The Haunted House - Collected & Retold By Alvin Schwartz
Sometimes you just can't go to bed until you get that last thing done.
This short story is featured in the book Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark (1981), the first book of Alvin Schwart'z trilogy. These books took a place in the hearts of most young readers, primarily for the illustrations by Stephen Gammell that accompany the folktales.
First published in the US by HarperCollins
Text Copyright © Alvin Schwartz ,1984, 2017
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