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Jordan and his sister Karla beg their parents to take them to a big carnival that has opened on the other side of town. When they arrive, the two kids are delighted by the rides, the sideshow, the interesting displays, and the great food booths.

Do you ever feel scared? What do you do when you feel scared? Find out why Deon is scared and how he deals with his feelings.

Relates the things that can frighten children and how these fears may be overcome.

Something fishy is going on! What happens when a talking fish, a runaway dog, and a herd of hog-like creatures descend on the woods behind Cody Brachman's house? An abosolute nightmare! His friend Sam wanted to stay inside and play video games all day, but Cody insisted they go wading in the creek. What starts as a fun morning in the water quickly turns into the scariest day the two friends have ever experienced. If Cody can't figure out why everything...

A compilation of really scary stories also published in four separate library-bound volumes: The Girl in the Graveyard, The Library Claw, Shadow Shoes, and The Night Octopus.

A little egret is afraid to fly to the seashore because he fears he will not find his way back to his best friend, a cow, but she encourages the little egret to explore and looks for ways to encourage him.

"Giant spiders overrun the town of Sitting Duck, and Sam, Artie, and Emmie must work together to save the day"--

There's hardly anything that Sam Wu is afraid of. Unless you count ghosts, sharks, the dark and maybe even spiders. But definitely NOT zombies. Except for actual real ones maybe. So when Sam's arch nemesis, Ralph Zinkerman the Third announces that he has zombie werewolves living in his basement, for the first time ever, Sam really isn't sure if he wants to be the one to save the day. Ralph has always been pretty mean to him and, well, just one little...

It's strange enough for Tamal to be the new kid in town. But it's even stranger to be living in the house that everyone wants to avoid, a house with a very deadly history. Nobody wants to talk about what happened ... nobody except the terrifying girl Tamal keeps encountering throughout th ehose. Tamal's parents can't see her, but he's sure she's there -- and wants something from him. Tamal's family thought this house would be a new start ... but instead...

Three siblings are frightened by the wide mouth, long teeth, and strong jaws of the alligator that has crept up the stairs--until they decide they have had enough.