More short & shivery : thirty terrifying tales
Title:
More short & shivery : thirty terrifying tales
JLCTITLE245:
retold by Robert D. San Souci ; illustrated by Katherine Coville and Jacqueline Rogers.
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Delacorte Press, c1994.
Physical Description:
x, 163 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:
9780385321020
9780440418573
Abstract:
A collection of scary folktales from the United States, China, England, Italy, Russia, and other countries around the world.
Program Information:
Accelerated Reader Grades 5-8 6.4 6 Quiz 144229 English fiction.
Added Title:
More short and shivery.
Contents:
"Hold him, Tabb!" -- The witches' eyes -- The duppy -- Two snakes -- The draug -- The vampire cat -- Windigo Island -- The haunted inn -- The rolling head -- The Croglin Grange vampire -- The Yara -- "Me, myself" -- Island of fear -- Three who sought death -- Sister Death and the healer -- The mouse tower -- The devil and Tom Walker -- The greedy daughter -- The pirate -- The golden arm -- The serpent woman -- Loft the Enchanter -- The accursed house -- Escape up the tree -- The headrest -- The thing in the woods -- King of the cats -- The dead mother -- Knock ... Knock ... Knock ... -- Twice surprised