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


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Vampire Baby


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • Room on the Broom


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Hardly Haunted


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • The Haunted Library


  • The Haunted Library


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Fox at Night


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Room on the Broom


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Things in the Basement


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Fox at Night


  • Things in the Basement


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Vampire Baby


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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

  • Things in the Basement


  • The Haunted Library


  • Vampire Baby


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Room on the Broom


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • The Haunted Library


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Things in the Basement


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Fox at Night


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Fox at Night


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Vampire Baby


  • Room on the Broom


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


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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 Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Small Spaces


  • The Darkdeep


  • Tales of Terror


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Night Gardener


  • Small Spaces


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


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • A Path Begins


  • The Darkdeep


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • A Path Begins


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Don’t Open the Door


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


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


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


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Night Gardener


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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


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


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


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Night Gardener


  • Tales of Terror


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Darkdeep


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Graveyard Book


  • A Path Begins


  • A Path Begins


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Small Spaces


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


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


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Tales of Terror


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


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


  • The Darkdeep


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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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


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


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Tales of Terror


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • The Darkdeep


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • A Path Begins


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Small Spaces


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


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


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


  • Tales of Terror


  • A Path Begins


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Darkdeep


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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


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • A Path Begins


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Night Gardener


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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


  • Don’t Open the Door


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


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Darkdeep


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Small Spaces


  • Tales of Terror


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • The Darkdeep


  • A Path Begins


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Small Spaces


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Cuckoo Song


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


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


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


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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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 Night Gardener


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


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


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Tales of Terror


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Spirit Hunters


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


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


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • A Path Begins


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • The Screaming Staircase


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


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Dare to Be Scared


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


  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Tales of Terror


  • Small Spaces


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • A Path Begins


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Darkdeep


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Small Spaces


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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

  • Pax


  • Silverwing


  • The Canyon's Edge


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • The Collectors


  • Heroes Unite!


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


  • Wildfire


  • Pax


  • Bug Boys


  • Heroes Unite!


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • Wildwood


  • The Wild Robot


  • Northwind


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • The Hike


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


  • Mountain Top Mystery


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


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


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


  • The Hike


  • Wildwood


  • Mountain Top Mystery


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


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • Northwind


  • The Canyon's Edge


  • Jungle Adventure


  • Silverwing


  • Jungle Adventure


  • Bug Boys


  • Wildfire


  • The Wild Robot


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • The Collectors


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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

  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • Little Robot


  • Little Robot


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • The Giver


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Cog


  • Grace Needs Space


  • Animorphs, Volume 1: The Invasion


  • The Wild Robot


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • Fuzzy Mud


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • Cog


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • Burt's Way Home


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • Dragon Pearl


  • Burt's Way Home


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • The Strangers


  • Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat


  • Sal & Gabi Break the Universe


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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

  • Finding Langston


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • The War that Saved My Life


  • Show Me a Sign


  • Number the Stars


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


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


  • Show Me a Sign


  • Freewater


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


  • One Crazy Summer


  • Finding Langston


  • We Dream of Space


  • Number the Stars


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


  • Overground Railroad


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Love in the Library


  • The Night Diary


  • The War that Saved My Life


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • The Night Diary


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • Love in the Library


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


  • We Dream of Space


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • Overground Railroad


  • Freewater


  • One Crazy Summer


  • Prairie Lotus


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • Prairie Lotus


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


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


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