The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales Paperback - 2016
by Maria Leach; Kurt Werth (Illustrator)
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A mysterious hitchhiker, a lovelorn pig, and a backseat gangster are among the colorful characters that populate these spooky stories. Noted folklorist Maria Leach spins a tapestry of yarns that originated in the British Isles, New England, and the American South. Moody black-and-white drawings complement the stories, which range from humorous and playful to downright eerie.
There's the one about the fellow who saw two eyes staring at him from the foot of the bed, and the one about the family that ran away from their malevolent household spirit only to find that it had come with them. The tale of the golden arm, a favorite of Mark Twain's, is a standard of campfire gatherings. Other chilling stories recount scenes from haunted houses, ghostly visitations, and midnight trips to the graveyard. An amusing selection of Do's and Don't's About Ghosts offers advice to those who go looking for scares as well as those who find them accidentally, and the stories' sources and backgrounds are explained in helpful notes and a bibliography.
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Details
- Title The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales
- Author Maria Leach; Kurt Werth (Illustrator)
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Paperback
- Pages 128
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Dover Publications
- Publication date 2016-05-18
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated
- ISBN 9780486807867 / 048680786X
- Weight 0.3 lbs (0.14 kg)
- Dimensions 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.3 in (21.59 x 13.97 x 0.76 cm)
- Age range 07 to 11 years
- Grade levels 2 - 6
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Themes
- Holiday: Halloween
- Category Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction
- Library of Congress subjects Folklore, Ghost stories
- Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2015038789
- Dewey Decimal Code 398.2
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