New Releases by Alvin Schwartz

Cuando llega la muerte, lo normal es que la historia termine. Pero en estos relatos, la muerte es sólo el principio... ¿Crees que si la parca te saluda hay lugar donde esconderse? ¿Te asustaría oír pasos en medio de la noche sabiendo que solamente tú estás en casa? ¿Estás diciendo que nunca has visto un fantasma? ¡Cuidado con estas historias! Te dejarán sin aliento una vez más...

With a trio of bestselling Halloween I Can Read Books--Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore by Alvin Schwartz, Creepy Crawly Critters and Other Halloween Tongue Twisters by Nola Buck, and In a Dark, Dark, Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz--young ghouls and ghosts are sure to be delighted. Full color.

Seven stories from folklore.

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?

Brief text and illustrations introduce such strange creatures from American folklore as the snawfus, billdad, lufferlang, and tripodero.

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.

A collection of six stories about a family of silly people, based on noodle folklore from America, Europe, and Asia Minor

I Can Read Series Level 2: Reading with Help.

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

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

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