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

  • Hardly Haunted


  • Vampire Baby


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • The Haunted Library


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Hardly Haunted


  • Things in the Basement


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Vampire Baby


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • The Haunted Library


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Room on the Broom


  • Fox at Night


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Fox at Night


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Room on the Broom


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Things in the Basement


  • The Haunted House Next Door


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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

  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Things in the Basement


  • The Haunted Library


  • Fox at Night


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Vampire Baby


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Room on the Broom


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Hardly Haunted


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Vampire Baby


  • Hardly Haunted


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Room on the Broom


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Things in the Basement


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Fox at Night


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • The Haunted Library


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • 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

  • The Night Gardener


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Night Gardener


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Darkdeep


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Tales of Terror


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Small Spaces


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Tales of Terror


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


  • The Graveyard Book


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Dare to Be Scared


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


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Cuckoo Song


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


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • A Path Begins


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


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


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Small Spaces


  • A Path Begins


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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

  • Tales of Terror


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


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Small Spaces


  • Spirit Hunters


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


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


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Screaming Staircase


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


  • The Night Gardener


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Darkdeep


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Screaming Staircase


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


  • Tales of Terror


  • A Path Begins


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • A Path Begins


  • Small Spaces


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Dare to Be Scared


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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


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Darkdeep


  • Dare to Be Scared


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


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


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Night Gardener


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • A Path Begins


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Small Spaces


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Small Spaces


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


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Darkdeep


  • Spirit Hunters


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • A Path Begins


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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


  • The Night Gardener


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Darkdeep


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Small Spaces


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Darkdeep


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Tales of Terror


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


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


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Small Spaces


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • A Path Begins


  • A Path Begins


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


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


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scritch Scratch


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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

  • Spirit Hunters


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


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


  • Small Spaces


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Night Gardener


  • Small Spaces


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • A Path Begins


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


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Graveyard Book


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Darkdeep


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • A Path Begins


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Night Gardener


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Cuckoo Song


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


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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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

  • Mountain Top Mystery


  • The Wild Robot


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


  • The Collectors


  • Bug Boys


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


  • The Hike


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • Bug Boys


  • The Collectors


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


  • Wildfire


  • Pax


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


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


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • Silverwing


  • The Wild Robot


  • Silverwing


  • Wildfire


  • The Canyon's Edge


  • Northwind


  • Wildwood


  • Heroes Unite!


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • Pax


  • Northwind


  • Wildwood


  • The Hike


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • Mountain Top Mystery


  • The Canyon's Edge


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • Jungle Adventure


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


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • Heroes Unite!


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • Jungle Adventure


  • How to Stay Invisible


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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

  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • Cog


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • Burt's Way Home


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • Fuzzy Mud


  • Cog


  • The Wild Robot


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • The Giver


  • Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat


  • Dragon Pearl


  • The Strangers


  • Animorphs, Volume 1: The Invasion


  • Grace Needs Space


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Little Robot


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • Sal & Gabi Break the Universe


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • Burt's Way Home


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • Little Robot


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


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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

  • One Crazy Summer


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Number the Stars


  • Freewater


  • Number the Stars


  • The War that Saved My Life


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


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • The Night Diary


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


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


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • Love in the Library


  • Prairie Lotus


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • The Night Diary


  • Show Me a Sign


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


  • Freewater


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • The War that Saved My Life


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • Love in the Library


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • Finding Langston


  • Prairie Lotus


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


  • We Dream of Space


  • Finding Langston


  • Show Me a Sign


  • We Dream of Space


  • Overground Railroad


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


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • Overground Railroad


  • One Crazy Summer


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • Esperanza Rising


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