More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
by Alvin Schwartz
Picture book · ages 5–8 · grades K–3 · 620L · 111 pages · 2010
Why we'd hand it over
The classic jump-scare anthology—genuinely creepy for the 9+ crowd, but Jill Cook's illustrations cross into true horror (corpses, dismemberment, grotesquerie); use publisher age as a floor, not a guide, and know your kid's actual scare tolerance before handing it over.