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In a dark, dark room : and other scary stories / retold by Alvin Schwartz ; illustrated by Dirk Zimmer.

Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992 (author.). Zimmer, Dirk, (illustrator.).

Summary:

Seven scary stories to tell at night in front of a fire or in the dark, based on traditional stories and folktales from various countries.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780060252748
  • ISBN: 006025274X
  • ISBN: 0064440907
  • ISBN: 9780064440905
  • ISBN: 0060252715
  • ISBN: 9780060252717
  • ISBN: 9781442005204
  • ISBN: 1442005203
  • ISBN: 9781435107762
  • ISBN: 1435107764
  • ISBN: 006264338X
  • ISBN: 9780062643384
  • Physical Description: 63 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Harper & Row, [1984]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Teeth (Surinam (Dutch Guiana)) -- In the graveyard (short version of the traditional song "Old woman all skin and bone") -- Green ribbon (Europe) -- In a dark, dark room (England and America) -- Night it rained (loosely based on the folktale of "The ghostly hitchhiker") -- Pirate (British) -- Ghost of John (Stockton, California).
Participant or Performer Note:
Pictures by Dirk Zimmer.
Target Audience Note:
430L Lexile
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader 2.5.
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.5 0.5 20232 - No Quiz Available.
Accelerated Reader AR LG 2.5 0.5 20232.
Accelerated Reader Lower Grades 2.5 0.5 Quiz: 20232.
Reading Counts RC: J: 2.3 L430: 2.

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Subject:
Tales > Juvenile literature.
Horror tales > Juvenile literature.
Children's stories > Juvenile literature.
Folklore > Juvenile literature.
Ghosts > Folklore > Juvenile literature.
Short stories > Juvenile literature.
Genre:
Horror fiction.
Children's stories.
Short stories.
Children's stories.
High interest-low vocabulary books.
Fiction.

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5110 . ‡aPictures by Dirk Zimmer.
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77508. ‡iLarge print editon: ‡aSchwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992. ‡tIn a dark, dark room. ‡dVancouver : Provincial Resource Centre for the Visually Impaired, 2015 ‡w(OCoLC)1130589281
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