Who Did the Art Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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Behind the Scenes of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

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Check out these three fun facts you probably didn't know about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, the iconic volume of terrifying stories for kids written past Alvin Schwartz and illustrated past Caldecott Medalist Stephen Gammell.

ane. Illustrator Stephen Gammell doesn't do interviews—ever.

Or, as the Postal service Bulletin puts it, Stephen "lets his fine art do the talking." For this reason, if you scour the internet, you'll observe

very little personal information

most him. Every bit he explains himself, "I don't give interviews. Not even for my publishers. It's just my policy."

Stephen's illustrations for Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark were so evocative that, in later editions of the book, original publisher HarperCollins opted for some slightly gentler images. Only fans from the early on days who read Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark in the 1980s and 1990s will remember the cocky-taught illustrator's terrifying surrealist estimation of Alvin Schwartz'south tales.

Stephen doesn't say much near himself, only his gorgeous and compassionate moving picture-book illustrations say and so much about him. You can see Stephen's fashion in activity in many of his non-so-scary children's books—such asThe Relatives Came by Cynthia Rylant.

2.Scary Stories has striking the big screen!

Guillermo del Toro produced a feature film adaptation of

Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

, which came out in August 2019. It combines several of the scary stories from the book, including diverse monsters, folktales, and characters.

Behemothic Thumb Studios produced a documentary called Scary Stories most the cosmos and impact of Scary Stories to Tell in the Nighttime, featuring archival footage of writer Alvin Schwartz, also as interviews with the mega-bestselling author of Goosebumps, R. L. Stine, and folklorist Dr. Gary Alan Fine. The creators describe it as "the story of the nigh banned book of all time."

Posters for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark documentary and theatrical characteristic picture. Left: © Behemothic Thumb Studios / courtesy of Cody Meirick. Right: © CBS Films / courtesy Everett Collection.

3. The spooky short stories are based on sociology, tall tales, and urban legends.Writer Alvin Schwartz was really a professional folklorist. During the 1970s, he nerveless dozens of tales through research and interviews. He claims that all of the stories in Scary Stories to Tell in the Night were based on oral legends he heard!

To become his

writing but right

, Alvin would read his writing aloud to himself in the bathroom. Why? "Considering the acoustics are so proficient," he explained.

Do you know any other surprising facts about Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark? Or a memory of reading them equally a kid? We'd honey to hear from you! Please share with u.s.a. on social media using the hashtag #ScholasticBookClubs.

Special Notation for Teachers: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark has been giving horror-story lovers a heart-pounding thrill for decades. Author Alvin Schwartz credits that scariness with "[developing] a lot of interest in reading" amid young people—and we couldn't agree more!

That being said, this book is pretty scary. As your students choose their own books this Halloween, please make sure they know Scary Stories to Tell in the Nighttime is a particularly spooky pick.

Well-nigh Alvin Schwartz

Alvin Schwartz (1927–1992) was known for a torso of piece of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explores everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories—Scary Stories to Tell in the Nighttime, More than Scary Stories to Tell in the Night, Scary Stories 3, and ii I Can Read books, In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories and Ghosts!—are classics of young people's literature.

Most Stephen Gammell

Stephen Gammell is the illustrator of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, and Scary Stories 3, every bit well equally many other books. He won the Caldecott Medal for Song and Trip the light fantastic toe Human by Karen Ackerman. He too earned Caldecott Honors for Where the Buffaloes Begin by Olaf Baker and The Relatives Came past Cynthia Rylant.

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