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Scared silly! : a book for the brave / [compiled and illustrated by] Marc Brown.

Brown, Marc Tolon. : (author). Brown, Marc Tolon,: (illustrator.).

Summary:

An illustrated collection of spooky stories, poems, and riddles including a humorous array of ghosts, monsters, ghouls, and witches. A collection of original scary stories, poems, riddles, and jokes, combined with works by such writers as Ogden Nash and Bobbi Katz, offers frighteningly funny illustrations that help children laugh at their own imaginary monsters.

Record details

ISBN: 0590647571
ISBN: 9780590647571
Physical Description: 61 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Publisher: New York : Scholastic, 1997, ©1994.

Content descriptions

General Note:

"This edition is only available for distribution through the school market."--Page 4 of cover

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Invitation ; Magic chant/ Bobbi Katz -- What's that? ; Monster in my closet ; Absolutely nothing / Florence Parry Heide -- Deep beneath the dark, dark sea ; Witches four ; Spooky riddles ; Official monster bedroom checklist ; How to scare your friends ; Epitaphs ; Knock, knock ; Binky Barnes / Marc Brown -- from Little witch's book of magic spells / Deborah Hautzig -- Five little witches / music by John Guth -- Do witches have? ; Fossilot / Jane Yolen -- Witches' menu / Sonja Nikolay -- Twitchetty witch / Lilian Boucher -- Five batty bats ; Spider on the floor / Anonymous -- Wendigo ; Python ; Adventures of Isabel / Ogden Nash -- Alphabet monster / Robert Heidbreder -- Monster stew / Judith Kinter -- One hungry monster / Susan Heyboer O'Keefe -- Troll ; Countdown ; My sister is a sissy / Jack Prelutsky -- I wouldn't be afraid ; Stanley the Fierce / Judith Viorst -- Halloween house / John Ciardi -- House at the corner / Myra Cohn Livingston -- I'm coming up the stairs / Maria Leach -- Ghost of John / Alvin Schwartz -- I'm skeleton / Lilian Moore.