Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

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As spooky season approaches, the master of children’s horror recommends creepy-crawly classics and modern thrills for young readers. By R.L. Stine R.L. Stine is the best-selling author of the ...

Diane Rodgers receives funding from AHRC via Sheffield Hallam University for being co-lead on the National Folklore Survey for England project which runs from Jan 2025 - Dec 2026. “Three ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was based on Alvin Schwartz’s iconic collection of short horror ...

Taylor Hunsberger is a culture writer, poet, and children’s librarian at the East Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. She has presented work on the topic of children’s horror literature at ...

With Halloween just around the corner, many are on the hunt for the perfect horror movie to usher in the spooky season. But as much as we like being scared, there’s another staple of the Halloween ...

The spooky season is upon us, and with it a surplus of scary decorations, movies, TV shows and books. Enormous Halloween yard figures fill store aisles, and fake witches, skeletons and monsters peek ...

The ghouls, ghosts and monsters are dusting off their Halloween best and emerging for another spooky season around Indianapolis. Throughout October, these creepy characters will populate horror ...