Ithas even been challenged for its depictions of witchcraft and/or the supernatural. Naturally, as with such previously covered notoriously banned books for children as Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the readers who felt most threatened by Max and his imagination were the parents, not the children. Schwartzs tales were popular enough to spawn a trilogy - soon after "Scary Stories" appeared in 1981, Schwartz delivered "More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" as well as "Scary AlvinSchwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark opens with a legend similar to my scar-inducing "Tailypo," "The Big Toe." Less sinister than severing a woodland creature's tail, in Schwartz's version, a little boy innocently uncovers a large toe sticking up in the garden. the book might not have found itself on banned book lists for Theseries is comprised of three books: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981), More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984) and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (1991). The stories are pretty simple, designed to be ones you read aloud to frighten your friends at night. Whether you read them alone or in the company of others Heis best known for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, which featured gruesome, nightmarish illustrations by Stephen Gammell. The series was America's most frequently challenged book (or book series) for library inclusion of 1990-1999. lyhYS.

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