More short & shivery
Subtitle: thirty terrifying tales
By: retold by Robert D. San Souci ; illustrated by Katherine Coville and Jacqueline Rogers
Contributors: Coville, Katherine; Rogers, Jacqueline
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 163
ISBN-13: 9780385322508
Copyright date: 1994
Subjects: Ghosts; Ghost stories; Juvenile literature; Folklore
Other titles: More short and shivery
Description: A collection of scary folktales from the United States, China, England, Italy, Russia, and other countries around the world.
Table of contents: title: Hold him, Tabb?" : United States, Virginia; title: The witches' eyes : Spanish American, American Southwest; title: The Duppy : Haiti; title: Two snakes : China; title: The Draug : Norway; title: The vampire cat : Japan; title: Windigo island : Canada; title: The haunted inn : China; title: The rolling head : North America, Plains Indians; title: The croglin grange vampire : British Esles, England; title: The Yara : Brazil; title: "Me, myself" : British Isles, Scotland; title: Island of fear : North America, Seneca tribe; title: Three who sought death : British Isles, England / from Geoffrey Chaucer; title: Sister death and the healer : Mexico, American Southwest; title: The mouse tower : Germany; title: The devil and Tom Walker : United States / by Washington Irving; title: The greedy daughter : Italy; title: The pirate : United States / by Richard H. Dana; title: The golden arm : British Isles, England; title: The serpent woman : Spain; title: Loft the enchanter : Iceland; title: The accursed house : United States, Ohio; title: Escape up the tree : Nigeria; title: The headrest : Papua New Guinea; title: The thing in the woods : United States, Louisiana; title: King of the cats : British Isles, England; title: The dead other : Russia; title: Knock Knock Knock : United States - Canada; title: Twice surpised : Japan