"Gold and Silver, Silver and Gold: Tales of Hidden Treasure" by Alvin Schwartz features a collection of captivating stories centered around the allure of hidden treasure. Each tale unfolds the adventures of characters who seek wealth, facing challenges, temptations, and moral dilemmas along the way. The narratives are steeped in folklore, mystery, and the eternal quest for riches, illustrating how the pursuit of treasure often leads to unexpected lessons about greed, friendship, and human nature. Schwartz's storytelling combines suspense and a sense of wonder, inviting readers to imagine the possibilities that lie beneath the surface of everyday life. [Generated by language model - please report any problems].

This book is aimed at children at US 5th grade-9th grade.

This book has been graded for interest at 9-12 years.

There are 144 pages in this book. This book was published in 2009 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) .

Eve Bunting has written over two hundred books for children, including the Caldecott Medal-winning Smoky Night, illustrated by David Diaz, The Wall, Fly Away Home, and Train to Somewhere. She lives in Southern California. David Christiana lives in Tucson, Arizona. Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explores everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories-Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read books, In a Dark, Dark Room and Other Scary Stories and Ghosts!-are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.