Alvin Schwartz

• Jun-2018
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A comprehensive series that remedies a gap in comics history, bringing back all the Superman daily strips--among the character's rarest collectibles, never before reprinted.

The creative torch is passed to writer Alvin Schwartz when Superman's...

• Jan-2018
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Superman's newspaper comic strips are among the rarest of all Superman collectibles. This comprehensive series helps remedy that gap in the Superman by bringing back into print every one of the Sunday newspaper strips.

The Man of Steel stars ...

• Jul-2017
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Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a good, scary story! Scary Stories 3 is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up som...

• Apr-2016
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More than 170 never-before-reprinted Superman Sundays from the 1950s. This second book (of three) features every Superman weekly strip from March 22, 1953 through June 24, 1956. In these tales, Superman encounters two escaped criminals from Krypton; ...

• Jul-2015
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• These never-before-reprinted 1950's Sundays are a special treat for Superman fans and comics historians worldwide. This first book of the Atomic Age Sundays features more than 175 full-color strips, from October 23, 1949 through March 15, 19...

• Oct-2009
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Pirates and Spanish galleons, clues to undiscovered hoards, and more here is a collection of rich lore and legends, facts and myths, that will appeal to the treasure-seeker in everyone.

"I doubt that today's kids will be able to resist Alvin Sc...

• Jun-2006
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A profound investigation into the shifting nature of identity and reality • Looks at the ways thought is embodied and how it takes on a life of its own• Shows how Superman, an archetype of popular culture, is a perfect example of the nonlocality ...

• Oct-2001
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The iconic anthology series of horror tales that's now a feature film!

Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death -- they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories, collected and retol...

• Sep-2001
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Walking corpses, dancing bones, knife-wielding madmen, and narrow escapes from death -- they're all here in this chilling collection of ghost stories. Brought to spine-tingling, flesh-crawling life by acclaimed Broadway actor (and mas...

• May-2001
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The Blowtop was the only American novel to reveal in exquisite detail how brutally the years immediately following the horrors of World War II reshaped the gentle Bohemian art world that preceded it. Written in 1946, a year before Camus' uncannily si...

• Sep-1997
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With a trio of bestselling Halloween I Can Read Books--Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore by Alvin Schwartz, Creepy Crawly Critters and Other Halloween Tongue Twisters by Nola Buck, and In a Dark, Dark, Room and Other Scary Stories by Alvin Schwartz...

• Jun-1995
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Telling scary stories is something people have always done. It is an old fashioned way of having a good time. Nobody tells scary stories better than Alvin Schwartz, and here, for the very first time, his three most spine-tingling books are together...

• Jun-1994
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• Sep-1993
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Do you believe in ghosts?
Some people do . . .

These spooky -- and funny -- tales about singing ghosts, toast-eating ghosts, and ghosts no one even guesses are sure to send shivers up and down your spine.

Why not retell them to your fri...

• Sep-1992
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• Mar-1991
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A collection of 41 folk rhymes, taunts, and insults that have been chanted, sung, and shouted by generations of children throughout the United States. 'Children will appreciate the humor of the rhymes and the illustrations. Another I Can Read hit.' ...

• 1991
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Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a good, scary story! Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories 3 joins his other popular collections of scary folklore, Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark and Mo...

• Feb-1990
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• Sep-1988
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• Apr-1987
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• Oct-1986
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Meet the silliest family in the world!

Grandpa Brown tries to hatch a baby horse.Mr. Brown shouts at his underwear. And Jane Brown grows a carrot in her ear (she planted a radish). Here are six stories to make you giggle and laugh.

• Jul-1985
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• May-1985
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The noodle-headed Browns are back! And all of their noses are here, but clearly their wits are not.

Jane gets a donkey -- or does she? Grandpa misses the last ferryboat home. The Browns go on a rowboat trip, but have they all come back? Poor...

• Nov-1984
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Here are 28 scary stories. Some are funny, some macabre, and some just plain spooky. All are perfect for telling aloud in the dark or for reading alone . . . if you dare!...

• Apr-1984
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In a dark, dark room, in a soft, soft voice, tell a scary story!Newly reillustrated, this classic I Can Read full of spooky stories is perfect for beginning readers who love a bit of a scare.Victor Rivas's silly and spooky art will introduce a new ge...

• Jan-1982
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• Oct-1981
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This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of eerie horror and dark revenge that will make you jump with fright. There is a story here for everyone -- skeletons with torn and tangled flesh who ...

• Jan-1980
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• Aug-1977
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• Sep-1976
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• Oct-1972
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