Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz

Scary Stories to Tell In the Dark by Alvin Schwartz
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

My daughter picked this book up at the school book fair last year, and I was sitting in the house this past weekend, and I just didn't feel like starting a new book, just wanted something small to read at that moment, and I picked this book up.


It is a collection of old stories to scare you, some are better than others, but then again, some have been around for centuries. What I liked the most was the Notes and Sources sections of the book at the end, that told where the author found these stories and some of the history and variations on them. That was more fun than the stories, then again had I been eight to ten years old again at a sleep-over, I am sure the stories all would have had me screaming with my friends.


It's a great kids book, great stories, and some information. Works on so many levels for me as a parent, it entertains the younger one, gives information for the research minded one, and stories for my son to try to tease his sisters with! As a reader, it works as well. Even as an adult, I still found the book to be enjoyable and fun. It was a quick read for me, and just what I wanted Sunday afternoon.



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Today's Writing Prompt: Scream

Today's Writing Prompt: Scream
What makes you want to scream?

1st Attempt:
I wanna scream....at the gentleman in the parking lot that told me to calm down and not doing anything I would regret when my son ran out in front of his car, almost getting hit and I was talking to my son about running out in the parking lot, and why we don't do that....

I wanna scream.....at the lady on the phone that refuses to talk to me about the insurance claim for my doctor's appointment, that they did not pay as they have in the past, all because my husband's name is on the policy and he is not there to tell her it is okay to talk to me....

I wanna scream.....at the unfairness of life, that a wonderful man with twin daughters that are six years old, good friends of my youngest daughter, and not yet 30 years old, is going through his third round with cancer....

I wanna scream...at the lady in our small town that is running an escort business out of her home, with three school age children, what are uou teaching them, and how can you continue to do this after having children....

I wanna scream....well, some days I just want to scream to scream and get out all of the pent up anger and frustratrion, what else you gonna do?