cover image Beware!: R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories

Beware!: R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories

. HarperCollins Publishers, $17.99 (224pp) ISBN 978-0-06-623842-5

The renowned horror author selects 19 nailbiting tales for Beware!: R.L. Stine Picks His Favorite Scary Stories, including ""The Black Ferris"" by Ray Bradbury, William Sleator's ""The Elevator,"" a couple by Alvin Schwartz and a few by Stine himself. Each opens with a brief introduction by the Goosebumps author and includes bewitching b&w pictures by a number of illustrators. (Aug.)