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Scary stories to tell in the dark

Also known as More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

by Alvin Schwartz

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: English, Spanish
  • Content type: FictionJuvenile

Description

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A boy was digging at the edge of the garden when he saw a big toe. Pioneers used to entertain themselves by telling scary stories

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists, Legendary beings and transformations, and Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Ghosts, hauntings, and poltergeists

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Ghosts”. Retained metadata contains “ghost” in the subject metadata and “Ghosts” in the subject metadata.

    • “Ghosts”· via Open Library
    • “ghost”· in subject
    • “Ghosts”· in subject
  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Vampires”. Retained metadata contains “Vampires” in the subject metadata.

    • “Vampires”· via Open Library
    • “Vampires”· in subject
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Folk literature”, “Folklore”, and “Tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata, “Folk literature” in the subject metadata, “Folklore” in the subject metadata, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Folk literature”· via Open Library
    • “Folklore”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “Fairy tales”· in subject
    • “Folk literature”· in subject
    • “Folklore”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 32 editions; 2 cataloged here.

Open Library record

1981J.P. LippincottEnglish
  • 9780397319701
  • 0397319703
Borrowable

More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

2017HarperEnglish
  • 9780062896568
  • 0062896563
Print-disabled access

Subjects

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Identifiers & provenance

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 25 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 32 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
Catalog id
openlibrary-work:OL268379W
Edition coverage
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