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Tales to Give You Goosebumps is a series of six books that contain ten short stories in each book, making a grand total of sixty tales in total. Every book in the series came packaged with Goosebumps themed merchandise, from booklights, to even undergarments. Some books were based around certain themes, such as Halloween and Christmas.

Ghostwriters

According to Scholastic, R.L. Stine's contract for the series Tales to Give You Goosebumps did not stipulate that Stine had to be the sole author of the series (unlike Stine's contract for the original Goosebumps series).^[1]

The story Fun With Spelling from the book More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps was ghostwritten by author Carolyn Crimi, an author who also ghostwrote two books in the Ghosts of Fear Street series.^[2] Another Ghosts of Fear Street writer, Kathryn Lance, ghostwrote Why I Hate Jack Frost from More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps. Currently, Crimi and Lance are the only authors to openly claim to have ghostwritten for the Tales to Give You Goosebumps series.

Books

No.	Book	Publish date	Pages	Blurb / Stories contained
1	Tales to Give You Goosebumps	October 1994	144	READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN SCARES! From an evil baby sister, to a remote control that can control more than just the television set, to a teacher who's obsessed with snakes, to a cute, cuddly, teddy bear gone bad, here are ten creepy, spooky stores guaranteed to give you Goosebumps all night long! The House of No Return • Teacher's Pet • Strained Peas • Strangers in the Woods • Good Friends • How I Won My Bat • Mr. Teddy • Click • Broken Dolls • A Vampire in the Neighborhood
2	More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	July 1995	125	READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN SUMMERTIME SCARES! Is Matt's summer camp being taken over by an evil patch of poison ivy? Will Eric escape from his tank, now that he's been turned into a fish? Can Tara help the terrified voice she hears inside a beautiful seashell? Find out in these ten creepy Goosebumps short stories perfect for reading around the campfire or under the covers! The Werewolf's First Night • P.S. Don't Write Back • Something Fishy • You Gotta Believe Me! • Suckers! • Dr. Horror's House of Video • The Cat's Tale • Shell Shocker • Poison Ivy • The Spirit of the Harvest Moon
3	Even More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	June 1996	125	READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN MORE SCARES! Can Jeff convince his parents there's a live mummy in the basement? Will Adam escape from a monstrous flying gargoyle? Is Brian's boarding school turning kids into robots? Find out in these ten creepy Goosebumps short stories guaranteed to make you shiver! The Chalk Closet • Home Sweet Home • Don't Wake Mummy • I'm Telling! • The Haunted House Game • Change for the Strange • The Perfect School • For The Birds • Aliens in the Garden • The Thumbprint of Doom
4	Still More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	September 1996	138	READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN HALLOWEEN SCARES! Will Charlie's recipe for pumpkin juice cause him some hair-raising terror? Are Dave's awesome ants biting off more than they can chew? Can Max's Halloween wish turn him into an endangered species? Pumpkin Juice • Attack of the Tattoo • The Wish • An Old Story • The Scarecrow • Awesome Ants • Please Don't Feed The Bears • The Goblin's Glare • Bats About Bats • The Space Suit Snatcher
5	More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	June 1997	132	READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN MORE SCARES! Will Aunt Vera's book of magic spells spell scary trouble for Kari? Is Jeffrey a musical genius or is the old guitar he stole really haunted? Are Mike and his brother Ray house-sitting for a monstrous ghost? Find out in these ten creepy Goosebumps short stories guaranteed to give you a major case of the 'Bumps! The Haunted Guitar • Tune in Tomorrow • Live Bait • Something Strange About Marci • The Ghost Sitter • Fun With Spelling • Matt's Lunch Box • Stuck in 1957 • Mirror Mirror on the Wall • What's Cooking?
6	More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps	October 1997	125	READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN HOLIDAY SCARES! Will Brad learn to care for his pet Gronk, before it takes care of him? Can Samantha sit through a boring Nutcracker ballet without cracking up... for real? Are Max's new monster skates putting him on thin ice? Has Sam been caught in the bone-chilling grip of an ice vampire? Find out in these ten creepy Goosebumps short stories guaranteed to fill you with holiday fear! Don't Sit on the Gronk • Nutcracker Nightmare • The Ice Vampire • A Holly Jolly Holiday • Why I Hate Jack Frost • Marshmallow Surprise • Monster on the Ice • The Double-Dip Horror • Santa's Helpers • Attack of the Christmas Present

