#Scary stories to tell in the dark illustrations series#
That really horrified me.Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. For me it was the all the growing, there were always heads and toes growing out the ground and in one I remember a woman get devoured by vines. To give you a little context, this was a book I remember reading in the 4th grade with friends in the coat closet of our classroom in the dark with a flashlight. And we've got a gallery after the jump to help remind you of why you used to be afraid to close your eyes. "Just scare other children so bad it gives them nightmares for the rest of their lives." Mission accomplished, sir.
"I was four at the time thinking that I really didn't want to go to school next year.I just want to do THIS," said Gammell. Thanks for nothing, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark." Julieanne Smolinski, LemondropOn the Children's Literature Network, Scary Stories artist Stephen Gammell writes about his earliest experiences of drawing as a child. "Sometimes i wake up in the middle of the night slapping my face because I'm convinced a spider has injected babies into it. The drawing by artist Stephen Gammell brought the words by Alvin Schwartz to horrific life, and we suspect are a large part of why it was the most frequently challenged book for library banning from 1990-1999.
If you ever read Scary Stories to Tell in the Darkas a child, then you too, may be haunted to this day by the ghastly illustrations they contained, and how much fun it was read them under the sheets.
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