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The cabinet of curiosities : 36 tales brief & sinister / by Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, Emma Trevayne ; illustrated in black-and-white by Alexander Jansson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, NY : Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2014]Edition: First editionDescription: 488 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0062313142 (pbk.)
  • 0062331051
  • 9780062313140 (pbk.)
  • 9780062331052 :
Genre/Form:
Contents:
Fairy cakes / by Emma Trevayne -- The cake made out of teeth / by Claire Legrand -- The other house / by Stefan Bachmann -- The wolf inside / by Katherine Catmull -- Motherhood / by Stefan Bachmann -- The graveyard of hearts / by Emma Trevayne -- Dark valentine / by Katherine Catmull -- Red shoes and doll parts / by Claire Legrand -- Footprints / by Emma Trevayne -- The tin man's price / by Claire Legrand -- Johnny knockers / by Stefan Bachmann -- The circus / by Emma Trevayne -- Lucky, lucky girl / by Katherine Catmull -- Just a little graveyard game / by Claire Legrand -- Transcript: information provided by an eleven-year-old male, two weeks after the incident / by Katherine Catmull -- Quicksilver and the stranger / by Claire Legrand -- Plum boy and the dead man / by Stefan Bachmann -- Generously donated by / by Emma Trevayne -- The hive / by Stefan Bachmann -- The iron rose / by Katherine Catmull -- The garden full of bad things / by Claire Legrand -- Mabel Mavelia / by Stefan Bachmann -- Mirror, mirror / by Claire Legrand -- The trouble with the ghoul / by Stefan Bachmann -- Clickety-clack / by Emma Trevayne -- Red raging sun / by Katherine Catmull -- Tale of two towns / by Stefan Bachmann -- Rhapsody in doom / by Claire Legrand -- Wayward sons and windblown daughters / by Stefan Bachmann -- Spidersong / by Emma Trevayne -- The talent of the howl / by Katherine Catmull -- The book of bones / by Emma Trevayne -- The shoes that were danced to pieces / by Katherine Catmull -- The sandman cometh / by Claire Legrand -- Jack Shadow / by Emma Trevayne -- The storyteller's shadows / by Katherine Catmull.
Summary: Thirty-six eerie short tales, most of which were originally published on the blog of the same name, relate to an imaginary museum of creepy artifacts and are arranged into such thematic "drawers" as love, luck, song, and fairy tales.
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Children's Book Children's Book Main Library Children's Fiction Bachmann Stefan Available 33111007567320
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A collection of thirty-six forty eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short stories by the acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire LeGrand, and Emma Trevayne. The Cabinet of Curiosities is perfect for fans of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and anyone who relishes a good creepy tale. Great for reading alone or reading aloud at camp or school!

The book features an introduction and commentary by the authors and black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Includes index.

Fairy cakes / by Emma Trevayne -- The cake made out of teeth / by Claire Legrand -- The other house / by Stefan Bachmann -- The wolf inside / by Katherine Catmull -- Motherhood / by Stefan Bachmann -- The graveyard of hearts / by Emma Trevayne -- Dark valentine / by Katherine Catmull -- Red shoes and doll parts / by Claire Legrand -- Footprints / by Emma Trevayne -- The tin man's price / by Claire Legrand -- Johnny knockers / by Stefan Bachmann -- The circus / by Emma Trevayne -- Lucky, lucky girl / by Katherine Catmull -- Just a little graveyard game / by Claire Legrand -- Transcript: information provided by an eleven-year-old male, two weeks after the incident / by Katherine Catmull -- Quicksilver and the stranger / by Claire Legrand -- Plum boy and the dead man / by Stefan Bachmann -- Generously donated by / by Emma Trevayne -- The hive / by Stefan Bachmann -- The iron rose / by Katherine Catmull -- The garden full of bad things / by Claire Legrand -- Mabel Mavelia / by Stefan Bachmann -- Mirror, mirror / by Claire Legrand -- The trouble with the ghoul / by Stefan Bachmann -- Clickety-clack / by Emma Trevayne -- Red raging sun / by Katherine Catmull -- Tale of two towns / by Stefan Bachmann -- Rhapsody in doom / by Claire Legrand -- Wayward sons and windblown daughters / by Stefan Bachmann -- Spidersong / by Emma Trevayne -- The talent of the howl / by Katherine Catmull -- The book of bones / by Emma Trevayne -- The shoes that were danced to pieces / by Katherine Catmull -- The sandman cometh / by Claire Legrand -- Jack Shadow / by Emma Trevayne -- The storyteller's shadows / by Katherine Catmull.

Thirty-six eerie short tales, most of which were originally published on the blog of the same name, relate to an imaginary museum of creepy artifacts and are arranged into such thematic "drawers" as love, luck, song, and fairy tales.

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