Original covers

1997 Reprint covers

Original packaging (front)

Original packaging (back)

Reprints

In 1997, the first three books in the series were reprinted to match the cover style of the final book in the series, More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps. The reprints did not include the original merchandise for the books. A hardcover collection book titled 30 Tales to Give You Goosebumps was released in April 2004, featuring stories from the first three books in the series. It was also available in paperback.

List of characters

Villains/Enemies/Antagonists

The Ghosts of the House of No Return
Mr. Blankenship
Hannah
Mr. Smith
Old Bear
The Dollmaker
Maddy, Carrie, Yvonne and Joey
The Ghosts of Camp Timber Lane Hills
The Aliens
Blob Monster in a chest
Dr. Horror
Dr. Horror's Monsters
Misty
The Hermit Crab
The Hermit Crabs mother
The Poison Ivy
The Spirit of the Harvest Moon
Mr. Grimsley
Mrs. Forster
The Mummy
The Gargoyle
The Perfect School
Mr. Dove
Flip
The Tattoo
Aunt Dahlia
The Scarecrow
The Awesome Ants
The Cuddle Bears
The Goblin
Memphis Willy
Old Jumbo
Lunch Box Monsters
Mirror Bonnie Sue Bowers
Chop Suey
The Gronk
Mrs. Boren
The Ice Vampire
Susie Snowflake
Jack Frost
Mrs. Spooner
Bobby Judd
Santa Claus
Robot Tag

Covers

The series marks the debut of Curly the Skeleton, who became the mascot of the series and the Goosebumps franchise as a whole. The cover of the first book depicts Curly as a ghost-like figure with long curly hair. Scholastic wasn't a fan of the design, and asked the cover artist, Tim Jacobus, to redesign him. From the second book onward, Curly took the form of an actual skeleton with a buzz cut. Book three onward also featured Curly's bulldog, Drool.

The cover design used on books one through five matched the slime aesthetic used for the original Goosebumps. The final book in the series, More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps, ditched the slime aesthetic in favor of one resembling that of a picture frame. The first three books in the series were reprinted in 1997 to match the new aesthetic.

Other media

Television series

The stories "Click", "An Old Story", "The Perfect School", "The Haunted House Game", "The House of No Return", "Strained Peas", "Awesome Ants" and "Don't Wake Mummy" were adapted into episodes for the television series Goosebumps.

Trivia

The French version of the stories were released separately, instead of a short story collection.

References

Goosebumps series
Main series	Original series • Series 2000 • HorrorLand • Hall of Horrors • Most Wanted • SlappyWorld
Spin-off series	Tales to Give You Goosebumps • Give Yourself Goosebumps • Goosebumps Presents • Triple Header
Other series	Collector's Caps books • Goosebumps Gold • Classic Goosebumps • Goosebumps film books

[:2-1] "Scholastic Inc. -v- Parachute Press (Index No. 600512/99)" (mirror)

