In A Dark Dark Room Green Ribbon Story

This short story belongs to a collection of scary stories from the book in a dark dark room by alvin schwartz.

In a dark dark room green ribbon story.

In a dark dark room this story revolves upon a certain box in a house. Ignore the falsely innocent and cheery children s cover of this book. In a dark dark room and other scary stories. A long time ago there lived a girl who had a dark green ribbon tied around her neck.

Therefore i d recommend it more to preteen readers than children. On her first day of school the boy sitting behind her who s name was jim noticed it from beneath her blonde hair. While they re cartoony the illustrations along with the style and color still manage to maintain a sense of realism. Bad idea to read right before bedtime she slept in my bed that night but she loves it.

When i was a child i was obsessed with the green ribbon. The next story entitled in the graveyard creeped me out because of the art. Many remember reading a story called the green ribbon as a kid. It s a wonderful story that also scarred me for life.

It s about a girl named jenny who wears a green ribbon around her. It was in a collection of children s horror stories titled in a dark dark room and other scary stories featuring the characters of jenny and alfred it was written by alvin schwartz the same mastermind behind the classic collection scary stories to tell in the dark his version of the tale however was just that a version. Read aloud with ahev library duration. It may have had something to do with the fact that the girl in the story was called jenny which made it even more creepy.

Despite being marketed towards kids in a dark dark room contains mostly classic stories such as the ever popular the green ribbon complete with cartoon illustrations of disembodied heads men chasing girls through the forest and the like. Good intro to scary stories to test the water to see if your child is ready for it. Ahev library 2 232 views. The story starts by introducing the house to the reader.

It was called the green ribbon and this is literally the story. If you look at the images from in a dark dark room you can see why kids would be afraid. The green ribbon is derived from a french story of unknown origin which was popularized by washington irving s 1824 short story the adventure of the german student.