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Ghost Stories!

two ghostsGhost stories!  Who doesn’t thrill at that tingle down your spine, or the prickling at the back of your neck as you eagerly turn page after page to find out who-dunit?  Take a look at the ghost stories available at the St. Charles Public Library in the Youth Services Department. 

The list begins with books that have one story in them - picture books and chapter stories.  Generally, only one title per author has been listed.  If an author has more than one ghost story, we have put an * after their name.  The list continues with collections of short stories and concludes with stories on audio!

Unless otherwise indicated, books are arranged on the shelves by the author’s last name in the sections below. If you need assistance, come to the Ask Me Desk.  We can also help place a hold on a title if the book you want is checked out.

Picture Books & Chapter Stories

SHORT STORIES

Audio


JE PICTURE BOOKS

Berenstain The Berenstain Bears & the Ghost of the Forest
Eeckhout There’s No Such Thing as Ghosts!
Fleischman The Scarebird
Goodhart Three Little Ghosties
Howe There’s a Monster Under My Bed
Hutchins The Very Worst Monster
Kohara Ghosts in the House!
Martin The Ghost-Eye Tree
Martin Old Devil Wind
May The Boo Baby Girl Meets the Ghost of Mable’s Gable
Mayer There’s Something in My Attic
Medearis The Ghost of Sifty-Sifty Sam
Strete Big Thunder Magic
Thayer Gus Loved His Happy Home
Van Laan Teeny Tiny Tingly Tales
Viorst My Mama Says There Aren’t any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things
Williams The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything


JR READERS

Benchley A Ghost Named Fred
Greer Billy the Ghost and Me
Marshall Four on the Shore


J FICTION

Aiken* The Wolves of Willoughby Chase
Alphin The Ghost Cadet
Avi Something Upstairs
Bauer* Ghost Eye
Bellairs* The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder
Bulla The Ghost of Windy Hill
Bunting Night of the Gargoyles
Climo T.J.’s Ghost
Clover Dead Cool
Corbett* The Deadly Hoax
Coville The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed
Dadey* Ghosts Don’t Eat Potato Chips
Del Negro Lucy Dove
Delton Camp Ghost-Away
Dunlop The Ghost by the Sea
Fleischman* The Ghost on Saturday Night
Flora Grandpa’s Ghost Stories
Funke* Ghosthunters and the Incredibly Revolting Ghost!
Garfield* Footsteps
Goodhart The House with No Name
Hahn* Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story
Hamilton Sweet Whispers, Brother Rush
Hildick The Ghost Squad and the Menace of the Malevs
Hoffman The Four-Legged Ghosts
Hughes Nutty’s Ghost
Jensen The Riddle of Penncroft Farm
Joosse Ghost Trap: A Wild Willie Mystery
Kehret Horror at the Haunted House
Ketchum The Ghost of Lost Island
Klise Dying to Meet You
Korman The Ghost of Camp Whispering Pines
Lincoln Billy Bones: A Tale from the Secrets Closet
Leroe Ghost Dog
Maguire Six Haunted Hairdos
Mahy The Horribly Haunted School
Matas The Proof that Ghosts Exist
McKay The Amber Cat
Naylor Bernie and the Bessledorf Ghost
Peck* The Ghost Belonged to Me: A Novel
Perez Ghoststalking
Poe* The Tell-Tale Heart
Purkiss Ghost School
Sage* My Haunted House
Schnur The Shadow Children
Steiner Ghost Cave
St. George The Ghost, the White House, and Me
Tunnell School Spirits
Van Hook The Ghost of Heidelberg Castle
Wallace Peppermints in the Parlor
Wallin The Slavery Ghosts
Wright* The Dollhouse Murders

JH FICTION

Abbott City of the Dead
Adler Ghost Brother
Avi Devil’s Race
Bauer A Taste of Smoke
Bial Shadow Island: A Tale of Lake Superior
Bloor Story Time
Crowe Sharp Horns on the Moon
DeFelice The Ghost of Fossil Glen
Duncan* Stranger with my Face
Gaiman The Graveyard Book
Garfield The Empty Sleeve
Gripe Agnes Cecilia
Griffith Cougar
Hahn* Look for Me by Moonlight
Hegamin Pemba’s Song: A Ghost Story
Littke Haunted Sister
McNish Breathe: A Ghost Story
Nixon* The Dark and Deadly Pool
Park Things in Corners
Reiss Sweet Miss Honeywell’s Revenge: A Ghost Story
Russell Blue Lightning
Snyder The Trespassers
Tan The Haunted Playground
Tolan* Who’s There?
Vande Velde Ghost of a Hanged Man
Westall Ghost Abbey
Yarbro Monet’s Ghost


SHORT STORIES

sleep overHow better to prepare yourself for your next sleep-over!  Take a collection of ghost stories to read aloud.  We have so many collections we couldn’t list them all here.  Look under the following numbers in the non-fiction section for collections of ghost stories and horror tales by lots of great writers:
J 133.1.... stories about real-life ghosts
J 398.25... ghost stories
J 791.43... movie monsters
J 808.83... horror stories
     
J 398.2 SCA   Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell
J 398.209411 NIC Nic Leodhas Gaelic Ghosts
J 398.20973 FAV   Favorite Scary Stories of American Children
J 398.27 ASK     Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World
J 398.4 BEN Bendick Scare a Ghost, Tame a Monster
J 808.543 MAC MacDonald When the Lights Go Out: Twenty Scary Tales to Tell
J 811 WIT   Witch Poems
J 811.54 PRE Prelutsky* Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep


J FICTION

Aiken* Fit of Shivers: Tales for Late at Night
Ainsworth The Phantom Cyclist, and Other Ghost Stories
Alcock Ghostly Companions: A Feast of Chilling Tales
Griffiths Frankenstein’s Hamster: Ten Spine-Tingling Tales
Harter Osceola’s Head and Other American Ghost Stories
Hitchcock* Alfred Hitchcock’s Supernatural Tales of Terror and Suspense
Jacques Seven Strange & Ghostly Tales
McDonald* The Chilling Hour: Tales of the Real and Unreal
McKissack The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
Porte Jesse’s Ghost & Other Stories
Raskin The Tattooed Potato and Other Clues
Rettich The Tightwad’s Curse and Other Pleasantly Chilling Stories
Stahl A Face in the Window
Stocks Victorian Ghost Stories
Whitcher Real Mummies Don’t Bleed: Friendly Tales for October Nights
Wuorio Escape if You Can: 13 Tales of the Preternatural
Yolen Here There be Ghosts


JH FICTION

Jennings* Unbearable!: More Bizarre Stories
Priestly Uncle Montague’s Tales of Terror
San Souci Triple-Dare to be Scared: Thirteen Further Freaky Tales
Teitelbaum Scary States of America


Audio

J Audio Book 398.25 SPO Spooky Classics for Children
J Audio Book 398.25 SPO The Crack Between Worlds: Ghost Stories & Mysterious Tales of Life at the Edge


This list was prepared by Youth Services at St. Charles Public Library.
(630) 584-9390

6/09

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