Cranston Public Library

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.

With his mother's help, Wiley outwits the conjuring Hairy Man that lives in the swamp near their home.

Relates the extraordinary deeds of the frontiersman who became King of the Keelboatmen on the Mississippi River.

Sally Ann, wife of Davy Crockett, fears nothing--and proves it when braggart Mike Fink tries to scare her.

Introduces young readers to bizarre objects, oddities, and strange sites throughout the United States.

Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings.

Relates some of the exploits of Pecos Bill, the extraordinary Texas cowboy who was raised by coyotes, rode a mountain lion, used a rattle snake as a rope, and married the fearless Slue-Foot Sue.

A collection of twenty stories about legendary American women, drawing from folktales, popular stories, and ballads.

A mean old blacksmith's actions leave him unwelcomed by both Saint Peter and the Devil when he dies.

Nathaniel Willy is scared silly by a squeak in his door, so Gramma must put the farm animals in bed with him for company.