Bibliograph

The August House book of scary stories, spooky tales for telling out loud, edited by Liz Parkhurst

Type

Label

The August House book of scary stories, spooky tales for telling out loud, edited by Liz Parkhurst

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

The August House book of scary stories

Oclc number

316098335

Responsibility statement

edited by Liz Parkhurst

Sub title

spooky tales for telling out loud

Summary

An anthology of spooky stories drawn from folklore, local history, and the storytellers' imaginations, and divided into the categories "Just Desserts and Lessons Learned," "Ghostly Guardians," "Dark Humor," "Urban Legends and Jump Tales," and "Fearless Females."

Table Of Contents

Just deserts and lessons learned: Mean John and the Jack-o-lantern: an irish folktale / Michael J. Caduto -- The vain giel 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 balad / Bobbie Pell --Ghostly Guardians: The angel of River Road: based on a family story / Larry G. Brown -- Once 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 maritime legend / Timothy E. Dillinger -- Darl Humor: 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 giel: a British folktale / Margaret Read MacDonald -- Shut up, Billy!: an original tale with a traditional twist / Jim May -- Urban Legends and Jump Tales: Ain't nobody here: an African-American folktale / Lyn Ford -- Outside the door: Based on U.S. campus Lore / Richard and Judy Dockery Young -- Tio Mono y La Leschusa: based on Mexican folk legend / Gregorio C. Pedroza -- Johnny nad the dead man's liver: an African-American folktale / James "Sparky" Rucker -- Fearless Females: Aaron Kelly'd bones: based on Appalachain and African-American folklore / Kevin Cordi -- The snow ghost : based on Irish and Scottish folklore / Wendy Welch -- Pretty maid Ibronka: a Hungarian folktale / Mary Grace Ketner -- Mia's ghost: an original story / Robert D. San Souci

Target audience

pre adolescent

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