[2] Carolyn Crimi - Freelance: Short Stories

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+| style="text-align: center;" |<div style="font-family: Futura Condensed, Medium Condensed, Oswald; color: #5c4215; font-size:16pt;">''READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN SCARES!''</div>
-|<center><big>''Reader Beware-- You're In For Ten Scares!''</big>
 <span style="font-size:10pt;">From an evil baby sister, to a remote control that can control more than just the television set, to a teacher who's obsessed with snakes, to a cute, cuddly, teddy bear gone bad, here are ten creepy, spooky stores guaranteed to give you ''Goosebumps'' all night long!</span>
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-<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[The House of No Return]] • [[Teacher's Pet]] • [[Strained Peas]] • [[Strangers in the Woods]] • [[Good Friends]] • [[How I Won My Bat]] • [[Mr. Teddy]] • [[Click]] • [[Broken Dolls]] • [[A Vampire in the Neighborhood]]</span></center>
+<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[The House of No Return]] • [[Teacher's Pet]] • [[Strained Peas]] • [[Strangers in the Woods]] • [[Good Friends]] • [[How I Won My Bat]] • [[Mr. Teddy]] • [[Click]] • [[Broken Dolls]] • [[A Vampire in the Neighborhood]]</span>
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+| style="text-align: center;" |<div style="font-family: Futura Condensed, Medium Condensed, Oswald; color: #5c6306; font-size:16pt;">''READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN SUMMERTIME SCARES!''</div>
-|<center><big>''Reader Beware-- You're In For Ten Summertime Scares!''</big>
 <span style="font-size:10pt;">Is Matt's summer camp being taken over by an evil patch of poison ivy? Will Eric escape from his tank, now that he's been turned into a fish? Can Tara help the terrified voice she hears inside a beautiful seashell?
 Find out in these ten creepy ''Goosebumps'' short stories perfect for reading around the campfire or under the covers!</span>
 ----
-<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[The Werewolf's First Night]] • [[P.S. Don't Write Back]] • [[Something Fishy]] • [[You Gotta Believe Me!]] • [[Suckers!]] • [[Dr. Horror's House of Video]] • [[The Cat's Tale]] • [[Shell Shocker]] • [[Poison Ivy]] • [[The Spirit of the Harvest Moon]]</span></center>
+<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[The Werewolf's First Night]] • [[P.S. Don't Write Back]] • [[Something Fishy]] • [[You Gotta Believe Me!]] • [[Suckers!]] • [[Dr. Horror's House of Video]] • [[The Cat's Tale]] • [[Shell Shocker]] • [[Poison Ivy]] • [[The Spirit of the Harvest Moon]]</span>
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+| style="text-align: center;" |<div style="font-family: Futura Condensed, Medium Condensed, Oswald; color: #873708; font-size:16pt;">''READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN MORE SCARES!''</div>
-|<center><big>''Reader Beware-- You're In For Ten More Scares!''</big>
 <span style="font-size:10pt;">Can Jeff convince his parents there's a live mummy in the basement? Will Adam escape from a monstrous flying gargoyle? Is Brian's boarding school turning kids into robots?
 Find out in these ten creepy ''Goosebumps'' short stories guaranteed to make you shiver!</span>
 ----
-<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[The Chalk Closet]] • [[Home Sweet Home]] • [[Don't Wake Mummy]] • [[I'm Telling!]] • [[The Haunted House Game]] • [[Change for the Strange]] • [[Perfect School]] • [[For The Birds]] • [[Aliens in the Garden]] • [[The Thumbprint of Doom]]</span></center>
+<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[The Chalk Closet]] • [[Home Sweet Home]] • [[Don't Wake Mummy]] • [[I'm Telling!]] • [[The Haunted House Game]] • [[Change for the Strange]] • [[The Perfect School]] • [[For The Birds]] • [[Aliens in the Garden]] • [[The Thumbprint of Doom]]</span>
