Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories

Submitted by ghosler on Thu, 2020-12-10 13:14

A creepy doll in the attic. A hair stuck in your throat. A statue that moves in the night. Toys that don’t like being left outside. A scratching at your bedroom window. These are the subjects of five tales that will give you...the shivers! Part of the Mister Shivers series. Recommended for ages 5–7.

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Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories
Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories

Max Brallier
(Juvenile Early Readers - J-ER Bra)
Series: Mr. Shivers


A creepy doll in the attic. A hair stuck in your throat. A statue that moves in the night. Toys that don’t like being left outside. A scratching at your bedroom window. These are the subjects of five tales that will give you...the shivers! Part of the Mister Shivers series. Recommended for ages 5–7.
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Spooky (But Not Too Scary) Stories

  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • The Haunted Library


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Haunted Library


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Room on the Broom


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Vampire Baby


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Things in the Basement


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Fox at Night


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Fox at Night


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Hardly Haunted


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • Room on the Broom


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Vampire Baby


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Things in the Basement


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There’s a Ghost in this House

Submitted by ghosler on Thu, 2020-12-10 13:12

In this unique and quirky book, ghosts appear before your eyes at the turn of a page! Follow a girl through a haunted house as she looks for ghosts in each room. Translucent pages reveal mischievous ghosts hiding, playing, and even drinking tea! Recommended for ages 4–8.

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There’s a Ghost in this House
There’s a Ghost in this House

Oliver Jeffers
(Juvenile Picture Books - Ej Jef)


In this unique and quirky book, ghosts appear before your eyes at the turn of a page! Follow a girl through a haunted house as she looks for ghosts in each room. Translucent pages reveal mischievous ghosts hiding, playing, and even drinking tea! Recommended for ages 4–8.
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Spooky (But Not Too Scary) Stories

  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Room on the Broom


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Vampire Baby


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Things in the Basement


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Fox at Night


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • The Haunted Library


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Vampire Baby


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Room on the Broom


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Fox at Night


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Things in the Basement


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • The Haunted Library


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


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Rise of the Balloon Goons

Submitted by Ellen A. on Thu, 2019-06-06 14:56

Alexander has just moved to Stermont, but the elementary school is being torn down, his new classroom is located in the hospital morgue, a notebook he finds is full of information about monsters–and everywhere he turns, there are spooky balloon men determined to attack him. Recommended for ages 6–9. This item is also available on Libby. 

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Rise of the Balloon Goons
Rise of the Balloon Goons

Troy Cummings
(Juvenile First Chapter Books - J Cumming)
Series: Notebooks of Doom; 1

Alexander has just moved to Stermont, but the elementary school is being torn down, his new classroom is located in the hospital morgue, a notebook he finds is full of information about monsters–and everywhere he turns, there are spooky balloon men determined to attack him. Recommended for ages 6–9. This item is also available on Libby. 
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Scary Stories

  • A Path Begins


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Cuckoo Song


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Spirit Hunters


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Small Spaces


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Darkdeep


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Tales of Terror


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • The Night Gardener


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • A Path Begins


  • Small Spaces


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Graveyard Book


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Scritch Scratch

Submitted by Ellen A. on Thu, 2019-06-06 14:43

Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicago bus tour, 12-year-old Claire must discover what the spectral boy from the bus wants before it is too late. Recommended for ages 9–12.

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Scritch Scratch
Scritch Scratch

Lindsay Currie
(Juvenile Fiction - J Currie)

Haunted after helping her father on his ghost-themed Chicago bus tour, 12-year-old Claire must discover what the spectral boy from the bus wants before it is too late. Recommended for ages 9–12.
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Scary Stories

  • The Darkdeep


  • The Night Gardener


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Small Spaces


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Tales of Terror


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Night Gardener


  • A Path Begins


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Tales of Terror


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Cuckoo Song


  • A Path Begins


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Small Spaces


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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The Night Gardener

Submitted by Ellen A. on Thu, 2019-06-06 14:33

Irish orphans Molly, age 14, and Kip, age 10, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon, the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house. Recommended for ages 9–12. This item is also available on Libby and Cloud Library. 

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The Night Gardener
The Night Gardener

Jonathan Auxier
(Juvenile Fiction - J Auxier)

Irish orphans Molly, age 14, and Kip, age 10, travel to England to work as servants in a crumbling manor house where nothing is quite what it seems to be, and soon, the siblings are confronted by a mysterious stranger and secrets of the cursed house. Recommended for ages 9–12. This item is also available on Libby and Cloud Library. 
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Scary Stories

  • Small Spaces


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Tales of Terror


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • A Path Begins


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Darkdeep


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Graveyard Book


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Small Spaces


  • Tales of Terror


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Night Gardener


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • A Path Begins


  • The Night Gardener


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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Spirit Hunters

Submitted by Ellen A. on Thu, 2019-06-06 10:52

Feeling uncomfortable from the moment she arrives in her new home, Harper is dismayed by local rumors that her house is haunted and that every family that has ever lived there has suffered terrible tragedies.

