More bones : scary stories from around the world
(2008)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
Y/FOLKTALES/WORLD/OLS
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York, N.Y. : Viking , [2008]
©2008
©2008
DESCRIPTION
162 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9780670063390 (reinforced) :, 0670063398 (reinforced) :, 0670063398 :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Sequel to: Ask the bones
Can you escape from an evil wizard? Can you outrun a corpse? Can you learn secrets from a severed head? These terrifying questions--and many more--enliven twenty-two tales collected from around the world and retold
730
Ages 8 up
730L
A Junior Library Guild selection
CONTENTS
A story to tell
(Ireland) -- Courting Asfriah
(Germany) -- Shaggy gray arm
(Iceland) -- Prince's fate
(Egypt) -- Headless horseman
(Ireland) -- Knife
(Germany) -- Werewolf in the forest
(Eastern Europe) -- Secret
(Italy) -- Severed head
(Persia) -- Dangerous dead
(China) -- Haunted bell
(Spain) -- Gruesome test
(Japan) -- Enchanted cave
(Spain) -- Witch of the woods
(Eastern Europe) -- Wishes gone awry
(Scotland) -- Ghost of the rainbow maiden
(Hawaii) -- Wife's tale
(China) -- Youth without age
(Turkey) -- Haunted violin
(Germany) -- Evil sea ghost
(Norway) -- Peasants' revenge
(Germany) -- Wizard's apprentice
(Eastern Europe)