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Author McAllister, Angela, author.

Title A world full of spooky stories : 50 tales to make your spine tingle / written by Angela McAllister ; illustrated by Madalina Andronic.

Publication Info. Minneapolis, MN : Frances Lincoln Children's Books, an imprint of The Quarto Group, 2019.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Children's Department  J 398.2 MCALLISTER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Children's Department  J 398.2 WORLD    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Children's Department  J398 MCA    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Children's Department  J398.2 MC    Check Shelf
Description 1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Note Title & subtitle from cover.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 126-127).
Summary Travel around a world full of spooky stories from all over the globe.
Contents INTO THE WOODS: Hansel and Gretel (Germany) -- Grandfather's Eyes (Czech Republic) --Vasilissa the Beautiful (Russia) -- The Treasure Thief (Egypt) -- Little Red Riding Hood (Germany). DOWN BY THE WATER: The Story of the Yara (Brazil) -- The Cold Lady (Japan) -- The Bunyip (Australia) -- The Snake Prince (India) -- Morag and the Water Horse (Scotland). ENCHANTED PLACES: Tam Lin (Scotland) -- The Dance of Death (Canada) -- The Lady of the Lake (Wales) -- The Water Witch (France) -- The Maiden in the Pagoda (China) --The Talking Skull (West Africa). STRANGERS AT THE DOOR: The Enchanted Apple Tree (France) -- The Blacksmith and the Demon (Russia) -- The Girl and the Chenoo (Native American (Passamaquoddy)) -- The Horned Women (Ireland) -- The Blind Man and the Demons (Korea) -- The Clever Goldsmith (Syria). IN FARM AND FIELD: Yallery Brown (England) -- Old Nick and the Girl (Norway) -- The Elder Tree Witch (England) -- The Snake (India) -- The Bogey Beast (England). HOME OF THE SPIRITS: The Spirit of the Singing House (Canada (Inuit)) -- The Ghost Land (Alaska) -- Herne the Hunter (England) -- The Night on the Battlefield (China). GRAVEYARD: Teig O'Kane and the Corpse (Ireland) -- The Grave Mound (Germany) -- The Place where There were No Graves (Egypt) -- The Ghost and the Moneybox (Iceland) -- Counting out the Bodies (Bermuda). UPON THE OCEAN, UNDER THE SEA: The Giantess and the Stone Boat (Iceland) -- The Sea Goblins (New Zealand) -- The Sea Nymph (Sweden) -- The Specter Ship (Germany) -- The Seal Wife (Scotland). FROZEN LANDS: The Red Skeleton (Alaska) -- The Ice King (Canada (Mi'Kmaq)) -- The Guest (Canada). IN CASTLE HALL: Esteban and the Ghost (Spain) -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (England) -- Rumpelstiltskin (Germany). ON A MOUNTAIN PATH: The Old Ogre (Tibet) -- Amin and the Ghoul (Persia) -- The Girl Who Turned to Stone (Chile).
Subject Tales -- Juvenile literature.
Horror tales -- Juvenile literature.
Horror tales. (OCoLC)fst00960387
Tales. (OCoLC)fst01142246
Genre/Form Fables. (OCoLC)fst01726604
Folk tales. (OCoLC)fst01921662
Juvenile works. (OCoLC)fst01411637
Folk tales.
Fables.
Added Author Andronic, Madalina, illustrator.
ISBN 9780711241480 (hardback)
0711241481 (hardback)
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