Beware by R.L. Stine is a collection of some of his all-time favorite stories. Not all of the stories are written by Stine himself. This collection features poems by Shel Silverstein, a story by Ronald Dahl, as well as the famous poem "The Cremation of Sam McGee" by Robert W. Service.
One of the stories in the collection is called "The Girl Who Stood on a Grave" by Alvin Schwartz. In the story a group of friends is talking about how if you stand on top of someone's grave they will reach through the ground, grab you and pull you into the grave with them. One girl in the group of friends did not believe the story so they dared her to go stand on a grave. They gave her a knife and told her to stick it into one of the graves so they knew she had been there. Bravely, the young girl went and stood on a grave. When nothing happened she stuck the knife into the grave and went to leave, but she couldn't! Something was holding onto her. She began screaming and then fell to the ground. When her friends came to check on her they noticed she had stuck the knife through her skirt. It was only the knife holding her skirt to the grave.
These short stories and poems are perfect to share with young children, probably 3rd grade and up. Most of the stories end in some kind of humor or irony. Some can be creepy, but not scary enough to give nightmares to anyone.
Check this one out, especially if you have a young one that enjoys the scarier things in life!
Happy Reading!
Laura
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