-Chilling Books for Kids

Tales for young readers who enjoy a little spookiness in their stories.

Canton Public Library

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  • What is hiding under the bed? What is scratching at the window? Find out in "New York Times" best-selling author Max Brallier's scary stories collection. These five spine-chilling stories will have beginner readers everywhere begging to…
    Easy ReaderNew York, NY : Scholastic Inc., 2019 — J READER BRA
  • Drip. Drop. That's how it starts. When Ben Lee and his sister, Cindy, discover a creature from another planet taking over the town statue, their lives get a whole lot... stickier. With the help of famous monster expert Kid Kaiju, Ben and…
    BookLos Angeles : Marvel Press, [2017] — JFICTION MARVEL MONSTERS
  • Jasper Rabbit loves carrots—especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them walking home. Until the day the carrots start following him... or are they?
    Picture BookNew York : Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, c2012 — J PICTURE BOOK REY
  • Don't Turn Out the Lights

    a Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

    Flesh-hungry ogres? Brains full of spiders? Haunted houses you can’t escape? This collection of 35 terrifying stories from the Horror Writers Association has it all, including ghastly illustrations from Iris Compiet that will absolutely…
    BookNew York, NY : HarperCollins Children's Books, [2020] — J398.47 MAB
  • Forty-five hair-raising stories from around the world fill this spooky collection with delicious shivers and spine-tingling chills. There's something here for everyone who likes a good shudder... but be prepared for goosebumps!
    BookNew York : Yearling, 2003 — J398.47 SAN
  • When a little ghost goes slip-sliding down the hallway, he suddenly hears a groan. Turns out it’s only a friendly mummy, who shuffles along with the ghost, until they encounter... a monster! As the cautious explorers continue, they find a…
    Picture BookSomerville, Mass. : Candlewick Press, 2013 — J PICTURE BOOK PAQ
  • Did you know that the former keeper of the Seul Choix Point Lighthouse still keeps his watch, despite having been dead for over a hundred years? Or that a mysterious young girl searches for playmates at the Marquette Island Lighthouse? Can…
    BookCharleston, SC : Arcadia Children's Books, 2021 — J133.12 TEL
  • Welcome to Kersville, a town with a spooky history and a collection of ghosts and spirits who are major mischief-makers. Most kids spend their days without ever seeing or dealing with a ghost, but some kids get stuck with a haunt. When…
    BookNew York : Little Simon, 2017 — JFICTION MIEDOSO
  • Michigan is home to quaint towns and beautiful lakes. It also has a long history of hauntings. Travel the back roads in search of ghosts and you won't be disappointed—but will you make it out alive? Get ready to read four terrifying tales…
    BookNew York : Bearport Publishing Company, Inc., 2020 — J977.4 MER
  • What do you do when you meet a ghost? One: Provide the ghost with some of its favorite snacks, like mud tarts and earwax truffles. Two: Tell your ghost bedtime stories (ghosts love to be read to). Three: Make sure no one mistakes your…
    Picture BookToronto, ON : Tundra, [2017] — J PICTURE BOOK GRE
  • Everyone says there are no such things as ghosts. Maybe so, but then how do you explain what's under the Little Princess's bed?
    BookMinneapolis : Andersen Press USA, 2010 — J PICTURE BOOK ROS
  • Our author would like to write a funny story, but his main character Monster has a different idea. He wants to be the star of a chilling, petrifying, utterly terrifying scary story. But scary stories... well, they can be very scary,…
    Picture BookSomerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Press, 2017 — J PICTURE BOOK TAY
  • Never Kick a Ghost

    and Other Silly Chillers

    Sierra, Judy
    A pirate bride who sinks with her ship, a ghost that gets ever larger, and a big slobbery monster with long green fingers and floppy purple lips are just a few of the characters who populate this collection of silly, spooky tales collected…
    Easy ReaderNew York : Harper, c2011 — J READER SIE
  • Under the Paris Opera House lives a disfigured musical genius who uses music to win the love of a beautiful opera singer. This retelling has a feline cast that serves as an elegant introduction to Gaston Leroux's timeless story.
    BookNew York : Watson-Gutpill Publications, 2001 — J PICTURE BOOK WOO
  • Once her parents are off to bed, Poesy excitedly awaits the monsters that creep into her room. With the knowledge she's gained from her trusty Monster Book and a few of her favorite toys, Poesy easily fends off a werewolf, a vampire and…
    Picture BookNew York : First Second, 2020 — J PICTURE BOOK DOC
  • "The Baby-Sitter’s Club" meets "Goosebumps" as a diverse group of friends encounter supernatural problems on their babysitting gigs. The typical babysitting job just got a whole lot scarier!
    BookNew York : Imprint, 2018 — JFICTION SHEPHERD
  • Mr. Creacher, a multi-tentacled substitute teacher, warns his prankish students not to misbehave, recounting rhyming cautionary tales of the weird, spooky and unexpected.
    Picture BookNew York : Little, Brown, 2011 — J PICTURE BOOK GAL