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You Need to Read: Young Foxes

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In Scary Stories for Young Foxes by Christian Mckay Heidicker, the old storyteller vixen shares the terrors of the forest with the seven young foxes who sneak out in search of scary stories.  The stories are terrifying, but they also serve as cautionary tales to the young foxes.  For young foxes who are looking for spooky tales told around a campfire that just might help them stay alive, look no further than the list below!
Ghostly, Ghastly Tales: Frights to Tell at Night
Written by Anastasia Garcia
Illustrated by Teo Skaffa
Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, 2024. Fiction. 207 pages. 

Spooky stories pulled from folklore all around the world, these stories serve as creepy cautionary tales and ominous omens for those brave enough to read them.

The Cursed Campground 
Written by FGTeeV
Illustrated by Tim Wesson
New York: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, 2025. Fiction. 159 pages.

The camping craziness all starts when Bigfoot is accidentally summoned by a family to their campground, but it doesn't end with Bigfoot.  Who knows who will show up next?  Vampires? Mummies?  SEA MONSTERS?! Can the FGTeeV family escape the hordes of monsters hot on their tails?

The Complete Tales
By Beatrix Potter
London; New York: Frederick Warne, 2002. Fiction. 400 pages.

All twenty-three of Beatrix Potter's most famous animal tales, including "Peter Rabbit," make up this deluxe volume.  Will these tales seem so innocent after the young foxes have heard the tales of terror of the unhinged Ms. Potter?  You decide.

Stories to Keep You  Alive Despite Vampires
Written by Ben Acker
Illustrated by Scott Buoncristiano
New York: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2022. Fiction. 186 pages.

This collection of scary stories just might help you survive the night in a house full of vampires.  As we all know, vampires require you to tell one scary story each night, which can be a lot of pressure when you're trying to keep your neck in one piece.  Good thing you have this book to help you out!

Written by Dan C. Jones
Illustrated by Weshoyot Alvitre
New York: Scholastic Press, 2021. Informational. 166 pages.

Learn traditional ghost stories from American Indian cultures across North America.  Witches, skinwalkers, and hungry skeletons (among other alarming supernatural beings), just might haunt your dreams after you read these thirty-two chilling short stories.




 
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