Warning: there will be images from the original books in this post) Even though it happened a few years ago, it seems like there are new pockets of indignation that pop up around this time of year over the "wussification" of the book series Scary Stories To Tell In the Dark.I didn't actually know that they changed the art until I saw some buzz about it recently. Now it looks like the Scary Stories film will use the same basic "group of kids finds weird book and releases monsters from it" premise as the Goosebumps movie! An original adaptation of a series of horror books for younger readers, featuring original characters as the protagonists encountering monsters from the various books. ThisIs Why I Hate Banned Books Week. Oct. 1, 2023, 6:00 a.m. ET. Zack Rosebrugh. By Matthew Walther. Mr. Walther is the editor of The Lamp, a Catholic literary journal, and a contributing Opinion Theseries is comprised of three books: Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981), More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1984) and Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (1991). The stories are pretty simple, designed to be ones you read aloud to frighten your friends at night. Whether you read them alone or in the company of others Ithas all the stories of "Scary Stories to tell in the Dark", "More Scary Stories to tell in the Dark", and "Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones." They are fantastic stories that the original writer Alvin Schwartz had based on research from past Urban Myths, and numerous past publications of American Folklore. BannedBooks Week is taking place from Sept. 25 to Oct. 1 this year, and is designed to celebrate our freedom to read well, just about whatever you want. Scary Stories to Tell In The Dark Heis best known for the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark series, which featured gruesome, nightmarish illustrations by Stephen Gammell. The series was America's most frequently challenged book (or book series) for library inclusion of 1990-1999. Idiscussed this phenomenon a few times in last year's banned books series — in particular with Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark when it comes to children and Lady Chatterley's Lover for TbAmw.