Before Goosebumps

Spooky Books for New Readers

Spooky Picture Books

Mary Jane Auch, Monster Brother.

Julianna Bethlen, The Ghost Pirate.

Ruth Brown, A Dark, Dark Tale.

Eve Bunting, Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour.

Nancy Savage Carlson, Spooky Night.

Doug Cushman, The Mystery of King Karfu.

Kevin Hawkes, Then the Troll Heard the Squeak.

Sam McBratney,  The Dark at the Top of the Stairs.

Bill Martin, Jr., The Ghost-Eye Tree.

Kevin O'Malley, Who Killed Cock Robin?

Kevin O'Malley, Velcome.

Graham Percy, The Haunted House.

Mona Rabun Reeves, The Spooky Eerie Night Noise.

Liz Rosenberg, Monster Mania.

Susan L. Roth, Creak, Thump, Bonk.

Peter Sis, The Three Golden Keys.

William Steig, Shrek!

Robyn Supraner, Sam Sunday and the Mystery at the Ocean Beach Hotel.


Spooky Readers

Sue Alexander, World Famous Muriel and the Scary Dragon.

Nathaniel Benchley, A Ghost Named Fred.

Stan and Jan Berenstain, The Berenstain Bears and the Ghost of the Forest.

Ida DeLage, The Old Witch and the Wizard.

Marshall Efron, Really Scared Stiff: Three Creepy Tales.

Wilson Gage, Mrs. Gaddy and the Ghost.

Lillian Hoban, The Case of the Two Masked Robbers.

Patsy Jensen, The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.

Mercer Mayer, A Monster Followed Me to School.

Mercer Mayer, Purple Pickle Juice.

Michaela Muntean, Kermit and Robin's Scary Story.

Jane O'Connor, EEK! Stories to Make You Shriek.

Jane O'Connor, The Teeny Tiny Woman.

Peggy Parish, No More Monsters for Me!

Sharon Peters, The Goofy Ghost.

Polly Putnam, The Mystery of Sarah Beth.

Fay Robinson, A Ghost in the Toy Box.

Anne Rockwell, Thump, Thump, Thump!

Dave Ross, Mr. Terwilliger's Secret.

Pat Ross, M and M and the Haunted House Game.

Alvin Schwartz, Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore.

Alvin Schwartz, In a Dark, Dark Room, and Other Scary Stories.

Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Two Ghosts on a Bench.

Sharon Sigmond Shebar, Night Monsters.

Robyn Supraner, The Ghost in the Attic.

Sylvia Root Tester, What Is a Monster?



Spooky Nonfiction

Marc Brown, ed., Scared Silly: A Book for the Brave.
JUV/810.8/SCA

Laura Cecil, ed., Boo!: Stories to Make You Jump.
JUV/808.83/BOO