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

  • Room on the Broom


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Room on the Broom


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Hardly Haunted


  • The Haunted Library


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Things in the Basement


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Fox at Night


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Vampire Baby


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Hardly Haunted


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • The Haunted Library


  • Things in the Basement


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • Vampire Baby


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Fox at Night


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


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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

  • Fox at Night


  • Room on the Broom


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • Vampire Baby


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Fox at Night


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • The Haunted Library


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Los Gatos Black on Halloween


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • The Haunted Library


  • Leo: A Ghost Story


  • Beneath the Bed and Other Scary Stories


  • Things in the Basement


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • Room on the Broom


  • The Haunted House Next Door


  • Never Kick a Ghost and Other Silly Chillers


  • Vampire Baby


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • How to Make Friends with a Ghost


  • Ghosts in the House!


  • There’s a Ghost in this House


  • Creepy Crayon!


  • In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories


  • Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


  • Hardly Haunted


  • The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


  • Things in the Basement


  • The Skull: A Tyrolean Folktale


  • Hardly Haunted


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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

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


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Darkdeep


  • Tales of Terror


  • Spirit Hunters


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


  • A Path Begins


  • A Path Begins


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Dare to Be Scared


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


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


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Small Spaces


  • The Darkdeep


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Small Spaces


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Night Gardener


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Cuckoo Song


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Tales of Terror


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • 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

  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Night Gardener


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


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Darkdeep


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Small Spaces


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Darkdeep


  • A Path Begins


  • A Path Begins


  • Small Spaces


  • The Night Gardener


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


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


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Tales of Terror


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Screaming Staircase


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


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


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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

  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Small Spaces


  • Tales of Terror


  • The Darkdeep


  • A Path Begins


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Small Spaces


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Darkdeep


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Scritch Scratch


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Cuckoo Song


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


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Tales of Terror


  • Dare to Be Scared


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


  • A Path Begins


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


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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

  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Night Gardener


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Spirit Hunters


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Night of the Gargoyles


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


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


  • The Darkdeep


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Spirit Hunters


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Graveyard Book


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Small Spaces


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • The Darkdeep


  • A Path Begins


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Night Gardener


  • A Path Begins


  • Small Spaces


  • Tales of Terror


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Screaming Staircase


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


  • Cuckoo Song


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


  • Tales of Terror


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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

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


  • A Path Begins


  • Scritch Scratch


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Cuckoo Song


  • The Graveyard Book


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


  • The Darkdeep


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


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • Cuckoo Song


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Spirit Hunters


  • A Path Begins


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Small Spaces


  • The Night Gardener


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Scritch Scratch


  • The Graveyard Book


  • Dare to Be Scared


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • The Darkdeep


  • A Properly Unhaunted Place


  • The Screaming Staircase


  • Small Spaces


  • Night of the Gargoyles


  • Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark


  • Guys Read: Terrifying Tales


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


  • Don’t Open the Door


  • Tales of Terror


  • Spirit Hunters


  • Tales of Terror


  • Rise of the Balloon Goons


  • The Boy Who Cried Werewolf


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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 Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • The Wild Robot


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • Wildfire


  • Mountain Top Mystery


  • The Collectors


  • The Wild Robot


  • Wildwood


  • Silverwing


  • Northwind


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • The Canyon's Edge


  • Jungle Adventure


  • Pax


  • How to Stay Invisible


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


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


  • Wildwood


  • The Cardboard Kingdom


  • Northwind


  • The Collectors


  • Bug Boys


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


  • Heroes Unite!


  • The Hike


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • The Secret Explorers and the Lost Whales


  • The Hike


  • Jungle Adventure


  • Bug Boys


  • Survival Scout: Lost in the Mountains


  • Heroes Unite!


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


  • Dactyl Hill Squad


  • Silverwing


  • Wildfire


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


  • Pax


  • The Canyon's Edge


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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

  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • Grace Needs Space


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • Cog


  • The Giver


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Little Robot


  • Waffles and Pancake, Book 1: Planetary-yum


  • Little Robot


  • Burt's Way Home


  • Ruby Finley vs the Interstellar Invasion


  • The Wild Robot


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat


  • Cog


  • Fuzzy Mud


  • The Strangers


  • The Last Beekeeper


  • Animorphs, Volume 1: The Invasion


  • Pluto Rocket: New in Town


  • Sal & Gabi Break the Universe


  • The Glorkian Warrior Delivers a Pizza


  • 5 Worlds, Book 1: The Sand Warrior


  • Hilo. 1, The Boy Who Crashed to Earth


  • Burt's Way Home


  • Dragon Pearl


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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

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


  • Love in the Library


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • The Night Diary


  • One Crazy Summer


  • The War that Saved My Life


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


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • Finding Langston


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Overground Railroad


  • Finding Langston


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


  • Show Me a Sign


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • We Were the Fire: Birmingham 1963


  • Love in the Library


  • Esperanza Rising


  • Prairie Lotus


  • Number the Stars


  • Overground Railroad


  • Show Me a Sign


  • One Crazy Summer


  • Gittel's Journey: An Ellis Island Story


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • Hello Lighthouse


  • Sarah, Plain and Tall


  • We Dream of Space


  • We Dream of Space


  • The War that Saved My Life


  • Freewater


  • The Blackbird Girls


  • Number the Stars


  • Prairie Lotus


  • The Night Diary


  • Freewater


  • The Legend of Auntie Po


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


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