except at the beginning with the disconnected phones that ring and the creepy messages spoken on the other end. What is it with books about girls always getting cutesy covers, even when the content is on the darker side? Since this is more of a time travel book, it doesn’t have that many similarities to Stranger Things. The Time of the Fireflies by Kimberly Griffiths Little People getting trapped in other dimensions. Lots of similarities in these stories with some of the Stranger Things tales. The Cabinet of Curiosities by Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, Emma Trevayne The fuzzy mud here would be right at home in that setting. It also reminds me of that moment when Eleven finds out what happened to Barb. This one’s effective at making you want to wash your hands repeatedly as you read it. But we’ve got creepy messages through telephones, blurred lines between fantasy and reality, and that moment when you open a door in your house and discover a horror show waiting just for you.Īgain with the crazy local scientists. The monster of this piece is a bit more talkative (not to mention seductive) than the monster of Stranger Things. In this case it’s a dog, not a girl, but it probably says a lot more words in one page than El does in the whole series. And as an extra added bonus, Hautman’s book has someone of superior abilities escaping from the scientists’ lab. Of course, when I remembered the evil scientists in Bacigalupi’s books, that naturally led to a reminder about the evil scientists in Hautman’s. Granted, there are more zombie cows in this book than there were in Stranger Things, but there are also good jump-out-of-your-seat scare moments too. Grab this one if the thing you liked about Stranger Things was the group of boys uncovering an insidious plot created by evil (local) scientists. Zombie Baseball Beatdown by Paolo Bacigalupi Think of it as Wait Till Helen Comes for the 21st century. Add in the monster in the basement (monsters?) and you’ve got yourself a VERY misleadingly cutesy cover for what turns out to be a good frightening read. Like Stranger Things, family members disappear unexpectedly and other family members’ voices are heard without being seen. I finished it recently and was quite taken with it. Have you read this one yet? It came out in March and was advertised as “The Shining meets Hotel California” which is one of the more enticing blurbs I’ve come across in a long time.
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It would make excellent children’s horror film, if it came to that. And it has this nice off-putting vibe to it as well.
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Plants and nature play a big part in everything. Enterprising kids have to outsmart an otherworldly being. There’s something creepy in the forests stealing the children.
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Seems appropriate to start with this one. Just don’t read it if you don’t want things spoiled for you. Hold onto it for Halloween if you so choose.
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So for those kids who like their books a little eerie, a little creepy, and chock full of monsters and evil scientists, here’s a Stranger Things reading list. Kids today would get a huge kick out of Stranger Things if they managed to see it. When I was a kid, lots of children saw Gremlins, Nightmare on Elm Street, and any number of other horror films. But of course, then I started thinking about children’s books. When I looked online I could only find about two or three such lists already in existence. For work I decided to put up a Stranger Things recommended book display for adult type folks. I may not get most of the Stephen King and John Carpenter references but the E.T., Aliens, and Akira stuff hits home hard. Like many children of the 80s I’ve been just delighted by the Netflix 8-part horror fest Stranger Things.