When you’re trying to interest reluctant readers,these are the books (by Alvin Schwartz) to put in their hands. The pacing is perfect: scary, scarier, scariest!

When you’re trying to interest reluctant readers, these are the books (by Alvin Schwartz) to put in their hands. The pacing is perfect: scary, scarier,

Bogeys of the Arctic Circle Picture yourself here…the Arctic Circle…looking at the Northern Lights. But that’s not all you’ll see. There’s the string monster, a

From Bogeyman 101by Karen Hokanson MIller  Imagine this! You’re in the woods, alone, when suddenly you hear “thump, thump thump.” That’s the sound of a

In my chapter about Baba Yaga, Natasha tricks the old witch into relinquishing Natasha’s little brother, whom she is fattening up for dinner. Baba Yaga

Knock! Knock! Knock! Who’s There? By Phillippe Goosens didn’t just surprise me. It made me laugh out loud. At first, I worried along with Bear

By Alexis Deacon, Illustrations by Vivianne Schwartz The book starts with one rat and one piece of cheese. Rat Law says Rat 1 gets to

Piggie Pie! is a scary plot (will Witch Gritch find the pigs and bake them into a pie?), but it’s loaded with laughs. When Gritch locates

Why did I include the Grandma diagram? So you could get an idea of David Walliams’ zany humor. Here’s the premise. Ben has to spend