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A terrifying taste of short & shivery : thirty creepy tales / retold by Robert D. San Souci ; illustrated by Lenny Wooden.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Dell Yearling, 2004.Description: xii, 159 p. : ill. ; 20 cmISBN:
  • 044041878X (pbk.) :
  • 9780440418788 (pbk.)
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Contents:
Crooker waits (British Isles--England) -- Yara-ma-yha-who (Australia) -- The fata (Italy) -- The fiddler (British Isles--Wales) -- Land-otter (Native American--Tlingit tribe) -- A fish story (United States--Virginia--African American traditional) -- Apparitions (Germany) -- The bijli (India) -- The lutin (Canada--French Canadian traditional) -- The hundredth skull (United States--Ohio) -- The ogre's arm (Japan) -- The hairy hands (British Isles--England) -- The snow husband (Native American--Algonquin tribe) -- The zimwi (Africa--from the Swahili) -- Witchbirds (France) -- Dangerous Hill (British Isles--England) -- The witch's head (El Salvador) -- Dinkins is dead (United States--South Carolina) -- Old Nan's ghost (British Isles--England) -- The interrupted wedding (Norway) -- The mulombe (Africa--Zimbabwe) -- The haunted grove (Canada) -- The tiger woman (China) -- Peacock's ghost (United States--Louisiana) -- Israel and the werewolf (Poland--Jewish traditional) -- Hoichi the earless (Japan--from Lafcadio Hearn) -- A snap of the fingers (Mexico) -- Narrow escape (United States--California) -- The black fox (United States--Connecticut) -- The mother and death (Denmark--from Hans Christian Andersen).
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Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction San Souci, Robert D Available 33111005472184
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Ghoulies, ghosties, and long-leggedy beasties inhabit these 30 chilling tales gathered from around the world. Creepy classic and contemporary stories from Australia, Germany, India, El Salvador, and elsewhere--including a healthy helping of American apparitions--will keep readers and listeners scared stiff. Do you dare walk down the lane where "Crooker Waits"? Or would you rather shake "The Hairy Hands"? Twenty eerie illustrations highlight this companion to Robert D. San Souci's earlier collections of scary stories, whichSchool Library Journalcalled "an absolute delight. . . . Young readers will gobble up these thirty thrilling snacks and beg for more." Savor this supernatural treat for spine-tingling fun!

"A Dell Yearling book."

Crooker waits (British Isles--England) -- Yara-ma-yha-who (Australia) -- The fata (Italy) -- The fiddler (British Isles--Wales) -- Land-otter (Native American--Tlingit tribe) -- A fish story (United States--Virginia--African American traditional) -- Apparitions (Germany) -- The bijli (India) -- The lutin (Canada--French Canadian traditional) -- The hundredth skull (United States--Ohio) -- The ogre's arm (Japan) -- The hairy hands (British Isles--England) -- The snow husband (Native American--Algonquin tribe) -- The zimwi (Africa--from the Swahili) -- Witchbirds (France) -- Dangerous Hill (British Isles--England) -- The witch's head (El Salvador) -- Dinkins is dead (United States--South Carolina) -- Old Nan's ghost (British Isles--England) -- The interrupted wedding (Norway) -- The mulombe (Africa--Zimbabwe) -- The haunted grove (Canada) -- The tiger woman (China) -- Peacock's ghost (United States--Louisiana) -- Israel and the werewolf (Poland--Jewish traditional) -- Hoichi the earless (Japan--from Lafcadio Hearn) -- A snap of the fingers (Mexico) -- Narrow escape (United States--California) -- The black fox (United States--Connecticut) -- The mother and death (Denmark--from Hans Christian Andersen).

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