children's stories, american

A collection of four stories by nineteenth-century American short story author and poet that are adapted for young readers including "The Masque of the Red Death, " "The Cask of Amontillado, " "The Tell-Tale Heart, " and "The Pit and the Pendulum.".

A sheep wishes for a horn like his unicorn friend has, but it costs him more than he can bear.

A collection of five easy-to-read scary stories with humorous endings, including "The Skeleton, " "The Scream, " and "Bloody Fingers.".

Bennie, Mateo, and their friends love playing tag, but when Bennie tells a story about the original "it" being a boy who turned into a monster, nobody really expects it to actually happen--and that is just one of the scary stories in this collection.

On his first (and last) day delivering mail in this neighborhood, Mr Finn meets Dory, a little girl with a pet monster she keeps in the mailbox--and this is only one of the chilling tales in this collection of scary stories.

A collection of eleven scary stories including "The Slime Mutants of Clear Lake, " "Portrait of Evil, " and "The Snow Cave.".

A collection of ghost stories with African-American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset.

A collection of eleven short stories focusing on the everyday adventures of Hispanic young people growing up in Fresno, California.

Contains three easy-to-read stories that reveal the close friendship between Dog and Bear.

Shy Sara panics when her fourth-grade teacher announces that her class is to perform a play before the entire school, but eventually learns that stage fright can sometimes be healthy.