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+| style="text-align: center;" |<div style="font-family: Futura Condensed, Medium Condensed, Oswald; color: #4f4604; font-size:16pt;">''READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN HALLOWEEN SCARES!''</div>
-|<center><big>''Reader Beware--You're In For Ten Halloween Scares!''</big>
 <span style="font-size:10pt;">Will Charlie's recipe for pumpkin juice cause him some hair-raising terror? Are Dave's awesome ants biting off more than they can chew? Can Max's Halloween wish turn him into an endangered species?</span>
 ----
-<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[Pumpkin Juice]] • [[Attack of the Tattoo]] • [[The Wish]] • [[An Old Story]] • [[The Scarecrow]] • [[Awesome Ants]] • [[Please Don't Feed The Bears]] • [[The Goblin's Glare]] • [[Bats About Bats]] • [[The Space Suit Snatcher]]</span></center>
+<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[Pumpkin Juice]] • [[Attack of the Tattoo]] • [[The Wish]] • [[An Old Story]] • [[The Scarecrow]] • [[Awesome Ants]] • [[Please Don't Feed The Bears]] • [[The Goblin's Glare]] • [[Bats About Bats]] • [[The Space Suit Snatcher]]</span>
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+| style="text-align: center;" |<div style="font-family: Futura Condensed, Medium Condensed, Oswald; color: #632704; font-size:16pt;">''READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN MORE SCARES!''</div>
-|<center><big>''Reader Beware-- You're In For Ten More Scares!''</big>
 <span style="font-size:10pt;">Will Aunt Vera's book of magic spells spell scary trouble for Kari? Is Jeffrey a musical genius or is the old guitar he stole really haunted? Are Mike and his brother Ray house-sitting for a monstrous ghost?
 Find out in these ten creepy ''Goosebumps'' short stories guaranteed to give you a major case of the 'Bumps!</span>
 ----
-<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[The Haunted Guitar]] • [[Tune In Tomorrow]] • [[Live Bait]] • [[Something Strange About Marci]] • [[The Ghost Sitter]] • [[Fun With Spelling]] • [[Matt's Lunch Box]] • [[Stuck in 1957]] • [[Mirror Mirror on the Wall]] • [[What's Cooking?]]</span></center>
+<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[The Haunted Guitar]] • [[Tune in Tomorrow]] • [[Live Bait]] • [[Something Strange About Marci]] • [[The Ghost Sitter]] • [[Fun With Spelling]] • [[Matt's Lunch Box]] • [[Stuck in 1957]] • [[Mirror Mirror on the Wall]] • [[What's Cooking?]]</span>
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+| style="text-align: center;" |<div style="font-family: KOMTXT_; color: #ffffff; font-size:14pt; text-shadow: black 2px 2px 3px;">''READER BEWARE -- YOU'RE IN FOR TEN HOLIDAY SCARES!''</div>
-|<center><big>''Reader Beware-- You're In For Ten Holiday Scares!''</big>
 <span style="font-size:10pt;">Will Brad learn to care for his pet Gronk, before it takes care of him? Can Samantha sit through a boring Nutcracker ballet without cracking up... for real? Are Max's new monster skates putting him on thin ice? Has Sam been caught in the bone-chilling grip of an ice vampire? Find out in these ten creepy ''Goosebumps'' short stories guaranteed to fill you with holiday fear!</span>
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-<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[Don't Sit on the Gronk]] • [[Nutcracker Nightmare]] • [[The Ice Vampire]] • [[A Holly Jolly Holiday]] • [[Why I Hate Jack Frost]] • [[Marshmallow Surprise]] • [[Monster on the Ice]] • [[The Double-Dip Horror]] • [[Santa's Helpers]] • [[Attack of the Christmas Present]]</span></center>
+<span style="font-size:9pt;">[[Don't Sit on the Gronk]] • [[Nutcracker Nightmare]] • [[The Ice Vampire]] • [[A Holly Jolly Holiday]] • [[Why I Hate Jack Frost]] • [[Marshmallow Surprise]] • [[Monster on the Ice]] • [[The Double-Dip Horror]] • [[Santa's Helpers]] • [[Attack of the Christmas Present]]</span>
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 ** [[The Haunted House Game]]
 ** [[Change for the Strange]]
-** [[Perfect School]]
+** [[The Perfect School]]
