This booklist compiled by the children's librarians at the San Francisco Public Library, June 2000. The books listed are a sampling of the titles available. Ask your children’s librarian for further suggestions, and tell us which are your favorites.
- The adventures of Isabel
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Nash, Ogden
jPS Nash
- The amazing bone
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Steig, William
jPS Stei
- The boy and the ghost
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San Souci, Robert D.
j398 SanS
- Bony-legs
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Cole, Joanna
jR Cole
- Clay boy
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Ginsburg, Mirra
jPS Gins
- A creepy countdown
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Huck, Charlotte S.
jPS Huck
- A dark, dark tale
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Brown, Ruth
jPS Brow
- Diane Goode's book of scary stories & songs
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Goode, Diane
j398.25 Dian
- Eek! stories to make you shriek
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O'Connor, Jane
jR OCon
- The gargoyle on the roof
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Prelutsky, Jack
j811.54 Prel
- The ghost-eye tree
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Martin, Bill and Archambault, John
jPS Mart
- The ghost of Nicholas Greebe
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Johnson, Tony
jPS John
- The ghost of Sifty-Sifty Sam
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Medearis, Angela Shelf
jPS Mede
- The house that Drac built
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Sierra, Judy
jPS Sier
- In a dark, dark room and other scary stories
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Schwartz, Alvin
jR Schw
- The little old lady who was not afraid of anything
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Williams, Linda
jPS Will
- Lon Po Po: a Red-Riding Hood story from China
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Young, Ed
j398 Youn; j398.2095 Youn
- Lucy Dove
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Del Negro, Janice
jPS DeLN
- Making friends with Frankenstein
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McNaughton, Colin
j821.914 McNa
- Mr. and Mrs. Pig's evening out
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Rayner, Mary
jPS Rayn
- The scary book
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Cole, Joanna
j808.8 Scar; j398.2 Scar
- The tailypo: a ghost story
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Galdone, Joanne
j398 Gald
- There's a nightmare in my closet
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Mayer, Mercer
jPS Maye
- Velcome
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O'Malley, Kevin
jPS OMal
- What's under my bed?
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Stevenson, James
jPS Stev
- Wiley and the hairy man
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Sierra, Judy
j398.2089 Sier
- Wiley and the hairy man
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Bang, Molly
jR Bang
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