Selected especially for appeal to upper-elementary and middle-school students, each story in this collection has been crafted through multiple performances in school and library settings. All are sure to engage the most reluctant reader.

Scary stories. Everyone loves to hear them and everyone loves to tell them. Scary stories are particularly popular among upper-elementary and middle-school kids, and the selections included here have been specifically selected with them in mind. Contributed by storytellers who work in school and after-school settings, these stories have been crafted for telling out loud and have been tested before the most discerning critics the kids themselves. Includes enhanced features such as performance tips, background information on the stories, and profiles of the contributing storytellers. This collection works as on many levels: as an enticement for reluctant readers, as a resource book for adults who work with them, or as a collection for kids to share at campouts and sleepovers. Contributors include Larry G. Brown, Michael J. Caduto, Kevin Cordi, Lorna MacDonald Czarnota, Timothy E. Dillinger, Lyn Ford, Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss, Mary Hamilton, Mary Grace Ketner, Olga Loya, Margaret Read MacDonald, Jim May, Bobbie Pell, Gregorio C. Pedroza, James "Sparky" Rucker, Robert D. San Souci, Judy Sima, Wendy Welch, Nat Whitman, and Richard & Judy Dockrey Young."

Watch out, because Halloween has just gotten spookier--and that's great news for children who love a truly terrifying holiday. The cause: this thrilling, chilling, spine-tingling companion volume to Scary Stories for Campfires. Enter haunted spaces to uncover "The Dark Evil That Haunts Walsingham House"--and learn the secret of what turned a once-happy home into a place of terror. Meet dangerous demons, including "A Very Scary Doll"; ghostly animals, and spirited spirits. Find out about "The Corpse that Walked Away to Die Again." Decipher messages from the beyond, confront banshee bodies and lost souls, and come face-to-face with fright-night at its best ...if you dare.

Read Along or Enhanced eBook: Two hungry travelers arrive at a village expecting to find a household that will share a bit of food, as has been the custom along their journey. To their surprise, villager after villager refuses to share, each one closing the door with a bang. As they sit to rest beside a well, one of the travelers observes that if the townspeople have no food to share, they must be "in greater need than we are." With that, the travelers demonstrate their special recipe for a magical soup, using a stone as a starter. All they need is a carrot, which a young girl volunteers. Not to be outdone, another villager contributes a potato, and the soup grows as others bring corn, celery, and other vegetables and seasonings. In this cumulative retelling of an ancient and widely circulated legend, author Heather Forest shows us that when each person makes a small contribution, “the collective impact can be huge.” Susan Gaber's paintings portray the optimism and timelessness of a story that celebrates teamwork and generosity

A collection, selected by children as their favorites, of twenty-three spooky tales from a variety of ethnic traditions.

An anthology of spooky stories, divided into such categories as "Something's Not Safe at School," "Shadows in the Woods and by the Water," "Welcome to Your New Home," Don't Stray Too Far from Home," and "Better Not Mess with What's Best Left Alone."

Traditional and modern-day tales and "jump" stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, haunts, superstitions, monsters and horrible scary things.