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

  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Things in the Basement


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Room on the Broom


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Vampire Baby


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Fox at Night


  • Vampire Baby


  • Room on the Broom


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Things in the Basement


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Fox at Night


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • The Haunted Library


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • The Haunted Library


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


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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

  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Things in the Basement


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Vampire Baby


  • The Haunted Library


  • Room on the Broom


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Room on the Broom


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Things in the Basement


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Vampire Baby


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Fox at Night


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Fox at Night


  • The Haunted Library


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


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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

  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Small Spaces


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Small Spaces


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Night Gardener


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • A Path Begins


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • A Path Begins


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Scritch Scratch


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


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Darkdeep


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


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


  • Tales of Terror


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Night Gardener


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


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Tales of Terror


  • Dare to Be Scared


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


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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

  • Small Spaces


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • A Path Begins


  • A Path Begins


  • Tales of Terror


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


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


  • Tales of Terror


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Night Gardener


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Don’t Open the Door


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


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Night Gardener


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


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


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


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


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Small Spaces


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Darkdeep


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


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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

  • Tales of Terror


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Darkdeep


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • A Path Begins


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • The Night Gardener


  • Small Spaces


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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


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


  • Small Spaces


  • Spirit Hunters


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


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Spirit Hunters


  • A Path Begins


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Night Gardener


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Darkdeep


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


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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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 Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • A Path Begins


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Small Spaces


  • A Path Begins


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Small Spaces


  • The Darkdeep


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


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


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Tales of Terror


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Darkdeep


  • Cuckoo Song


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


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Night Gardener


  • Dare to Be Scared


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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

  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Tales of Terror


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Darkdeep


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • A Path Begins


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Small Spaces


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Night Gardener


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Dare to Be Scared


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


  • Cuckoo Song


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


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


  • Small Spaces


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


  • A Path Begins


  • The Night Gardener


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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

  • Heroes Unite!


  • Bug Boys


  • Northwind


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • The Canyon's Edge


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


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


  • The Wild Robot


  • Mountain Top Mystery


  • Wildfire


  • Wildwood


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • The Hike


  • Silverwing


  • Bug Boys


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


  • Wildfire


  • Heroes Unite!


  • Wildwood


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


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • The Collectors


  • Northwind


  • The Canyon's Edge


  • Pax


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


  • The Wild Robot


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


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • The Hike


  • Jungle Adventure


  • The Collectors


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • Silverwing


  • Pax


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • Jungle Adventure


  • Mountain Top Mystery


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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

  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • Grace Needs Space


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • Dragon Pearl


  • Cog


  • Fuzzy Mud


  • The Strangers


  • Little Robot


  • Sal & Gabi Break the Universe


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • Burt's Way Home


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • Cog


  • Animorphs, Volume 1: The Invasion


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • The Wild Robot


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Little Robot


  • The Giver


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • Burt's Way Home


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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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Historical Stories

  • Love in the Library


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • One Crazy Summer


  • The Night Diary


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


  • 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


  • Finding Langston


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • Number the Stars


  • The War that Saved My Life


  • Overground Railroad


  • We Dream of Space


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • Freewater


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Esperanza Rising


  • The War that Saved My Life


  • Show Me a Sign


  • The Night Diary


  • Finding Langston


  • One Crazy Summer


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


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


  • Freewater


  • Show Me a Sign


  • We Dream of Space


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


  • Overground Railroad


  • Number the Stars


  • Love in the Library


  • Prairie Lotus


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


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • Prairie Lotus


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