Literature Guide for THE SCARY PLACES MAP BOOK
LITERATURE GUIDE FOR THE SCARY PLACES MAP BOOK By B. G. Hennessy and Illustrated by Erwin Madrid Published by Candlewick Press ISBN 978-0-7636-4541-0
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Over 150 Picture Books, Early Readers, Chapter Books, Story Collections and Activity Books to go with the maps
Many thanks to Cathy Bonnel, Kelee Moye K. T. Horning and Mary Wong for help in compiling this list.
Updated 9/17/13
MAP ONE: THE GHOSTLY GALLEON CRUISE OF THE SEVEN SEAS Books about Pirates, Sea Monsters, and Weather
PICTURE BOOKS
How I Became a Pirate, Shannon The Man Whose Mother Was a Pirate, Mahy The Pirate Cruncher, Duddle Tough Boris, Fox Edward and the Pirates, McPhail The Most Dangerous, Fields (non-fiction) Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC, I Sobel/Cole There was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish, Ward/Gray
BEGINNING READERS AND CHAPTER BOOKS
Pirates Past Noon, Magic Tree House Book Book #4, Osborne Dark Day in the Deep Sea, Magic Tree House Book #39, Osborne Pirates of the Carribean Series: The Curse of the Black Pearl, Trimble The Not-So-Jolly Roger #2, Time Warp Trio, Scieszka Narga the Sea Monster (The Dark Realm: The Beast Quest), Blade Atlantis, The Lost City (Level 4), Donkin, DK Readers Emily Windsnap and the Monster from the Deep, Kessler Sirens and Sea Monsters, Osborne The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians), Riordan 1 Literature Guide for THE SCARY PLACES MAP BOOK
NON-FICTION & ACTIVITY BOOKS
Pirateology, Lubber Books about Pirates, Sea Monsters, and Weather, cont. The Magic Tree House Fact Tracker #17: Companion to Magic Tree House #39: Dark Day in the Deep Sea Giant Squid: Searching for a Sea Monster, Cerullo Encyclopedia Prehistorica: Sharks and Other Sea Monsters, Sabuda, pop up book Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Creatures of the Deep, Everhart Mysteries of the Bermuda Triangle (Unsolved!), Walker Storms, Simon Storms!, Goin Everything Weather: Facts, Photos and Fun that Will Blow You Away, Furgang Eyewonder: Weather, DK Publishing Drawing the Kraken and Other Sea Monsters, Beaumont, activity book Here They Be Monsters: The Legendary Kraken and the Giant Squid, Newquist Kraken Attack, Brownlow (pop up, activity book) Bermuda Triangle, Donkin
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MAP TWO: LAND OF MYTHICAL MONSTERS Books about Ancient Greece, Myths and Hercules
PICTURE BOOKS
Hercules, Burleigh The Twelve Tasks of Hercules, Hamill Young Zeus, Karras
COLLECTIONS OF MYTHS
D’Aulaire’s Book of Greek Myths, D’Aulaire Greek Myths for Young Children, Amery Greek Myths, Turnbull Greek Myths, Williams
BEGINNING READERS AND CHAPTER BOOKS
Hercules, McCaughrean (Heroes Series) It’s All Greek to me #8, Time Warp Trio, Scieszka Hercules: The Twelve Labors: A Greek Myth (graphic novel), Storrie/Kurth Vacation Under the Volcano (Magic Tree House, No. 13), Osborne Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Book 4), Riordan We Goddesses, Orgel
REFERENCE & ACTIVITY BOOKS
Mythology, Evans Encyclopedia Mythologicia: Gods and Heroes Pop Up, Reinhart and Sabuda, pop up book Ancient Greece (DKEyewitness Books), Pearson Ancient Greece, Solway Spend the Day in Ancient Greece: Projects and Activities that Bring the Past to Life, Honan Ancient Greece and the Olympics: A Non-Fiction Companion to Magic Tree House #16 Hour of the Olympics, Osborne/Boyce/Murdocca Greek Gods and Goddesses (Dover Classic Stories Coloring Book), Green Classical Kids: An Activity Guide to Life in Ancient Greece and Rome, Carlson
