New Releases by ALVIN SCHWARTZ

Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death -- they''re all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories.

From autograph rhymes to street rhymes, from riddles to jump-rope chants, here is a wonderful collection of more than 250 folk poems to share with friends & family. Understand, rubberband?

A collection of tongue twisters, both traditional and new, in prose and verse.

A collection of 41 folk rhymes, taunts, and insults that have been chanted, sung, and shouted by generations of children throughout the United States. ‘Children will appreciate the humor of the rhymes and the illustrations. Another I Can Read hit.’ —SLJ.

More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.

H4Creak... Crash... BOO! Shivering skeletons, ghostly pirates, chattering corpses, and haunted graveyards...all to chill your bones! Share these seven spine-tingling stories in a dark, dark room. Now the beloved characters and adventures from this popular line of books come to life with I Can Read Book & Cassettes. Each package includes a best-selling beginning reader storybook and a lively audio recording featuring: Word-for-word narration Music and sound effects Turn-the-page signals on Side I Uninterrupted reading on Side 2

A collection of tall tales involving animals, the weather, narrow escapes, and many other topics.

A collection of five stories about a family os silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, India, Japan, Korea, and the Arabian Nights.

I Can Read Series Level 2: Reading with Help.

Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.

Presents examples of folk speech used during the period 1815 to 1950. Identifies their meaning and the regions in which they were collected.

Superstitions about such topics as love and marriage, money, ailments, travel, the weather, and death.

Entertain friends with these riddles, wisecracks, and practical jokes.

Traces the history and gives examples of puns, shaggy-dog stories, and other jokes from American humor of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

Multiple stories reprinted in an "80-pg Giant" special, All-Villain issue, including stories featuring Joker, Catwoman and the Penguin.

Retellings of over two dozen tales about abandoned graveyards and ghastly deeds.