# Ghost stories for kids age 7, 9 and 10 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 1, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522 "2006-02-01T17:18:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/1 "2006-02-01T17:18:24Z")
I’m looking for ghost stories appropriate for kids 7, 9 and 10 years old. Nothing spine-chilling or grisly, but enough to keep them entertained and maybe a little spooked without nightmares. ---
**Author:** ![Dragwyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dragwyr/32/2855_2.png) [@Dragwyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragwyr)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/2 "2006-02-01T17:28:26Z")
A quick search at [Amazon.com](http://Amazon.com) got me [this link](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0876031696/ref=pd_sbs_b_3/103-7500618-9747808?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155). ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/3 "2006-02-01T17:32:37Z")
There is a series of ghost story collections for children, retold by Robert D. San Souci, starting with [_Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440418046/), followed by [_More Short & Shivery_](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0440418577/). The stories are short, sometimes just three pages long, so you can tell several of them to your young audience. Would you like to borrow my fog machine? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Dob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dob)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/4 "2006-02-01T17:33:19Z")
I read [this](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0142402575/qid=1138815143/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-8099303-0232912?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) when I was a kid and LOVED it. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/5 "2006-02-01T19:40:09Z")
My teacher would read to us from [these books](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/006440465X/qid=1138822707/sr=2-1/ref=pd_bbs_b_2_1/002-0910060-8522458?s=books&v=glance&n=283155) if we had been good that day. I loved them! ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/6 "2006-02-01T19:50:44Z")
Some fun ideas in this thread: [Halloween story ideas for a bunch of 4-5 year olds](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=339259) You can just expand or add more scary details to these tales. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/7 "2006-02-01T20:34:00Z")
Why don’t you want to give them nightmares? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Goob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c77e96/32.png) [@Mr.Goob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Goob)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/8 "2006-02-01T21:04:55Z")
Tell them the story of what happened to the missing 8 year old. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/9 "2006-02-01T21:15:28Z")
Do you think “The Monkey’s Paw” is too much for your average seven-year old? [http://www.horrorseek.com/home/horror/dread/monkpaw.html](http://www.horrorseek.com/home/horror/dread/monkpaw.html) ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/10 "2006-02-01T21:19:16Z")
Look at some of the vocabulary in the first paragraph alone: parlor, possessed, radical, perils, provoked, placidly, hark, amiably, desirous, surveying. ---
**Author:** ![Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Carnac\_the\_Magnificent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carnac_the_Magnificent)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/11 "2006-02-01T21:21:55Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > Look at some of the vocabulary in the first paragraph alone: parlor, possessed, radical, perils, provoked, placidly, hark, amiably, desirous, surveying. OK, how about for someone who’s 37? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ddgryphon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8c91f0/32.png) [@ddgryphon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ddgryphon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2006, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ghost-stories-for-kids-age-7-9-and-10/342522/12 "2006-02-01T21:50:56Z")
I had good luck with [taily po](http://www.themoonlitroad.com/tailypo/tailypo_page001.asp)