Scary Stories to Tell if You Dare Paperback – 27 Sept. 2017

This book reminds me of the scary stories books I used to read as a kid. Good fun and some lighthearted creeps.

My 10 year old enjoyed reading the stories.

I really enjoyed this book! It's a collection of short scary stories that pay homage to the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Series. As a near lifelong devotee of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark Series, this was a welcome treat. Author Joe Oliveto includes a great mixture of stories in this volume (some supernatural, some far too real) that manages to capture the very spartan, matter of fact style Schwartz used in his books. Just enough detail is given to capture your attention but not enough to distract from the moment. Each story feels like it could be told and retold a few different ways which is part of the fun of these books. I know that I personally took Alvin Schwartz's stories and made them my own at various sleepovers, campfires, and other times when a good scary story is needed. While the artwork mostly consist of simple black and white photographs rather than actual illustrations (who could ever attempt to recapture Stephen Gammell's artwork), it overall is an excellent tribute that continues the legacy.

As the title says. I'm a fan of the original scary stories series and the author tries recreate that same experience which I can commend him for, and he definitely did a good job. However, the illustrations that accompany the stories could be better.

Joe Oliveto made me and my family out here in Mexico re-live some of the old scary folktales we grew up with. I read this all in one night. All it's missing are creepy illustrations by Stephen Gammell and it would be an official #4 in the 1980's "Scary Stories..." trilogy. I found this stories to be a bit more original and I feel that Joe Oliveto can easily produce another book of scary stories to follow-up this one and hope he does. I'll be publishing soon myself but would be happy to contribute artwork to the pages of a sequel book. Read this with a group of people and I encourage that you engage your audience while reading...it works for a good jump-scare.