Scary Stories: Are They Good for Your Child?

Parent to Parent: Our Children, Their Literacy, by Gerald R. Oglan and Averil Elcombe, National Council for the Teachers of English, 2001. This guide for parents on reading with their children contains an annotated bibliography of children’s literature.

Ira Sleeps Over, by Bernard Waber, Houghton Mifflin, 1987.

Sarah Plain and Tall, by Patricia MacLachlan, HarperTrophy, 1987.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Alvin Schwartz, HarperTrophy, 1986.

There’s a Nightmare in My Closet, by Mercer Mayer, Dutton, 1992.

Welcome to Dead House, by R.L. Stine, Scholastic, 1995. The first in the Goosebumps series, this books has since been followed by 58 others.

Judy Molland is the education editor for United Parenting Publications.