In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories: Reillustrated Edition

Alvin Schwartz

Jul 2017 · Sold by HarperCollins

About this ebook

In a dark, dark room, in a soft, soft voice, tell a scary story!

Newly reillustrated, this classic I Can Read full of spooky stories is perfect for beginning readers who love a bit of a scare.

Victor Rivas’s silly and spooky art will introduce a new generation to stories inspired by traditional folktales like “The Teeth,” “In the Graveyard,” “The Green Ribbon,” “In A Dark, Dark Room,” “The Night It Rained,” “The Pirate,” and “The Ghost of John.”

The original edition has won many state awards and is an ALA Notable Children’s Book.

In a Dark, Dark Room is a Level Two I Can Read book, geared for kids who read on their own but still need a little help.

Ratings and reviews

Great book ,I prefer the one which I saw as a kid in the 80,s in the USA ,it had completely different drawings and voice sound than this one ,I prefer the other version

i feel as though this will take away an important aspect for new readers because the original version was not only black and white but had bone chilling artwork while this looks like a worn out cartoon. i will give it a chance but i doubt that this cash grab will ever give anyone the same shrieks as the original.

Read this as a child. The "I Can Read!" books are great and helped a great deal with my reading as a child. However, in my opinion, Dr. Seuss is the best thing to help with reading problems.

About the author

Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explores everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories—Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read books, In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories and Ghosts!—are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.