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Spirit Hunters
Spirit Hunters

Ellen Oh
(Juvenile Fiction - J Oh)
Series: Spirit Hunters; 1

Feeling uncomfortable from the moment she arrives in her new home, Harper is dismayed by local rumors that her house is haunted and that every family that has ever lived there has suffered terrible tragedies. This situation turns sinister when her cheerful little brother begins acting in alarming ways. Recommended for ages 9–12. This item is also available on Libby, Cloud Library, and Hoopla. 
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Scary Stories

  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • The Night Gardener


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Night Gardener


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Tales of Terror


  • Small Spaces


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • Tales of Terror


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • A Path Begins


  • Scritch Scratch


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Darkdeep


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Small Spaces


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • A Path Begins


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Darkdeep


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A Properly Unhaunted Place

Submitted by Ellen A. on Thu, 2019-06-06 10:47

In a world full of ghosts, Rosa and Jasper live in the only unhaunted town, but they must spring to action when they realize the ghosts are lying in wait to take the town back. You might also enjoy the sequel, A Festival of Ghosts. Recommended for ages 9–12.

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A Properly Unhaunted Place
A Properly Unhaunted Place

William Alexander
(Juvenile Fiction - J Alexand)

In a world full of ghosts, Rosa and Jasper live in the only unhaunted town, but they must spring to action when they realize the ghosts are lying in wait to take the town back. You might also enjoy the sequel, A Festival of Ghosts. Recommended for ages 9–12.
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Scary Stories

  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Tales of Terror


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • A Path Begins


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Small Spaces


  • A Path Begins


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Tales of Terror


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Spirit Hunters


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Graveyard Book


  • In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Darkdeep


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Small Spaces


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Darkdeep


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Horowitz Horror: Stories You’ll Wish You’d Never Read


  • Scritch Scratch


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The Cardboard Kingdom

Submitted by Ellen A. on Wed, 2019-05-29 14:36

Follow the adventures of a group of neighborhood children who make costumes from cardboard and use their imagination to create adventures with knights, robots, and monsters! 

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The Cardboard Kingdom
The Cardboard Kingdom

Chad Sell
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J-GN Sell Cardboard Kingdom)
Series: Cardboard Kingdom ; 1


Follow the adventures of a group of neighborhood children who make costumes from cardboard and use their imagination to create adventures with knights, robots, and monsters! 
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Adventure

  • Mountain Top Mystery


  • Heroes Unite!


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • Wildfire


  • Pax


  • The Collectors


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • Wildwood


  • Pax


  • The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid


  • Jungle Adventure


  • The Canyon's Edge


  • The Wild Robot


  • Bug Boys


  • The Hike


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • Wildfire


  • Northwind


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • The Atlas Obscura Explorer's Guide for the World's Most Adventurous Kid


  • Jungle Adventure


  • Bug Boys


  • Silverwing


  • The Collectors


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • Wildwood


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • Silverwing


  • Northwind


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


  • The Hike


  • Heroes Unite!


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • Mountain Top Mystery


  • All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team


  • The Canyon's Edge


  • The Wild Robot


  • All Thirteen: The Incredible Cave Rescue of the Thai Boys' Soccer Team


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Little Robot

Submitted by Ellen A. on Thu, 2019-05-23 16:45

When a girl finds a lost robot in the woods, they become fast friends, but they're both in for an adventure when a much larger, menacing robot comes to retrieve it.

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Little Robot
Little Robot

Ben Hatke
(Juvenile Graphic Novels - J-GN Hatke Little Robot)

When a girl finds a lost robot in the woods, they become fast friends, but they're both in for an adventure when a much larger, menacing robot comes to retrieve it.
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Science Fiction

  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Burt's Way Home


  • Sal & Gabi Break the Universe


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • The Strangers


  • Fuzzy Mud


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Cog


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat


  • The Giver


  • Dragon Pearl


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • Burt's Way Home


  • Little Robot


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • Grace Needs Space


  • Animorphs, Volume 1: The Invasion


  • Little Robot


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • The Wild Robot


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • Cog


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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Submitted by Ellen A. on Thu, 2019-05-23 12:08

Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Recommended for ages 6-9.

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Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race
Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race

Laura Freeman
(Juvenile Nonfiction - J 920 She)

Explores the previously uncelebrated but pivotal contributions of NASA's African American women mathematicians to America's space program, describing how Jim Crow laws segregated them despite their groundbreaking successes. Recommended for ages 6-9.
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  • One Crazy Summer


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


  • The War that Saved My Life


  • The Night Diary


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • Show Me a Sign


  • The Night Diary


  • Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War


  • One Crazy Summer


  • Prairie Lotus


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • Number the Stars


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • Salt: A Story of Friendship in a Time of War


  • Love in the Library


  • We Dream of Space


  • Finding Langston


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


  • Freewater


  • Show Me a Sign


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • Overground Railroad


  • The War that Saved My Life


  • Prairie Lotus


  • Freewater


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • Number the Stars


  • Hidden Figures: The True Story of Four Black Women and the Space Race


  • We Dream of Space


  • Love in the Library


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Overground Railroad


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • Finding Langston


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


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