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MAP THREE: WESTERN TERROR-TORIES Books about The American West, Cowboys, Gold, the Desert and the Grand Canyon
PICTURE BOOKS
Cowboy Camp, Sauer G is for Grand Canyon, Gowan A Cowgirl and Her Horse, Adams Clarence Goes Out West and Meets a Purple Horse, Adams The Desert is Theirs, Baylor/Parnell (Caldecott Honor Book) Cactus Hotel, Gulberson/Lloyd Rattlesnake Rules, Storad/Jensen Mule Train Mail, Brown Desert Town/Geisert The Desert Is My Mother/El desierto es mi madre, Mora
BEGINNING READERS AND CHAPTER BOOKS Danger in the Desert, Fields Brighty of the Grand Canyon, Henry The Grand Canyon (Wonders of America), Bauer Why Oh Why Are Deserts Dry?: All About Deserts (Cat in the Hat’s Learning Library), Rabe Cowgirl Kate and Cocoa, Silverman/Lewin Justin and the Best Biscuits in the World, Walter Missing on Superstition Mountain; A Superstition Mountain Mystery, Broach
REFERENCE & ACTIVITY BOOKS
Who Pooped in the Park? Scat and Tracks for Kids, Grand Canyon National Park, Robson/Clark “Hey, Ranger!” Kids Ask Questions About Grand Canyon National Park, Jueteseen Don’t Squat With Your Spurs On: A Cowboy’s Guide to Life, Bender (10 and up, Vol 1 and 2) Cowboy (Eyewitness Books), Murdoch Grand Canyon National Park (True Books: National Parks), Peterson Deserts, Simon The California Gold Rush (True Books), Friedman What Was the Gold Rush? Holub The Cowgirls Way: Hats Off to America’s Women of the West, George-Warren Desert Life, Jablonsky Bill Pickett, Rodeo Ridin’ Cowboy, Pinkney Home on the Range: John A. Lomax and His Cowboy Songs, Hopkinson/Schindler In the Days of the Vaqueros: America’s first True Cowboys, Freedman Grand Canyon: Exploring a Natural Wonder, Minor Watching Desert Wildlife, Arnosky
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MAP FOUR: THE WICKED WOODS AND WITCHFIELD VILLAGE Books about Ogres, Witches, Wizards, Giants, Fairy Tales and Gardens
PICTURE BOOKS
Room on the Broom, Donaldson/Scheffler Awful Ogre’s Awful Day, Prelutsky/Zelinsky Giant John, Lobel Tilly Witch, Freeman Hester, Barton The Snow Queen, Erlich/Jeffers Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep/Prelutsky The Widow’s Broom, Van Allsburg We’re Off to Find the Witch’s House, Kreib/Alley The Talking Eggs, San Souci/Pinkney Can’t Scare Me!, Bryan Clever Beatrice, Willey/Solomon Good Enough to Eat/Cole
BEGINNING READERS AND CHAPTER BOOKS
The Witch Who Was Afraid of Witches, Low Little Witches Big Night, Hautzig Bailey School Kids Series, Dadey, many titles! Which Way to Witch School?, Santoro The Wizard of Oz, (Stepping Stone Book) Baum/Manning A Giant Problem (Beyond the Spiderwick Chronicles), Black/DiTerlizzi The Chronicles of Narnia, Lewis The Witch of Blackbird Pond, Speare Ogre, Ogre, Anthony The BFG, Dahl The Witches, Dahl The Secret History of Giants, Berk OZ: The Complete Collection, Baum Winter of the Ice Wizard: Magic Tree House #32, Osborne Wizardology: The Book of the Secrets of Merlin, Merlin Akata Witch, Okorafor Odd and the Frost Giant, Gaiman Giants Beware!, Aguirre Jack and the Seven Deadly Giants/Swope
COLLECTIONS & ACTIVITY BOOKS
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The Random House Book of Fairy Tales, Erhlich, Or your own favorite collection will do How to Draw a Happy Witch and 99 things that go Bump in the Night, Sikorski Roots, Shoots, Buckets & Boots: Gardening Together with Children, Lovejoy
PLEASE READ THIS ONE OUT LOUD!
