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(0)Robert D San Souci
Author
Publisher
Random House Children's Books
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Formats
Description
Make story time a little spookier with this Halloween-themed collection of ghost stories, spooky shorts, and frightening folktales from all over the world!
“No one travels these roads after dark. Those who are found the next day, if they are still alive, will have gone mad.”
Chills and thrills to make your flesh crawl with fear! Turn the lights down low and grab your favorite reading chair. But first,...
“No one travels these roads after dark. Those who are found the next day, if they are still alive, will have gone mad.”
Chills and thrills to make your flesh crawl with fear! Turn the lights down low and grab your favorite reading chair. But first,...
Author
Publisher
ePals Publishing
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
Award-winning storyteller Robert D. San Souci takes readers on a journey across America with his retellings of our country's folklore. From Native American origin myths to tales of the wild, wild West, San Souci's nine stories are sure to entertain and delight. Accompanied by colorful illustrations that bring the stories to life, kids will enjoy reading these tales as much as grown-ups will enjoy reading them aloud. All stories were originally
...Author
Publisher
Silver Whistle/Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A rhyming retelling of the story of a young woman who finds her prince at a Halloween ball despite the efforts of her wicked stepmother. The main characters are skeletons
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1989]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Southern folktale in which kind Blanche, following the instructions of an old witch, gains riches, while her greedy sister makes fun of the old woman and is duly rewarded
Author
Series
Are you scared yet? volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt
Pub. Date
2010.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
Description
A collection of ten scary stories about haunted houses, pirate treasure, and ghosts
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[1991]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
Recounts the coming of the Pilgrims to America, the hardships and joys of their first year, and the first Thanksgiving celebration. Illustrations painted by N.C. Wyeth from 1940-1945
11) The snow wife
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1993]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When a Japanese woodcutter breaks his promise and describes his encounter with a terrifying snow woman, he loses his wife and must make a dangerous journey to win her back
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2002]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When the Bird of Darkness takes Princess Marie, twin brothers Soliday, who is brave and kind, and Salacota, who is cowardly, set off to fight the beast and rescue the princess
15) The Firebird
Author
Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[1992]
Language
English
Description
Prince Ivan wanders into an enchanted garden and, with the help of the magnificent Firebird, rescues a princess from an evil sorcerer
18) Tarzan
Author
Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A baby boy, left alone in the African jungle after the deaths of his parents, is adopted by an ape and raised to manhood without ever seeing another human being
Author
Publisher
HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2000]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A Spanish American retelling of the familiar story of a kind girl who is mistreated by her jealous stepmother and stepsisters. In this version, the Virgin Mary replaces the traditional fairy godmother
Author
Publisher
Silver Whistle/Harcourt, Inc
Pub. Date
2003.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A very tiny but clever boy outwits his older brothers, an ogre, an alligator, and a giant catfish to rescue a rich man's daughter in this Cajun version of a French fairy tale