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The Resource More scary stories to tell in the dark, collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell

More scary stories to tell in the dark, collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell

Creator
Illustrator
Contributor
Summary
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition
Extent
xii, 100 pages
Contents
  • Hoo-ha's
  • When she saw him, she screamed and ran: Something was wrong
  • The wreck
  • One Sunday morning
  • Sounds
  • A weird blue light
  • Somebody fell from aloft
  • The little black dog
  • Clinkity-clink
  • She was spittin' and yowlin' just like a cat: The bride
  • Rings on her fingers
  • The drum
  • The window
  • Wonderful sausage
  • The cat's paw
  • The voice
  • When I wake up, everything will be all right: "Oh, Susannah!"
  • The man in the middle
  • Cat in a shopping bag
  • The bed by the window
  • The dead man's hand
  • A ghost in the mirror
  • The curse
  • The last laugh: The church
  • The bad news
  • Cemetery soup
  • The brown suit
  • BA-ROOOM!
  • Thumpity-thump
Isbn
9780590135863
Instance
Label
More scary stories to tell in the dark
Title
More scary stories to tell in the dark
Statement of responsibility
collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell
Creator
Contributor
Illustrator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1927-1992
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Schwartz, Alvin
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
Gammell, Stephen
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Ghost stories, American
  • Tales
  • Ghosts
  • Horror stories
  • Folklore
  • Ghost stories, American
  • Tales
  • United States
Target audience
juvenile
Label
More scary stories to tell in the dark, collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-99)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Hoo-ha's -- When she saw him, she screamed and ran: Something was wrong -- The wreck -- One Sunday morning -- Sounds -- A weird blue light -- Somebody fell from aloft -- The little black dog -- Clinkity-clink -- She was spittin' and yowlin' just like a cat: The bride -- Rings on her fingers -- The drum -- The window -- Wonderful sausage -- The cat's paw -- The voice -- When I wake up, everything will be all right: "Oh, Susannah!" -- The man in the middle -- Cat in a shopping bag -- The bed by the window -- The dead man's hand -- A ghost in the mirror -- The curse -- The last laugh: The church -- The bad news -- Cemetery soup -- The brown suit -- BA-ROOOM! -- Thumpity-thump
Control code
ocm10696809
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xii, 100 pages
Isbn
9780590135863
Lccn
83049494
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
Label
More scary stories to tell in the dark, collected from folklore and retold by Alvin Schwartz ; with drawings by Stephen Gammell
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-99)
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Hoo-ha's -- When she saw him, she screamed and ran: Something was wrong -- The wreck -- One Sunday morning -- Sounds -- A weird blue light -- Somebody fell from aloft -- The little black dog -- Clinkity-clink -- She was spittin' and yowlin' just like a cat: The bride -- Rings on her fingers -- The drum -- The window -- Wonderful sausage -- The cat's paw -- The voice -- When I wake up, everything will be all right: "Oh, Susannah!" -- The man in the middle -- Cat in a shopping bag -- The bed by the window -- The dead man's hand -- A ghost in the mirror -- The curse -- The last laugh: The church -- The bad news -- Cemetery soup -- The brown suit -- BA-ROOOM! -- Thumpity-thump
Control code
ocm10696809
Dimensions
24 cm
Edition
First edition
Extent
xii, 100 pages
Isbn
9780590135863
Lccn
83049494
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations

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