| Description |
viii, 115 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
AAAAAAAAAAAH! -- The big toe ; The walk ; What do you come for? ; Me tie dough-ty walker! ; A man who lived in Leeds ; Old woman all skin and bone -- He heard footsteps coming up the cellar stairs... The thing ; Cold as clay ; The white wolf ; The haunted house ; The guest -- They eat your eyes, they eat your nose. The hearse song ; The girl who stood on a grave ; A new horse ; Alligators ; Room for one more ; The Wendigo ; The dead man's brains ; "May I carry your basket?" -- Other dangers. The hook ; The white satin evening gown ; High beams ; The babysitter -- AAAAAAAAAAA!. The viper ; The attic ; The slithery-dee ; Aaron Kelly's bones ; Wait till Martin comes ; The ghost with bloody fingers. |
| Summary |
Tapped from the oral traditions of American folklore, these ghost stories and tales of weird happenings, witches, and graveyards have startling, funny, or surprising endings. |
| Subject |
Ghosts -- Folklore.
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Supernatural -- Folklore.
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Folklore -- United States -- Juvenile literature.
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| Added Author |
Gammell, Stephen, illustrator.
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Big toe.
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Walk.
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
What do you come for?
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Me tie dough-ty.
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Walker!
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Man who lived in Leeds.
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Old woman all skin and bone.
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Thing.
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
Cold as clay.
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Schwartz, Alvin, 1927-1992.
White wolf.
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| ISBN |
9780062968975 |
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