| Description |
144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Summary |
An anthology of spooky stories drawn from folklore, local history, and the storytellers' imaginations, and divided into the categories "Just Desserts and Lessons Learned," "Ghostly Guardians," "Dark Humor," "Urban Legends and Jump Tales," and "Fearless Females." |
| Contents |
Mean John and the Jack-o-lantern (an Irish folktale) / Michael J. Caduto -- The vain girl and the handsome visitor (based on a Mexican urban legend) / Olga Loya -- The gingerbread boy (a Kentucky folktale) / Mary Hamilton -- The mournful Lady of Binnorie (based on a Scottish ballad) / Bobbie Pell -- The angel of river road (based on a family story) / Larry G. Brown -- One lace glove (a Civil War ghost story) / Lorna MacDonald Czarnota -- The boy who drew cats (a Japanese folktale) / Judy Sima -- The greyman of Pawleys Island (based on maritime legend) / Timothy E. Dillinger -- Simon and the magic catfish (a folktale from the southern United States) / Nat Whitman -- The red satin ribbon (an American variant of a European legend) / Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss -- The dauntless girl (a British folktale) / Margaret Read MacDonald -- Shut up, Billy! (an original tale with a traditional twist) / Jim May -- Ain't nobody here (an African-American folktale) / Lyn Ford -- Outside the door (based on U.S. campus lore) / Richard and Judy Dockery Young -- Tío Mono y La Lechusa (based on Mexican folk legend) / Gregorio C. Pedroza -- Johnny and the dead man's liver (an African-American folktale) / James "Sparky" Rucker -- Aaron Kelly's bones (based on Appalacian and African-American folklore) / Kevin Cordi -- The snow ghost (based on Irish and Scottish folklore) / Wendy Welch -- Pretty maid Ibronka (a Hungarian folktale) / Mary Grace Ketner -- Mia's ghost (an original story) / Robert D. San Souci. |
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Children's stories.
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Short stories.
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Horror stories.
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Storytelling.
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| Added Author |
Parkhurst, Liz Smith.
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| Added Title |
Scary stories |
| ISBN |
9780874839159 hardcover alkaline paper |
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0874839157 hardcover alkaline paper |
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