Ghosts!: Ghostly Tales from Folklore (An I Can Read Book) - Hardcover

Schwartz, Alvin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0060217960 ISBN 13: 9780060217969

Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books, 1991

Synopsis

Presents seven easy-to-read ghost stories based on traditional folk tales and legends from various countries

About this title

About the Author

Alvin Schwartz is known for a body of work of more than two dozen books of folklore for young readers that explore everything from wordplay and humor to tales and legends of all kinds. His collections of scary stories -- Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, More Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark, Scary Stories 3, and two I Can Read Books, In a Dark, Dark Room and Ghosts! -- are just one part of his matchless folklore collection.

From School Library Journal

Kindergarten-Grade 2-- Those familiar with Schwartz's ability to produce the best of scary tales for young readers will find this newest addition to be a hit. The sentences are short with a manageable vocabulary, even for those kindergarteners who can tackle the challenge of an early reader. The text is complemented with primitive watercolor illustrations executed in attractive pastels; while the facial expressions are given a semblance of ghoulishness, the total effect is one of enticement (and even humor) rather than of horror. While these stories are not as heart-thumping as those in Schwartz's In A Dark, Dark Room (HarperCollins, 1985), this will nevertheless provide a fun introduction to the "ghostly" genre, and give children a chance to check out a "scary" book. Appended is a page on the origins of the tales and legends. --Mary Lou Budd, Milford South Elementary School, OH
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Harpercollins Childrens Books
• Publication date: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0060217960
• ISBN 13: 9780060217969
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 63
• Illustrator: Chess Victoria