Alvin Schwartz Books In Order
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Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | (1981) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
More Tales to Chill Your Bones | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of And Other Noodle Tales Books
There Is a Carrot in My Ear and Other Noodle Tales | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
All of Our Noses Are Here And Other Noodle Tales | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Alvin Schwartz Picture Book Books
Publication Order of Collections
A Twister of Twists, A Tangler of Tongues Tongue Twisters | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Whoppers: Tall Tales and Other Lies | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tomfoolery: Trickery and Foolery with Words | (1975) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chin Music: Tall Talk and Other Talk | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ten Copycats in a Boat, and Other Riddles | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flapdoodle: Pure Nonsense from American Folklore | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Busy Buzzing Bumblebees and Other Tongue Twisters | (1982) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Fat Man in a Fur Coat and Other Bear Stories | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Cat's Elbow and Other Secret Languages | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Tales of Trickery from the Land of Spoof | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure | (1988) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Saw You in the Bathtub and Other Folk Rhymes | (1989) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
And the Green Grass Grew All Around: Folk Poetry from Everyone | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stories to Tell a Cat | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books
Hobbies: An Introduction to Crafts, Collections, Nature Study, and Other Life-Long Pursuits | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Going Camping: A Complete Guide for the Family Camper | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Witcracks: Jokes and Jests from American Folklore | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat | (1974) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
When I Grew Up Long Ago: Family Living, Going to School, Games and Parties, Cures and Deaths, a Comet, a War, Falling in Love, and Other Things I Remember | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Unriddling: All Sorts of Riddles to Puzzle Your Guessery | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Telling Fortunes: Love Magic, Dream Signs, and Other Ways to Learn the Future | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of I Can Read Books
Mr. Pig and Family | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ready...Set...Robot | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Hurray for Hattie Rabbit | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Molly and the Strawberry Day | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Come and Play, Hippo | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grandmas at Bat | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Digby | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Bootsie, Barker Ballerina | (0) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Zack's Alligator Goes to School | (1817) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weather: Poems | (1900) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
No Fighting, No Biting! | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grizzwold | (1958) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Father Bear Comes Home | (1959) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Oliver | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Bear's Friend | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cat and Dog | (1960) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Chester | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Bear's Visit | (1961) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stanley | (1962) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Weekly Reader Books presents Grizzwold | (1963) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Kiss for Little Bear | (1968) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Horse in Harry's Room | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Moke and Poki in the Rain Forest | (1972) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Piggle, | (1973) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mooch the messy | (1976) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Twelve Bells for Santa | (1977) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Pelly and Peak | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Stanley, story and pictures | (1978) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Too Many Babas | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Scarlet Monster Lives Here | (1979) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Little Witch and the Riddle | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Perfect Christmas Picture | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Plenty of Pelly and Peak | (1980) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Bell Ringer and the Pirates | (1983) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mr. Sniff and the Motel Mystery | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Story of Bentley Beaver | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Adventures of Little Bear | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Don't Be My Valentine: A Classroom Mystery | (1985) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Mice at Bat | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Case of the Two Masked Robbers: Story and Pictures | (1986) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Syd Hoff Treasury | (1987) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore | (1991) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Snowshoe Thompson | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Soap Soup: And Other Verses | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aunt Eater's Mystery Vacation | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Questions: Poems | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Bear | (1992) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Captain Cat | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Drinking Gourd: A Story of the Underground Railroad | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arthur's Camp-Out | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Buzby to the Rescue | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Outside Dog | (1993) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Marigold and Grandma on the Town | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wizard and Wart | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spooky Tricks | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lighthouse Children | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Amelia Bedelia and the Surprise Shower | (1994) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Joe and Betsy the Dinosaur | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Wizard and Wart at Sea | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Know-Nothings | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Creepy Crawly Critters and Other Halloween Tongue Twisters | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aunt Eater's Mystery Christmas | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Come Back, Amelia Bedelia | (1995) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Detective Dinosaur | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Sid and Sam | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Know-Nothing Birthday | (1997) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Silly Tilly's Valentine | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The 18 Penny Goose | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Detective Dinosaur: Lost and Found | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Forest | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Emma's Magic Winter | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Aunt Eater's Mystery Halloween | (1998) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Arthur's Birthday Party | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Don't Be My Valentine: A Classroom Mystery | (1999) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Thank You, Amelia Bedelia | (2003) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Adventures with Syd Hoff | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Bear and the Marco Polo | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Publication Order of I Can Read Book 2 Books
Bread and Jam for Frances | (1964) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Best Friends for Frances | (1969) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Bargain for Frances | (1970) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories | (1984) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Newt | (1996) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
A Know-Nothing Halloween | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Little Wolf, Big Wolf | (2000) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Piggle: A Homer Story | (2002) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Am the Turkey | (2004) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Amazing Whales! | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grandpa Spanielson's Chicken Pox Stories: Story #1: The Octopus | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
King Kong, Meet Kong and Ann | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Valentine Hearts | (2005) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Flicka: A Friend for Katy | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
I Can Read, the Land Before Time: Cera's Shiny Stone | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ice Age 2: Join the Pack! | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Ice Age 2: Geyser Blast! | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
X-Men: The Last Stand: Rogue Finds a Home | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
X-Men, The Last Stand: Meet the X-Men | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Open Season: Meet the Characters | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Amazing Sharks! Edition: Reprint | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Charlotte's Web: Wilbur's Prize | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Grandpa Spanielson's Chicken Pox Stories: Story #3: The Shrunken Head | (2006) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spider-Man 3: Meet The Heroes and Villains | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Meet the Robinsons: A Family for Lewis | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Meet the Robinsons: Journey to the Future | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Shrek the Third: Friends and Foes | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Surf's Up: Meet the Characters | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Custard Surprise | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Cera's Shiny Stone | (2007) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian: Larry's Friends and Foes | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Spider-Man Versus Electro) | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Planet 51: Lem Saves the Day | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Planet 51: Welcome to Planet 51 | (2009) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
The Dark Knight Rises: Tools of the Trade | (2012) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Dark Knight Rises: Batman Versus Bane | (2013) | Hardcover Paperback Kindle |
Alvin Schwartz
Author Alvin Schwartz was the writer of over fifty books that were dedicated to and dealt with topics like word play and folklore, and many of them were intended for younger readers.
