Title:
Spooky stories of the world
Author:
Shearer, Wendy, author.
ISBN:
9781837580033
9781837580040
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Physical Description:
142 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Series:
Lonely Planet kids
Lonely Planet kids.
Contents:
Vampire skeleton (Canada and USA) -- Blackbeard's ghost (USA) -- Legend of La Mocuana (Nicaragua) -- Lagahoo (Trinidad and Tobago) -- More spookiness from North America -- Asema (Suriname) -- Auñ Pana and the Yanomami (Brazil) -- Luz Mala (Argentina) -- More spookiness from South America -- Death of Osiris (Egypt) -- King of the Ju Ju Tree (Nigeria) -- Devouring gourd (East Africa) -- Andwele an the Mahoka (Tanzania) -- More spookiness from Africa. Bite of the Queen Rat (UK) -- Basilisk of Vilnius (Lithuania) -- Baba Yaga's hut (Eastern Europe) -- More spookiness from Europe -- Ghost wife (Bangladesh) -- Hoichi-the-Earless (Japan) -- Fox sister (South Korea) -- More spookiness from Asia -- Bunyip (Australia) -- Ghost on Pinjarra Bridge (Australia) -- Two sorcerers (New Zealand) -- More Spookiness from Oceania.
Abstract:
"This spook-tactular collection features more than 20 fright-filled stories from around the globe. Retold with ghoulish relish by professional storyteller Wendy Shearer and beautifully illustrated by Teo Georgiev, these hair-raising tales are sure to send shivers down your spine."-- Page 4 of cover.
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