The August House book of scary stories : spooky tales for telling out loud

The August House book of scary stories Spooky tales for telling out loud

Book - 2009

An anthology of spooky stories drawn from folklore, local history, and the storytellers' imaginations, and divided into the categories.

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Subjects
Ghost stories > Folklore.
Ghost stories > Juvenile fiction.
Horror tales > Juvenile fiction.
Folklore > Juvenile fiction.
Published
Atlanta : August House 2009.
Language
English
Other Authors
Liz Smith Parkhurst (-)
Physical Description
144 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN
9780874839159
  • Mean john and the jack-o-lantern: an Irish folktale / Michale J. Caduto
  • The vain girl and the handsome visitor: based on a Mexican urBan legend / Olga Loya
  • The gingerbread boy: a Kentucky folktale / Mary Hamilton
  • The mournful lady of Binnorie: based on a Scottish ballad / Bobbie Pell
  • The angel of River Road: based on a family story / Larry G. Brown
  • One lace glove: a Civil War ghost story / Lorna MacDonald Czarnota
  • The boy who drew cats: a Japanese folktale / Judy Sima
  • The greyman of Pawleys Island: based on a maritime legend / Timothy E. Dillinger
  • Simon and the magic catfish: a folktale from the southern United States / Nat Whitman
  • The red satin ribbon: an American variant of a European legend / Martha hamilton and Mitch Weiss
  • The dauntless girl: a British folktale / Margaret Read MacDonald
  • Shut up, Billy!: an original tale with a traditional twist / Jim May
  • Ain't nobody here: an African-American folktale / Lyn Ford
  • Outside the door: based on U.S. campus lore / Richard and Judy Dockrey Young
  • Tío Mono y la Lechusa: based on Mexican folk legend / Gregorio C. Pedroza
  • Johnny the dead man's liver: an African-American folktale / James "Sparky" Rucker
  • Aaron Kelly's bones: based on Appalachian and African-American folklore / Kevin Cordi
  • The snow ghost: based on Irish and Scottish folklore / Wendy Wlech
  • Pretty maid Ibronka: a Hungarian folktale / Mary Grace Ketner
  • Mia's ghost: an original story / Robert D. San Souci.
Review by School Library Journal Review

Gr 4-8-Each of these 20 chilling tales is meant to be told out loud and includes author notes about how to maximize the spooky effect. Middle schoolers will relish reading and sharing these tales, hoping to creep each other out. While some of the stories are spookier than others, this is still a worthwhile addition for fans of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (HarperCollins, 1986) and Robert D. San Souci's Short and Shivery (Random, 2001). The book also deserves a place in professional storytelling collections.-Esther Keller, I.S. 278, Marine Park, NY (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.

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Review by Kirkus Book Review

From the African-American tale of "Johnny and the Dead Man's Liver" to the Civil War ghost story of "One Lace Glove," this anthology of 20 scary stories iswell, really scary! Grouped into five categoriesJust Desserts and Lessons Learned, Ghostly Guardians, Dark Humor, Urban Legends and Jump Tales, and Fearless Femalesthere is a good mix of countries of origin and time periods. What makes these tales jump are the voices of the tellings, contributed by 20 different professional storytellers, along with tips on how to tell the story, background notes and the teller's profile. Not for preschoolers by any means, these tales are exactly what the subtitle says. A few are familiar, such as "The Boy Who Drew Cats," and people interested in storytelling will recognize some of the tellers' names, such as Margaret Read MacDonald. From a macabre "Gingerbread Man" to the popular "The Red Satin Ribbon," these spine-tinglers will have storytellers of all kinds jumping at the chance to tell their favorites. (Folklore. 10 up) Copyright Kirkus Reviews, used with permission.

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