More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
Lippincott, 1984
HC 978-0-397-32082-0
Trade paper 978-0-06-440177-7
Trumpet Club paper 978-0-397-32082-0

All those who enjoyed shuddering their way through Alvin Schwartz's first volume of Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark will find a satisfyingly spooky sequel in this new collection of the macabre, the funny, and the fantastic. Is it possible to die—and not know it? What if a person is buried too soon? What happens to a thief foolish enough to rob a corpse, or to a murderer whose victim returns from the grave? Read about these terrifying predicaments as well as what happens when practical jokes produce gruesome consequences and initiations go awry. Stephen Gammell's splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories—and even a scary song—all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark.

Git Along, Old Scudder
by Stephen Gammell
Morrow, 1983
HC 978-0-688-01674-6, at your library

Old Scudder, traveling through the West with his dog Pilgrim, can't tell where he is until he draws a map and names the places on it.

Meet the Vampire
by Georgess McHargue
Dell, 1983
Paper 978-0-440-96180-2, at your library

A discussion of vampires including how to recognize and banish them.

The Story of Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar
by Stephen Gammell
Morrow, 1982
HC 978-0-688-00887-1, at your library

After their pickle-jar home breaks, Mr. and Mrs. Vinegar find a fortune, but soon trade it away until they are left with nothing.

The Best Way to Ripton
by Maggie S. Davis
Holiday House, 1982
HC 978-0-8234-0459-9, at your library

A motorist, hearing that all roads to Ripton are rife with dangers, concludes it may not be worth going there after all.

Wake Up, Bear ... It’s Christmas!
by Stephen Gammell
Morrow, 1981
HC 978-0-688-00692-1
paper, Mulberry 978-0-688-09934-3, at your library

A hibernating bear wakes up on Christmas Eve and entertains a special visitor.

Where the Buffaloes Begin
by Olaf Baker
Fredrick Warne, 1981
HC 978-0-7232-6195-7
Trade paper, Puffin Books 978-0-14-050560-3

After hearing the legend retold by the tribe's oldest member, Little Wolf hopes to someday witness the beginning of the buffaloes at the sacred lake.

Demo and the Dolphin
by Nathaniel Benchley,
HarperCollins, 1981
HC 978-0-06-020510-2, at your library

A dolphin takes Demo back through time to ask the oracle at Delphi how he can help his father become a successful fisherman.

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
Lippincott, 1981
HC 978-0-397-31926-8
Trade paper, 978-0-06-440170-8

This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone—skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who roam the earth; a ghost who takes revenge on her murderer; and a haunted house where every night a bloody head falls down the chimney. Stephen Gammell's splendidly creepy drawings perfectly capture the mood of more than two dozen scary stories—and even scary songs—all just right for reading alone or for telling aloud in the dark.

Flash and the Swan
by Ann Brophy
Viking, 1981
HC 978-0-7232-6190-2
Ace paper 978-0-448-16931-6, at your library

Returning to the summer home on Long Island Sound where her father had died the year before, a teenage girl tries to come to terms with the meeting of death and the necessity of letting the dead go and continuing with one's own life.

Blackbird Singing
by Eve Bunting
Atheneum, 1980
HC 978-0-02-715360-6, at your library

Pulled apart by his parent's stormy relationship, which comes to a climax when their crops are threatened by huge numbers of migrating blackbirds, 10-year-old Marcus struggles to come to terms with himself, his parents, and a complex ecological dilemma.

Terrible Things: an Allegory of the Holocaust
by Eve Bunting
HarperCollins, 1980
HC 978-0-06-020904-9
Trade paper, Jewish Publication Society
978-0-8276-0507-7

In this allegory, the author's reaction to the Holocaust, the animals of the forest are carried away, one type after another, by the Terrible Things, not realizing that if perhaps they would all stick together and not look the other way, such terrible things might not happen.

Stonewall
by Jean Fritz
Putnam, 1979
HC 978-0-399-20698-6
Puffin paper 978-0-698-11552-1

A biography of the brilliant southern general who gained the nickname Stonewall by his stand at Bull Run during the Civil War.

Leo Possessed
by Dilys Owen
Harcourt, 1979
HC 978-0-15-244897-4, at your library

When her family moves into an old Georgian townhouse,
a 13-year-old English girl is disturbed by haunting presences.

Day of the Blizzard
by Marietta Moskin
Coward, McCann, 1978
HC 978-0-698-20468-3
Scholastic paper 978-0-590-30092-6, at your library

Eager to accomplish an errand for her sick mother, Katie braves one of New York City's severest snowstorms in history, the blizzard of 1888.

The Ghost of Tillie Jean Cassaway
by Ellen Harvey
Atheneum, 1978
HC 978-0-590-07559-6, at your library

People said the ghost of a drowned girl roamed the hills. Was this the wild-looking child 11-year-old Hilary and her brother Willy glimpsed in the woods? If not, who could she be? A suspense-filled story where truth is hidden around the bend, in the morning mist or over the mountain.

Awards
South Carolina Children’s Book Award

The Hawks of Chelney
by Adrienne Jones
HarperCollins, 1978
HC 978-0-06-023057-9
Trade paper 978-0-06-023058-6, at your library

The superstitious people of an isolated coastal village ostracize a young boy because of his love for the wild ospreys they believe are evil.

Alice Yazzie’s Year
by Ramona Maher
Coward, McCann, 1977
HC 978-0-698-20432-4, at your library

Twelve free verse poems chronicle the events and feelings of a Navajo girl's eleventh year.

A Furl of Fairy Wind
by Mollie Hunter
HarperCollins, 1977
HC 978-0-06-022675-6
Trade paper, Three Hills 978-0-907448-23-5,
at your library

Four tales in which people encounter fairies and brownies for the first time.

Meet The Werewolf
by Georgess McHargue
Lippincott, 1976
HC 978-0-397-31663-2
Dell paper 978-0-440-96182-6

The origins, habits, myths, legends, and famous case histories of werewolves.

Ghosts
by Seymour Simon
Lippincott, 1976
HC 978-0-397-31664-9
Laurel Leaf paper 978-0-440-93114-0, at your library

Thunder at Gettysburg
by Patricia Lee Gauch
Coward McCann, 1975
HC 978-0-698-20329-7
paper, Boyds Mills Press 978-1-59078-186-9

In this fictional, but historically accurate account of a young girl's involvement in the Battle of Gettysburg, Tillie Pierce Alleman tells of her experiences helping wounded soldiers.

Nabby Adam’s Diary
by Miriam Anne Bourne
Putnam, 1975
HC 978-0-698-20312-9, at your library

A fictional diary of the second President's daughter detailing the ten-year period of her life from 1774-1784.

The Search: a biography of Leo Tolstoy
by Sara Newton Carroll
Harpercollins, 1972
HC 978-0-06-020953-7

A biography of the celebrated Russian writer who also gained fame for his moral and social philosophies.