spooky stories for 5-year-olds?

[imaginaryfriend]

My dd is mad on Scooby Doo, her favourite season is Halloween and at the moment she insists on me reading as part of her bedtime story session one or other of two of Ruth Brown's books 'a dark dark tale' or 'one stormy night' every night. I'd really like to vary her very small collection of spooky books with something a bit more meaty as she can easily handle more text that the Brown books contains - the other stories I read her at bedtime are much fuller.

Any ideas?

The Worst Witch - not spooky exactly but magical anyway.
Allan Ahlberg's Funnybones books.

Thanks Rosa but we need really spooky rather than 'magical' she's not so into witches etc.

Any other ideas?

a spooky bump?

goosebumps? are you afraid of the dark?

How about Celtic mythology and 'fairy' tales - they're awfully dark, some of them, particularly the accurate 'un-Disneyfied' version - to this day I'm wary of strange horses in case they're a sheltie trying to drag me to the sea....

How about the 'Spiderwick Chronicles' by tony Diterlizzi & Holly Black although might be a bit old for her a lot of text, more the thing to read to her, the same goes for maybe 'Lemony Snicket@ books.

I'll check those out, thanks. It's the kind of dark, mystery, suspense, creepiness that she's drawn to rather than anything 'terrifying' if that's not being too specific

Spiderwick wouldn't appeal but I think Lemony might. The only thing is that it seems to be recommended for age 8-14 so I'm not sure if it's totally inappropriate for a 5-year-old.

DS2 has just picked up and enjoyed the following:
Ghosthunters and the incredibly revolting ghost (by Cornelia Funke)

I haven't read it, but from the blurb it seems very Scooby Doo-esque!

"Watch out for ghost goo!
Tom's stuck at home with his horrible sister, Lola. But there's something stickier hiding out in his cellar - a slime-dripping ghoul called Hugo!
But harmless Hugo is in the goo too, because he's being haunted - by a much bigger, badder, Incredibly Revolting Ghost.
Lucky for Tom that his Granny's best friend just happens to be a world-famous ghosthunter...
The first in a funny series by Cornelia Funke, the best-selling author of Dragon Rider.
Get scared silly!"

It's aimed at 5-8 yr-olds I think.

Not Lemony for a 5yo, no - it starts with the three main-character children being orphaned in a house fire. The punches aren't pulled.

We have a collection called Enchantment (subtitle: Fairy Tales, Ghost Stories and Tales of Wonder) which is probably a good resource?

Find a collection of ballads, lovely & spine-chilling without being at all realistic?

As a left-field suggestion, do you know Edward Gorey? You might want to read through some of the things yourself, as they vary between mildly shivery and really quite disturbing - and his stuff isn't aimed specifically at children.

Thanks for these suggestions.

The Enchantment collection looks really good, I"ll add that to my next Amazon list.