 ** [[For The Birds]]
 ** [[Aliens in the Garden]]
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 *''[[More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps]]''
 ** [[The Haunted Guitar]]
-** [[Tune In Tomorrow]]
+** [[Tune in Tomorrow]]
 ** [[Live Bait]]
 ** [[Something Strange About Marci]]
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 ==List of characters==
 ===Villains/Enemies/Antagonists===
-*The ghosts of the [[The House of No Return|house of of no return]]
+*The Ghosts of the House of No Return
 * [[Mr. Blankenship]]
 * Hannah
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 * Old Bear
 * The Dollmaker
-* Maddy, Carrie, Yvonne and Joey.
+* Maddy, Carrie, Yvonne and Joey
-* The ghosts of the campers of Camp Timber Lane Hills
+* The Ghosts of Camp Timber Lane Hills
-* The aliens
+* The Aliens
 * Blob Monster in a chest
 * Dr. Horror
-* Dr. Horror's monsters
+* Dr. Horror's Monsters
 * Misty
-* The hermit crab and its mother.
+* The Hermit Crab
-* The poison ivy.
+* The Hermit Crabs mother
+* The Poison Ivy
-* The [[The Spirit of the Harvest Moon|Spirit of the Harvest Moon]]
+* The Spirit of the Harvest Moon
 * Mr. Grimsley
 * [[Mrs. Forster]]
-* The mummy
+* [[Mummies|The Mummy]]
-* The [[Gargoyle]]
+* [[Gargoyle|The Gargoyle]]
-* The [[Perfect School]]
+* The Perfect School
 * Mr. Dove
 * Flip
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 * [[Aunt Dahlia]]
 * The Scarecrow
-* The [[Awesome Ants]]
+* The Awesome Ants
 * The Cuddle Bears
 * The Goblin
 * Memphis Willy
-* The old man
+* Old Jumbo
 * Lunch Box Monsters
-* Mirror Bonnie Sue Bowers
+* [[Reflections|Mirror Bonnie Sue Bowers]]
-* Susan Chopman/Chop Suey
+* [[Chop Suey]]
 * The Gronk
 * Mrs. Boren
-* The [[The Ice Vampire|Ice Vampire]]
+* The Ice Vampire
-* Susie Snowflake
+* [[Susie Snowflake]]
 * Jack Frost
 * Mrs. Spooner
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 ==Covers==
-The series marks the debut of [[Curly the Skeleton]], who became the mascot of the series and the [[Goosebumps (franchise)|''Goosebumps'' franchise]] as a whole. The cover of the first book depicts Curly as a ghost-like figure with long curly hair. Scholastic wasn't a fan of the design, and asked the cover artist, [[Tim Jacobus]], to redesign him. From the second book onward, Curly took the form of an actual skeleton with a buzz cut. Book three onward also featured Curly's bulldog, Drool.
+The series marks the debut of [[Curly the Skeleton]], who became the mascot of the series and the [[Goosebumps (franchise)|''Goosebumps'' franchise]] as a whole. The cover of the first book depicts Curly as a ghost-like figure with long curly hair. Scholastic wasn't a fan of the design, and asked the cover artist, [[Tim Jacobus]], to redesign him. From the second book onward, Curly took the form of an actual skeleton with a buzz cut. Book three onward also featured Curly's bulldog, [[Drool]].
 The cover design used on books one through five matched the slime aesthetic used for the original ''[[Goosebumps (original series)|Goosebumps]]''. The final book in the series, ''[[More & More & More Tales to Give You Goosebumps]]'', ditched the slime aesthetic in favor of one resembling that of a picture frame. The first three books in the series were reprinted in 1997 to match the new aesthetic.
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 ==Other media==
 ===Television series===
-The stories "[[Click]]", "[[An Old Story]]", "[[Perfect School]]", "[[The Haunted House Game]]", "[[The House of No Return]]", "[[Strained Peas]]", "[[Awesome Ants]]" and "[[Don't Wake Mummy]]" were adapted into episodes for the television series [[Goosebumps (television series)|''Goosebumps'']].
+The stories "[[Click]]", "[[An Old Story]]", "[[The Perfect School]]", "[[The Haunted House Game]]", "[[The House of No Return]]", "[[Strained Peas]]", "[[Awesome Ants]]" and "[[Don't Wake Mummy]]" were adapted into episodes for the television series [[Goosebumps (television series)|''Goosebumps'']].
 ==Trivia==