Even more short & shivery : thirty spine-tingling tales

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Title:

Even more short & shivery : thirty spine-tingling tales

Other title(s):

Even more short and shivery

Thirty spine-tingling tales

Author:

San Souci, Robert D.

ISBN:

9780440418771

9781413138740

Publication Information:

New York. : Dell Yearling, 1997.

Physical Description:

162 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Contents:

Introduction -- Appointment in Samarra -- Deer woman -- The maggot -- Witch woman -- The Berbalangs -- The dancing dead of Shark Island -- "That I see, but this I sew" -- La Guiablesse -- The blood-drawing ghost -- Guests from Gibbet Island -- The haunted house -- "Never far from you" -- The rose elf -- The wind rider -- The skull that spoke -- The monster of Baylock -- The new mother -- Rokuro-Kubi -- Dicey and Orpus -- Chips -- The skeleton's revenge -- Lullaby -- Death and the two friends -- Forest ghosts -- A Carolina banshee -- The deadly violin -- A night of terrors -- The sending -- The hand of fate -- Old Raw Head.

Summary:

A collection of scary traditional tales from all over the world.

Subject(s):

Genre:

Folklore -- Juvenile literature.

Fiction -- Juvenile literature.

Ghost stories -- Juvenile literature.

Added Author:

Rogers, Jacqueline.

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Make story time a little spookier with thirty chilling stories from around the world! If you liked Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark , you'll devour these spine-tingling tales!

Curl up with old friends like Washington Irving's "Guests from Gibbet Island" or Charles Dickens' "Chips." Or make the acquaintance of "The Skull That Spoke" and "The Monster of Baylock"--but beware of spectral visitors like "The Blood-Drawing Ghost." This exciting mixture of classic and contemporary tales from Mexico, China, Poland, Nigeria, and other lands near and far is perfect for hair-raising reading!

Twenty deliciously eerie illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers highlight this companion to Robert D. San Souci's earlier collections of scary stories, Short & Shivery and More Short & Shivery , which School Library Journal called "an absolute delight."

Author Notes

Robert D. San Souci was born on October 10, 1946 in San Francisco, California. He attended college at St. Mary's College in Moraga. After holding jobs in book stores and in publishing, he became a full-time author in 1974.

He was best known for his adaptations of folklore for children. During his lifetime, he wrote more than 100 books for young readers including Song of Sedna, Kate Shelley: Bound for Legend, The Talking Eggs, Two Bear Cubs, Cendrillon: A Caribbean Cinderella, Brave Margaret: An Irish Tale, Robin Hood and the Golden Arrow, and Cinderella Skeleton. He wrote 12 books which were illustrated by his younger brother Daniel San Souci including The Legend of Scarface, Sister Tricksters: Rollicking Tales of Clever Females, and As Luck Would Have It: From The Brothers Grimm. He also wrote nonfiction works for children, several novels for adults, and the film story for Disney's Mulan.

The Legend of Scarface won the Notable Children's Trade Book in the Social Studies, National Council for the Social Studies, and was a Horn Book honor list citation. Sukey and the Mermaid won the American Library Association's Notable Book citation in 1992 and Cut from the Same Cloth won an Aesop Award from the Children's Folklore Section of the American Folklore Society. He died on December 19, 2014 at the age of 68.

(Bowker Author Biography)

Introduction	p. xi
Appointment in Samarra (Persia)	p. 1
Deer Woman (United States--Ponca tribe)	p. 5
The Maggot (British Isles--England)	p. 9
Witch Woman (United States--African American traditional)	p. 15
The Berbalangs (Philippines)	p. 20
The Dancing Dead of Shark Island (British Isles--Ireland)	p. 24
"That I See, but This I Sew" (British Isles--Scotland)	p. 29
La Guiablesse (West Indies--Martinique)	p. 33
The Blood-Drawing Ghost (British Isles--Ireland)	p. 38
Guests from Gibbet Island (United States--from Washington Irving)	p. 44
The Haunted House (China)	p. 49
"Never Far from You" (British Isles--England)	p. 52
The Rose Elf (Denmark--from Hans Christian Andersen)	p. 57
The Wind Rider (Poland)	p. 62
The Skull That Spoke (Nigeria)	p. 67
The Monster of Baylock (British Isles--Ireland)	p. 70
The New Mother (British Isles--England)	p. 76
Rokuro-Kubi (Japan)	p. 83
Dicey and Orpus (United States--African American traditional)	p. 89
Chips (British Isles--from Charles Dickens)	p. 94
The Skeleton's Revenge (Mexico)	p. 100
Lullaby (British Isles--England)	p. 105
Death and the Two Friends (United States--South Carolina)	p. 110
Forest Ghosts (France)	p. 113
A Carolina Banshee (United States--North Carolina)	p. 120
The Deadly Violin (Germany--Jewish traditional)	p. 125
A Night of Terrors (United States--urban folklore)	p. 128
The Sending (Iceland)	p. 136
The Hand of Fate (British Isles--Wales)	p. 140
Old Raw Head (United States--the South)	p. 144
Notes on Sources	p. 149

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