children's stories, american

Fifteen stories relate the experiences of teenagers working for many different reasons in a variety of jobs.

A collection of stories based on Mexican American lore, including the title selection in which Joey's date to the school dance, Marlen, is distracted by a well-dressed stranger who literally burns up the dance floor. Presented in English and Spanish.

Contains ten stories by leading children's book authors, each of which features the phrase "I told you so, " including selections from Johanna Hurwitz, Barbara Ann Porte, David A. Adler, and others.

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.