A World Full of Spooky Stories : : 50 Tales to Make Your Spine Tingle

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Call Number: 398.25 McA, Kids Book / Picture Books / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General / McAllister, Angela
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	398.25 McA	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	398.25 McA	4-week checkout	Due 04-28-2024
Traverwood Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General / McAllister, Angela	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Kids Books 4-week checkout	Kids Book / Picture Books / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General / McAllister, Angela	4-week checkout	Due 05-23-2024

INTO THE WOODS: Hansel and Gretel (Germany) -- Grandfather's Eyes (Czech Republic) --Vasilissa the Beautiful (Russia) -- The Treasure Thief (Egypt) -- Little Red Riding Hood (Germany). DOWN BY THE WATER: The Story of the Yara (Brazil) -- The Cold Lady (Japan) -- The Bunyip (Australia) -- The Snake Prince (India) -- Morag and the Water Horse (Scotland). ENCHANTED PLACES: Tam Lin (Scotland) -- The Dance of Death (Canada) -- The Lady of the Lake (Wales) -- The Water Witch (France) -- The Maiden in the Pagoda (China) --The Talking Skull (West Africa). STRANGERS AT THE DOOR: The Enchanted Apple Tree (France) -- The Blacksmith and the Demon (Russia) -- The Girl and the Chenoo (Native American (Passamaquoddy)) -- The Horned Women (Ireland) -- The Blind Man and the Demons (Korea) -- The Clever Goldsmith (Syria). IN FARM AND FIELD: Yallery Brown (England) -- Old Nick and the Girl (Norway) -- The Elder Tree Witch (England) -- The Snake (India) -- The Bogey Beast (England). HOME OF THE SPIRITS: The Spirit of the Singing House (Canada (Inuit)) -- The Ghost Land (Alaska) -- Herne the Hunter (England) -- The Night on the Battlefield (China). GRAVEYARD: Teig O'Kane and the Corpse (Ireland) -- The Grave Mound (Germany) -- The Place where There were No Graves (Egypt) -- The Ghost and the Moneybox (Iceland) -- Counting out the Bodies (Bermuda). UPON THE OCEAN, UNDER THE SEA: The Giantess and the Stone Boat (Iceland) -- The Sea Goblins (New Zealand) -- The Sea Nymph (Sweden) -- The Specter Ship (Germany) -- The Seal Wife (Scotland). FROZEN LANDS: The Red Skeleton (Alaska) -- The Ice King (Canada (Mi'Kmaq)) -- The Guest (Canada). IN CASTLE HALL: Esteban and the Ghost (Spain) -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (England) -- Rumpelstiltskin (Germany). ON A MOUNTAIN PATH: The Old Ogre (Tibet) -- Amin and the Ghoul (Persia) -- The Girl Who Turned to Stone (Chile).
Travel around a world full of spooky stories from all over the globe.

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Cross-Cultural Spooky Stories submitted by Meginator on July 11, 2021, 12:32pm This book collects fairytales and folktales from around the world, focusing on stories with slightly spooky elements such as ghosts, monsters, and death. Each story is fairly brief, with the longest topping out at three or four pages, presented in straightforward prose that is accessible but a bit dry. Most of the stories’ character comes from local cultural elements that really give you a feel for the setting, and the stories that lack these markers of their origin tend to be somewhat bland by comparison. The illustrations add some surrealism to the text, especially as they usually present human figures with slight distortions, with icons appearing on every page to indicate broad settings. This collection’s strength lies in its cultural variety, and though it is predictably Eurocentric, the range of stories makes for an interesting experience.