After her mother died, Jaclyn and her aunt Greta moved from Chicago to an Arctic Circle town called Sherpia where everyone lives in fear of an evil monster disguised as a snowman living in the mountains. When Jaclyn goes searching for it, she finds that the snowman knows about her missing father and her dead mother's secret hobbies. When Frankie's friend Melody Richmond finds a recipe in an old book to turn a person invisible, they decide to try it out on Ari. But he's on to them. He's switched the cups and now Frankie's the one who's invisible. There must be an antidote in the book, but Melody can't find it. It's missing! Goosebumps Gold Series". Timjacobus.com. Archived from the original on 2017-10-02 . Retrieved 2010-08-19. Harry Altman and his brother Alex Altman go to Camp Spirit Moon where the campers turn out to be ghosts who want to use Harry and Alex's bodies to escape. This hardcover set includes the following Goosebumps books: Night of the Living Dummy, Night of the Living Dummy II and Night of the Living Dummy III. The front cover also contains a light-up feature.

However believable his plots seem to his readers, Stine insists he has never lived one of his stories. “I"ve never turned into a bee - I've never been chased by a mummy or met a ghost. But many of the ideas in my books are suggested by real life. For example, one Halloween my son, Matt, put a mask on and then had trouble pulling it off. That gave me the idea for The Haunted Mask.” This hardcover set includes the following Goosebumps books: Welcome to Dead House, Stay Out of the Basement and Say Cheese and Die!. This book also contains a scream sound effect feature when opened.Lu-Ann Franklin usually loves Halloween. Not this year. Her best friend, Devin O'Bannon, is going away for the week. And she has to go to a boring party where nothing exciting could ever happen. But when Lu-Ann comes face-to-face with the Haunted Mask, major trouble lies ahead! Larry Boyd freaks out when his hands become hairy, presumably as a result of expired tanning lotion. Things get weirder when his friends begin to disappear and dogs who share their physical features appear in their place. Space-obsessed Murphy Shannon is pumped that his 6th grade class is visiting the Rayburne Observatory. Except, being a know-it-all means he's totally bored with the lectures he has to sit through. So when classmates Orly and Cleo say they should explore on their own, Murphy sneaks out with them. But when they come face-to-face with the strange Dr. Rayburne and his experiments, they realize they may be way in-over-their heads. A grand adventure in space may be in store for them, if they can survive... Dugan, Jeanne (November 4, 1996). "GOOSEBUMPS: THE THING THAT ATE THE KIDS' MARKET". BusinessWeek. Retrieved on November 25, 2010. Mark a chubby 12 year old boy who prefers the company of video games to actual people is given a shrunken head by his jungle explorer aunt Benna's assistant. The assistant suggests that Mark be brought down to the jungle island of Baladora to visit his aunt Benna, but soon discovers that the assistant Dr. Richard Hawlins, Carolyn Hawlins and their daughter Kareen are plotting to shake Mark down for information on the jungle magic the shrunken head possesses.

Parachute Publishing and HarperCollins Children's Books Announce a New Publishing Deal With Best-selling Author R.L. Stine". Findarticles.com. 2000-01-17. Archived from the original on 2008-12-26 . Retrieved 2010-08-19.About Scholastic: News Goosebumps audiobook series debus". scholastic.com . Retrieved 30 August 2015. Get inside the twisted but hilarious brain of Slappy, the genius dummy who is undoubtedly R. L. Stine's most nefarious creation! This is Slappy's exclusive tell-all on how to wreak havoc and make mayhem. Kids will learn all his sinister and spooky secrets -- plus Slappy's favorite jokes, quizzes, top-ten lists, and much more. It is everything kids need to make some serious mischief! Ray Gordon really likes the circus. His uncle, Theo is a performer in Koko's Klown Academy and he invites Ray to come join him for the summer. At first, Ray's parents are reluctant-they know their son has a habit of getting himself into strange situations. But Ray manages to convince them that he'll be on his best behavior. The circus itself is very cool. The clowns stay in their makeup all day and only go by their clown names. Ray becomes a clown-in-training named Mr. Belly-Bounce. But the longer he's there, the scarier things become. There are whisperings about a place called Clown Street and nobody, including Murder the Clown, wants to go there. Will Ray be able to survive the dark secrets of the circus?

It is bad enough Ian Barker has to spend his twelfth birthday with his younger sister, Molly, and their two annoying cousins, Vinny and Jonny. The four of them can't ever hang out without getting themselves into trouble. And Vinny and Jonny always want to play with Ian's stuff, always taking turns and breaking everything that they touch. Even Ian's new birthday presents are up for grabs. But when Ian gets Slappy from his dad, things go from bad to worse. Because when Slappy is in charge, you don't fight over him, he fights over you! The books see children placed in terrifying situations in which they have to overcome a frightening monster. Most of the original Goosebumps books can be read as standalones as they have self-contained plots. However, the exception to this is when a book has a direct sequel. Foerstel, Herbert. "Banned in the U.S.A.: a reference guide to book censorship in schools and public libraries". Greenwood Press, 2002. p. 222. Although his books are fun and exciting, writing them is serious stuff. He treats writing “...like a job.” To unwind after work he enjoys playing the pinball machine conveniently located in his own apartment. The infamous, Most Wanted Goosebumps characters are out on the loose and after you. For the second time ever, it's a Goosebumps Christmas! Kate Welles doesn't want to be special. She just wants to play the lead in her school's Christmas play. Her annoying "friend" Courtney is constantly getting in the way of that. Can you even call someone a "friend" if all they do is make fun of you and ruin everything all of the time? But Kate has to get along with Courtney or else neither of them will be allowed to take part in The 12 Screams of Christmas.Ben and Jenny Renfro are terrified of puppets and they don't know why. It's just been a fear that the twins have shared for as long as they can remember. Yes, they are creeped out by all kinds of puppets, but especially marionettes. Something about all of those wires is extra scary. The twins are determined to defeat their class rivals by winning their school's talent contest. And that means doing whatever it takes. Even if they have to surround themselves by the thing they hate most--puppets! But there is more to these guys than just string and glue. Something evil is hanging around. Will Ben and Jenny be able to take control? Lu-Ann Franklin usually loves Halloween. Not this year. Her best friend, Devin O'Bannon, is going away for the week. And she has to go to a boring party where nothing exciting could ever happen. But when Lu-Ann comes face-to-face with The Haunted Mask, major trouble lies ahead. Devin O'Bannon didn't want to leave his best friend Lu-Ann Franklin behind on Halloween. He didn't ask to go on this trip. And that was before he heard the strange scratching on his windows and saw the shadows moving around in the fields. Something is out there and it doesn't seem to want Devin around! Amanda and Josh Benson move with their parents Mr. and Mrs. Benson into a creepy old house in the strange town of Dark Falls and meet new friends who are unlike any kids they have known before.