Young Scrooge

Young Scrooge
Author: R. L. Stine
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250070155

Rick Scroogeman hates Christmas and he hates being called Scrooge, but everything starts to change when three ghosts visit him, and he realizes this nightmare might be real.

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas

Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
Author: Tim Burton
Publisher: Disney Electronic Content
Total Pages: 48
Release: 2013-09-17
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1423192249

Celebrate 20 years of nightmares with this picturebook version of the classic film, written and drawn by Tim Burton and now featuring word-for-word narration by Christopher Lee! In this beloved picture book that could only come from the visionary mind of author and illustrator TIM BURTON, we meet Jack Skellington-- a well-intentioned inhabitant of Halloweenland. Jack is bored of ''''the scaring, the terror, the fright....tired of being something that goes bump in the night''''. And so, in an effort to bring to joy to his town, Jack kidnaps Santa and takes his place as the jolly old elf. But instead of bringing joy to the world Jack, who is a little more than a grinning skeleton, brings fear by delivering creepy toys and riding a sleigh carried by skeletal reindeer. Only through a number of things going horribly wrong does Jack learn the true meaning of Christmas.

Not Very Scary

Not Very Scary
Author: Carol Brendler
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Total Pages: 40
Release: 2014-08-12
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1466875372

Children's author Carol Brendler and illustrator Greg Pizzoli's Not Very Scary follows a young monster as she makes her way to her friend's house for a Halloween party, despite the not very...slightly...okay, pretty scary creatures dogging her along the way. Melly is a brave little monster who is not afraid of anything. She loves surprises, and when her fun-loving cousin invites her over for a big surprise, Melly excitedly sets out for a visit. On her way, she notices skittish skeletons, a coal-black cat, and even ghoulish goblins following her. But Melly is not scared, no she's not! Well, maybe just a teensy bit . . .

Santa Claws

Santa Claws
Author: Laura Leuck
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2006-09-28
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780811849920

Mack and Zack are getting ready for Christmashanging up their smelly socks and blistertoe, decorating their dead pine tree, making poisonberry pies. Here in the rollicking rhyme of Laura Leuck and the gruesomely silly illustrations of Gris Grimly, is a truly memorable Christmas tale. Mack and Zack may be monsters, but their excitement is the same as that of children the world around. Come join the celebrations in Monster Town!

A Very Scary Haunted House

A Very Scary Haunted House
Author: Joanne Barkan
Publisher: Cartwheel Books
Total Pages: 24
Release: 1991
Genre: Glow-in-the-dark books
ISBN: 9780590444972

Illustrations that glow in the dark on every page enable young readers of this house-shaped book to scare themselves for Halloween.

Haunted Christmas

Haunted Christmas
Author: Mary Beth Crain
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2009-10-14
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0762758325

In plenty of time for the holidays, here is a gathering of thirty tales of ghosts, hauntings, and other paranormal happenings purported to have taken place on or around Christmas, or that are otherwise related to this holiday. By a long-time believer in the paranormal who in the introduction tells the story of her own Christmas ghost, Haunted Christmas includes stories such as: HAUNTED BETHLEHEM—Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, is famous for haunted locales such as the Hotel Bethlehem, the first house built in the town, in 1741. There, guests have come to expect visits from several spirits. Predictably, things heat up at Christmas—after all, this is Bethlehem. THE DEATH COACH OF CHRISTMAS—One Christmas Eve in Ireland many years ago, young Nora Mahoney was returning from the bogs when an invisible something suddenly rushed past her with the sound of grinding wheels and thundering horses’ hooves. Had Nora encountered the “death coach” of Irish legend?

A Very Scary Valentine's Day

A Very Scary Valentine's Day
Author: Mariah Balaban
Publisher: Scholastic Incorporated
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Dogs
ISBN: 9780545249836

Scooby and the gang try to crack the case of the zombie at the Valentine's dance.

The Very Scary Almanac

The Very Scary Almanac
Author: Eric Elfman
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 84
Release: 1993
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780679844013

An almanac of facts about witchcraft, ghosts, vampires, zombies, horror movies, superstitions, and other scary subjects.

The Animals' Merry Christmas

The Animals' Merry Christmas
Author: Kathryn Jackson
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 41
Release: 1950
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9780001382220

Golden Books is proud to reissue this beloved Christmas collection, chock-full of funny animal stories and poems. This oversize format features Scarry's earlier, more painterly style and makes a perfect gift. A true holiday treat for Scarry fans! "From the Hardcover edition."

Young Scrooge

Young Scrooge
Author: R. L. Stine
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1250112311

A funny, scary middle-grade send up of A Christmas Carol, about a boy who hates Christmas, from bestselling Goosebumps author R. L. Stine. Rick Scroogeman hates Christmas. He can't stand the carols and the pageants. He can't stand the lights and the mistletoe. But what he hates the most is having to watch the old movie A Christmas Carol every year at school. Since his name is Scroogeman, all of his classmates start calling him Scrooge. And he hates being called Scrooge. But everything starts to change when three ghosts visit him. At first, he thinks it's a dream. But then he realizes that it might be a nightmare. A nightmare that could become real. Young Scrooge: A Very Scary Christmas Story is a mashup of holiday and horror, a perfect novel for middle grade readers who like their Christmas stories with a side of spooky. "Stine brings his characteristic humor and light scares to a reworking of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, set at Oliver Twist Middle School. . . . It’s eerie holiday fun." —Publishers Weekly