Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

In Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (1960), Marion Crane looks up at the house looming in the night sky behind the Bates Motel, its hybrid New England/Victorian style oddly out of place. We’re left with the ...

All About Ghosts by Christopher Maynard is a non-fiction book for children curious about spectral beings. First published in 1977, this book grabbed many children with the vice-like grip of a ...

Why You Should Watch Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was based on Alvin Schwartz’s iconic collection of short horror stories for children, illustrated by Stephen ...

Still from Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Credit: Courtesy photo Alvin Schwartz’s collection of short horror stories for kids gets a big screen attempt with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, ...

Taylor Hunsberger is a culture writer, poet, and children’s librarian at the East Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. She has presented work on the topic of children’s horror literature at ...

In anticipation of Halloween, I just picked up a complete collection of the ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ book series (Alvin Schwartz, 1981; 1984; 1991), which I loved as a kid (despite a few of ...