The 13 Clocks, Thurber/Simont
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MAP FIVE: TRANSYLVANIA Books about Vampires, Frankenstein, Dracula, Skeletons, Zombies and Bats
PICTURE BOOKS
Zombelina, Crow/Idle My Mama Says There Aren't Any Zombies, Ghosts, Vampires, Creatures, Demons, Monsters, Fiends, Goblins, or Things, Viorst/Chorao Dogzilla, Kat Kong, Pilkey Frankenstein Makes a Sandwich, Frankenstein Makes a Cake, Rex Vamperina Ballerina, Pace Stellaluna, Cannon Bats, Gibbons Skeleton and the Mummy, Metzger/Zenz The Monsters’ Monster/McDonnell Skeleton Hiccups, Cuyler/Schindler Bone Dog, Rohman Just a Minute/Morales Just in Case/Morales
BEGINNING READERS AND CHAPTER BOOKS
Zombies Don’t Play Soccer (Bailey School Kids #15), Dadey, many titles in this series Goosebumps: Hall of Horrors #4: why I Quit zombie School, Stine Frankenstein (A Stepping Stone Book), Shelley/Weinberg Frankenstein (Graphic Novel), Shelley Frankenstein’s Dog (Goosebumps #4), Stine The Zombie Chasers, Kloepfer Horrible Harry and the Mud Gremlins, Kline Skulduggery Pleasant, Landy
COLLECTIONS & ACTIVITY BOOKS
A Zombie’s Guide to the Human Body: Anatomy 101 Taught by a Zombie, Becker Zombie’s and Forces and Motion, (Graphic Library: Monster Science)/Weakland Frankenstein: Color Your Own Graphic Novel, Shelley/Green Bones: Skeletons and How They Work, Jenkins The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead, Brooks (YA/Adult) Bones: Skeletons and How They Work/Jenkins The Glow-in-the-Dark Book of Animal Skeletons/Kahney/Santoro
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MAP SIX: NIGHTMARE HOUSE Books about Haunted Houses, Monsters, Lost Things, Nightmares, and Scary Stuff
PICTURE BOOKS
Ghosts in the House, Kazuno Kahara There’s a Nightmare in my Closet, Mayer The Monster at the End of this Book, Stone/Smolin (the ebook is also fun) Olivia and the Haunted Hotel, Sheperd/Spaziante Mousterpiece, Zalben Nightmares: Poems to Trouble Your Sleep, Prelutsky Berenstain Bear Books Bears in the Night The Spooky Old Tree In the Dark Bad Dream Boy and the Ghost, San Souci/Pinkney
EARLY READERS AND CHAPTER BOOKS
Cam Jansen: The Mystery at the Haunted House, Adler, Natti Inside a House That Is Haunted, Capuculli Flat Stanley and the Haunted House, Brown Ghost Buddy #1: Zero to Hero, Winkler, Oliver Nightmare of the Iguana: Dragonbreath #8, Vernon A Good Night for Ghosts, Magic Treehouse Series, Osborne Nighty-Nightmare (Bunnicula and Friends Series), Howe Welcome to Camp Nightmare, Classic Goosebumps #14, Stine Dirk Bones and the Mystery of the Haunted House, Cushman Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore, Schwartz/Chess Nightmare Before Christmas, Burton (various formats)
COLLECTIONS AND ACTIVITY BOOKS
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, (Series), Schwartz Five Haunted Houses, Stamper Look & Look Again Haunted House Activity Pad, Kidbooks and Tallarico Make Your Own Haunted House with 36 Stickers (Dover Little Activity Books), Beylon Haunted House Activity Book (Dover Little Activity Books), Mazurkiewicz Ghost Files: The Haunting Truth, Kuryla/ Yelchin, age 10 up. Mini House: The Haunted House (Mini House Book), Lippman
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MAP SEVEN: MUSEUM OF HAUNTED OBJECTS Books about Museums and Art
PICTURE BOOKS
The Night at the Museum, Trenc Museum ABC, The NY Metropolitan Museum of Art How to Take Your Grandmother to the Museum, Goldman/Wyse Monster Museum, Singer/Grimly The Museum, Verde/Reynolds Meet Me at the Museum: a Whimsical Look Behind the Scenes, Goldin ish (Creatrilogy), Reynolds The Pencil, Ahlbery/Ingman The Museum Book: A Guide to Strange and Wonderful Collections, Mark/Holland Museum Trip/Lehman Mystery/Geisert You Can’t Take a Balloon into the Metropolitan Museum, Weitzman/Glasser You Can’t Take a Balloon into the National Gallery, Weitzman/Glasser Seen Art? Scieszka/Smith
EARLY READERS AND CHAPTER BOOKS
Fancy Nancy at the Museum, O’Connor, Glasser Arthur Lost in the Museum (Step into Reading), Brown The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, (Dover Thrift Edition, abridged), Stevenson
BOOKS FOR OLDER READERS From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler, Konigsburg Night at the Museum: the Junior Novelization, Goldman
ACTIVITY BOOKS
MoMA Make Art Mistakes: an Inspired Sketchbook for Everyone, Museum of Modern Art New York The Great and Only Barnum, Fleming
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