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| Genre/Form: | Folklore |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Juvenile audience |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alvin Schwartz; Stephen Gammell |
| ISBN: | 0397319266 9780397319268 0397319274 9780397319275 |
| OCLC Number: | 7460473 |
| Description: | viii, 111 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | The big toe -- The walk -- "What do you come for?" -- Me Tie Dough-ty Walker! -- A man who lived in Leeds -- Old woman all skin and bone -- The thing -- Cold as clay -- The white wolf -- The haunted house -- The guests -- The hearse song -- The girl who stood on a grave -- A new horse -- Alligators -- Room for one more -- The Wendigo -- The dead man's brains -- "May I carry your basket?" -- The hook -- The white satin evening gown -- High beams -- The babysitter -- The viper -- The attic -- The slithery-dee -- Aaron Kelly's bones -- The ghost with the bloody fingers. |
| Responsibility: | collected from American folklore by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell. |
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Abstract:
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
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Kids love this book!
As a former children's librarian, I have to say this was consistently one of the most popular non-fiction items in any collection I ever had. I hope you enjoy it too!
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