Schwartz was born in Brooklyn, New York on April 25, 1927, and was the son of Harry (a taxi driver) and Gussie Schwartz.
Alvin first became interested in folklore during his childhood, but didn’t think of it as something he could study. It was just something that was part of his childhood: the rhymes and riddles, games, scary stories, and superstitions.
After spending time in the navy, he became interested in writing. He obtained his bachelor’s degree from Colby College and his master’s degree in journalism from Northwestern University.
From 1951 until 1955, Alvin reported for The Binghamton Press. During his professional writing career his work was published by various firms, including Bantam Books, HarperCollins, Lippincott, and Farrar Strauss.
In the year 1963, Alvin quit his steady job to become a full-time freelance writer. He began by converting the shed in his backyard into his office. In the beginning, he wrote about the serious social issues: the decay of inner cities, the labor movement, and bridging the gap between each of the generations. However most of his better known works is definitely not that serious.
When the grant money dried up for these sorts of books, he chose to become a re-teller and collector of folklore for kids, sometimes heading out to libraries to look things up in some old books. Sometimes even getting his jokes and stories from the kids in the neighborhood. Some of the folklore that he collected was scary while some was more funny.
While writing the books, which he felt was a very important part of the process, he would say everything out loud three or four times in his bathroom, since the acoustics are so good. He listened to the way things link up and work with each other, so he’d lock himself in the bathroom and read his book aloud and circle things that weren’t working in terms of sounds. Since his stories were meant to be read out loud, the sounds are important.
He wrote a series of books on folklore for kids which were illustrated by Glen Rounds and each one featured a sort of folklore. One featured wordplay, another smart aleck jokes and riddles, while a different one was about superstitions.
He is best known for writing the “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” that featured nightmarish and gruesome illustrations done by Stephen Gammell. It was America’s most frequently challenge book (or book series) for library inclusion of the nineties.
For the “Scary Stories” series, he drew heavily from urban legends and folklore as the topic of his stories. He researched extensively and spent over a year actually writing each one of the books.
His influences for the books include Mark Twain, Jan Harold Brunvand, T.S. Eliot, Bennett Cerf, Shakespeare, and Joel Chandler Harris.
These books had sold more than seven million copies by the year 2017, and appeared on numerous children’s bestseller lists. They’ve been collectively hailed as a cultural touchstone for an entire generation. And in the year 2019, the series was adapted into a movie which was written by the Hageman Brothers and was directed by Andre Ovredal and starred Zoe Colletti, Austin Zajur, Michael Garza, and Natalie Ganzhorn.
In the year 1982, “The Cat’s Elbow and Other Secret Languages” was an ALA Notable Book.
He died in Princeton, New Jersey of lymphoma on March 14, 1992, only six weeks before his 65th birthday. He was survived by his four kids and wife.
“Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” is the first collection in the “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” series and was released in the year 1981. This rather spooky addition to Alvin’s popular books on American folklore is filled to the brim with stories of dark revenge and spooky horror which are sure to make you jump with fright.
There’s a story here for everybody: a ghost that takes revenge on her killer, skeletons with tangled and torn flesh that roams the earth, and a haunted house where every night some bloody head comes down the chimney.
Stephen’s creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of over two dozen scary tales, and even some scary songs. All of which are just right for reading alone or telling aloud in the dark. If you dare!
It is clear that Alvin knows his stuff, and it is obvious he did extensive research on folklore for this book and that he knew his stuff about the subject matter. These are great stories for kids to enjoy and turn around and introduce them to their kids and others later on. Alvin delivers a wonderful little collection of stories which are chilling and some are, at times, quite funny.
“More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” is the second collection in the “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” series and was released in the year 1984. For everybody that enjoyed the first volume are going to find a satisfyingly spooky sequel in this new collection of the fantastic, the macabre, and the funny. Could it really be possible to die and just not know it? What happens to a murderer whose victim comes back from the grave, or to a thief that is foolish enough to rob a corpse? What if a person gets buried too soon?
Read about each of these horrifying predicaments along with what happens when some practical jokes produce some gruesome consequences and other initiations go wrong.
“More Tales to Chill Your Bones” is the third collection in the “Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark” series and was released in the year 1991. This one joins his other popular collections of scary folklore to deliver to readers funny, spooky, and fantastic stories that are guaranteed to raise some goosebumps.
Why would a hearse be filled up with men with yellow glowing eyes? Who is the Wolf girl? How does somebody avoid an appointment with Death? Can a nightmare actually become reality?
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