Title:
The August House book of scary stories : spooky tales for telling out loud / edited by Liz Parkhurst.
ISBN:
9780874839159
9781941460412
Publication Information:
Atlanta [Ga.] : August House, 2009.
Physical Description:
144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Contents:
Mean John and the Jack-o-lantern / Michael J. Caduto -- Vain girl and the handsome visitor / Olga Loya -- Gingerbread boy / Mary Hamilton -- Mournful Lady of Binnorie / Bobbie Pell -- Angel of river road / Larry G. Brown -- One lace glove / Lorna MacDonald Czarnota -- Boy who drew cats / Judy Sima -- Greyman of Pawleys Island / Timothy E. Dillinger -- Simon and the magic catfish / Nat Whitman -- Red satin ribbon / Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss -- Dauntless girl / Margaret Read MacDonald -- Shut up, Billy! / Jim May -- Ain't nobody here / Lyn Ford -- Outside the door / Richard and Judy Dockery Young -- Tío Mono y La Lechusa / Gregorio C. Pedroza -- Johnny and the dead man's liver / James "Sparky" Rucker -- Aaron Kelly's bones / Kevin Cordi -- Snow ghost / Wendy Welch -- Pretty maid Ibronka / Mary Grace Ketner -- Mia's ghost / Robert D. San Souci.
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."
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Added Author:
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Vain girl and the handsome visitor.
Gingerbread boy.
Mournful lady of Binnorie.
Angel of river road.
Boy who drew cats.
Greyman of Pawleys Island.
Red satin ribbon.
Dauntless girl.
Snow ghost.
OCLC Number:
ocn316098335
Availability:
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