| Description |
162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Appointment in Samarra (Persia) -- Deer woman (United States-Ponca tribe) -- Maggot (British isles-England) -- Witch woman (United States-African American traditional) -- Berbalangs (Philippines) -- Dancing dead of shark island (British isles-Ireland) -- "That I see, but this I sew" (British isles-Scotland) -- La Guiablesse (West Indies-Martinique) -- Blood-drawing ghost (British isles-Ireland) -- Guests from Gibbet Island (United States-from Washington Irving) -- Haunted house (China) -- "Never far from you" (British isles-England) -- Rose Elf (Denmark-from Hans Christian Andersen) -- Wind rider (Poland) -- Skull that spoke (Nigeria) -- Monster of Baylock (British Isles-England) -- New mother (British Isles-England) -- Rokuro-Kubi (Japan) -- Dicey and Orpus (United States-African American traditional) -- Chips (British isles-from Charles Dickens) -- Skeleton's revenge (Mexico) -- Lullaby (British isles-England) -- Death and the two friends (United States-South Carolina) -- Forest ghosts (France) -- Carolina banshee (United States-North Carolina) -- Deadly violin (Germany-Jewish traditional) -- Night of terrors (United States-urban folklore) -- Sending (Iceland) -- Hand of fate (British isles-Wales) -- Old raw head (United States-the South) -- Notes on sources. |
| Summary |
A collection of scary traditional tales from all over the world. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.2 5.0 43403. |
| Subject |
Tales.
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Ghost stories.
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Folklore.
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Ghosts -- Folklore.
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| Added Author |
Rogers, Jacqueline, 1958- illustrator.
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| Added Title |
Even more short and shivery |
| ISBN |
0385322526 alkaline paper |
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9780385322522 alkaline paper |
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