Thirty hairraising stories from around the world fill this spooky collection with delicious shivers and spinetingling. Thirty chilling tales, is a series of scary shortstory childrens books, published from 1987. His output includes some of the best short, shivery tales in the horror canonranging from the earliest days of his career, when he was publishing in magazines like cavalier. A collection of ghost stories, spooky shorts, and frightening folktales from all over the world, perfect for scary sleep. Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. Will include dust jacket if it originally came with one. He was a consultant to disney studios and was instrumental in the production of the film mulan, for which he wrote the story. San souci, and also discusses the other volumes in the series.
A collection of ghost stories, spooky shorts, and frightening folkt. Katherine coville a collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of russia, virginia, ireland, canada, and other areas of the world. These thirty stories have been collected for your reading displeasure from all over the globe, and represent the worlds. The titular character of the robber bridegroom is a variant he woos a woman, convinces her family to let him marry her, and then, once shes been brought to his. Each book contained 30 tales from america and around the world, including classics by various famous.
A very short introduction very short introductions italian short stories for beginners, volume 2 italian edition. Short and shivery 038523886x by san souci, robert d. The house on mango street by sandra cisnerosthis modern classic, about a latina girl growing up in chicago, has been translated and taught all over the world. The ceguatailypothe soldier and the vampirebonelessthe loupgarou the werewolf and the golembut every story is good in its own right.
Librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. He often worked with his brother, daniel san souci, a childrens book illustrator. Robert daniel san souci october 10, 1946 december 19, 2014 was a multiple awardwinning childrens book author, who resided in san francisco, california. Thirty creepy tales and over one million other books are available for amazon kindle. A collection of ghost stories, spooky shorts, and frightening folktales from all over the world, perfect for scary sleepovers, staying up all night, or reading alone under the coversif you dare.
Chills and thrills to make your flesh crawl with fear. Those who are found the next day, if they are still ali. Stephen king may be known for his doorstopper novels, but hes a hell of a short story writer when he sets his mind to it. Turn the lights down low and grab your favorite reading chair. Ghosts, ghouls, goblins, and longlegged beasties inhabit these 30 chilling tales gathered from around the world. Thirty hairraising tales, selected from international ghostlore, have been skillfully retold especially for young people. San souci also known for writing various other scary childrens books, including dare to be scared. The illustrations by katherine coville and jacqueline rogers add a nice extra shiver to the tales. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer no kindle device required. They are all great collections of scary folklore for kids. One of the best stories in opinion is one about a man and a creature. A collection of thirty short and spooky tales from the folklore of russia, virginia, ireland, canada, and other areas of the world.
Presents a collection of scary folktales from the united states, china, england, italy, russia, and other countries around the world. I hope you enjoy this collection of the short and shivery tales in my personal collection, sure to make you sweat and shudder in 10 minutes or less. Thirty hairraising tales, selected from international ghostlore, have. San souci, many short stories are written involving myths, tales and paranormal activity. The best short books youll ever read readers digest. Thirty chilling tales, is a series of scary shortstory childrens books, published from 19871998 and written by author robert d. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that. Ghosts that arise from the mist of a waterfall, a mass for the dead, and a boys night ride with a dark phantom rider are among the familiar and notsofamiliar tales of ghosts, witchcraft, and death in this book. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged.
Thirty chilling tales this book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. All stories are age appropriate and entertaining for middlegrade students. Thirty chilling tales by robert d san souci online at alibris. Twenty deliciously eerie illustrations by jacqueline rogers highlight this companion to robert d. Thirty chilling tales, is a series of scary shortstory childrens books, published. The popular anthology series spawned several sequels throughout an 11year span. San souci is the awardwinning author of many popular books for young readers, and resided in san francisco, california.
A collection of ghost stories, spooky shorts, and frightening folktales from all. Its full of monstrous ogres from japan, creepy creatures from africa, ancient legends from. Jacqueline rogers a collection of scary folktales from the united states, china, england, italy, russia, and other countries around the world. Those who are found the next day, if they are still alive, will have gone mad. Internet archive contributor internet archive language english a yearling book. Thirty hairraising tales by some of the worlds most famous. From around the world comes this spooky collection of short stories and folktales. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far.