Ask the bones : scary stories from around the world
(1999)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/FOLKTALES/WORLD/OLS
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Viking, 1999
DESCRIPTION
ix, 145 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN/ISSN
0670875813
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
A collection of scary folktales from countries around the world including China, Russia, Spain, and the United States
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CONTENTS
Haunted forest (Uzbekistan) --
Murkey secret (United States) --
Next-of-kin (Spain) --
Bloody fangs (Japan) --
Ask the bones (Caucasus Region) --
Four-footed horror (United States) --
Beginning with the ears (Iraq) --
Fiddling with fire (United States) --
Laplander's drum (England) --
A night of terror (Eastern Europe) --
Nowhere to hide (Russia) --
Handkerchief (China) --
Mousetrap (Iceland) --
Speaking head (Eastern Europe) --
Dripping cutlass (United States) --
Black snake (Persia) --
Hand of death (Mexico) --
Invisible guest (Germany) --
A trace of blood (United States) --
Bridal gown (Germany) --
Greedy man and the goat (Russia) --
Evil eye (United States)