The Resource The August House book of scary stories : spooky tales for telling out loud, edited by Liz Parkhurst
The August House book of scary stories : spooky tales for telling out loud, edited by Liz Parkhurst
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The item The August House book of scary stories : spooky tales for telling out loud, edited by Liz Parkhurst represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Deschutes Public Library.
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- Summary
- An anthology of spooky stories drawn from folklore, local history, and the storytellers' imaginations, and divided into the categories "Just Desserts and Lessons Learned," "Ghostly Guardians," "Dark Humor," "Urban Legends and Jump Tales," and "Fearless Females."
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 144 pages
- Contents
-
- Mary Hamilton
- Mournful Lady of Binnorie
- (based on a Scottish ballad)
- Bobbie Pell
- Angel of river road
- (based on a family story)
- Larry G. Brown
- One lace glove
- (a Civil War ghost story)
- Lorna MacDonald Czarnota
- Mean John and the Jack-o-lantern
- Boy who drew cats
- (a Japanese folktale)
- Judy Sima
- Greyman of Pawleys Island
- (based on maritime legend)
- Timothy E. Dillinger
- Simon and the magic catfish
- (a folktale from the southern United States)
- Nat Whitman
- Red satin ribbon
- (an Irish folktale)
- (an American variant of a European legend)
- Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
- Dauntless girl
- (a British folktale)
- Margaret Read MacDonald
- Shut up, Billy!
- (an original tale with a traditional twist)
- Jim May
- Ain't nobody here
- (an African-American folktale)
- Michael J. Caduto
- Lyn Ford
- Outside the door
- (based on U.S. campus lore)
- Richard and Judy Dockery Young
- Tío Mono y La Lechusa
- (based on Mexican folk legend)
- Gregorio C. Pedroza
- Johnny and the dead man's liver
- (an African-American folktale)
- James "Sparky" Rucker
- Vain girl and the handsome visitor
- Aaron Kelly's bones
- (based on Appalacian and African-American folklore) /
- Kevin Cordi
- Snow ghost
- (based on Irish and Scottish folklore)
- Wendy Welch
- Pretty maid Ibronka
- (a Hungarian folktale)
- Mary Grace Ketner
- Mia's ghost
- (based on a Mexican urban legend)
- (an original story)
- Robert D. San Souci
- Olga Loya
- Gingerbread boy
- (a Kentucky folktale)
- Isbn
- 9780874839159
- Label
- The August House book of scary stories : spooky tales for telling out loud
- Title
- The August House book of scary stories
- Title remainder
- spooky tales for telling out loud
- Statement of responsibility
- edited by Liz Parkhurst
- Title variation
- Scary stories
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- An anthology of spooky stories drawn from folklore, local history, and the storytellers' imaginations, and divided into the categories "Just Desserts and Lessons Learned," "Ghostly Guardians," "Dark Humor," "Urban Legends and Jump Tales," and "Fearless Females."
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- Dewey number
- [Fic]
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PZ5
- LC item number
- .A86 2009
- Literary form
- short stories
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Parkhurst, Liz Smith
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Storytelling
- Target audience
- pre adolescent
- Label
- The August House book of scary stories : spooky tales for telling out loud, edited by Liz Parkhurst
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Mary Hamilton
- Mournful Lady of Binnorie
- (based on a Scottish ballad)
- Bobbie Pell
- Angel of river road
- (based on a family story)
- Larry G. Brown
- One lace glove
- (a Civil War ghost story)
- Lorna MacDonald Czarnota
- Mean John and the Jack-o-lantern
- Boy who drew cats
- (a Japanese folktale)
- Judy Sima
- Greyman of Pawleys Island
- (based on maritime legend)
- Timothy E. Dillinger
- Simon and the magic catfish
- (a folktale from the southern United States)
- Nat Whitman
- Red satin ribbon
- (an Irish folktale)
- (an American variant of a European legend)
- Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
- Dauntless girl
- (a British folktale)
- Margaret Read MacDonald
- Shut up, Billy!
- (an original tale with a traditional twist)
- Jim May
- Ain't nobody here
- (an African-American folktale)
- Michael J. Caduto
- Lyn Ford
- Outside the door
- (based on U.S. campus lore)
- Richard and Judy Dockery Young
- Tío Mono y La Lechusa
- (based on Mexican folk legend)
- Gregorio C. Pedroza
- Johnny and the dead man's liver
- (an African-American folktale)
- James "Sparky" Rucker
- Vain girl and the handsome visitor
- Aaron Kelly's bones
- (based on Appalacian and African-American folklore) /
- Kevin Cordi
- Snow ghost
- (based on Irish and Scottish folklore)
- Wendy Welch
- Pretty maid Ibronka
- (a Hungarian folktale)
- Mary Grace Ketner
- Mia's ghost
- (based on a Mexican urban legend)
- (an original story)
- Robert D. San Souci
- Olga Loya
- Gingerbread boy
- (a Kentucky folktale)
- Control code
- ocn316098335
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 144 pages
- Isbn
- 9780874839159
- Lccn
- 2009008711
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)316098335
- Label
- The August House book of scary stories : spooky tales for telling out loud, edited by Liz Parkhurst
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Mary Hamilton
- Mournful Lady of Binnorie
- (based on a Scottish ballad)
- Bobbie Pell
- Angel of river road
- (based on a family story)
- Larry G. Brown
- One lace glove
- (a Civil War ghost story)
- Lorna MacDonald Czarnota
- Mean John and the Jack-o-lantern
- Boy who drew cats
- (a Japanese folktale)
- Judy Sima
- Greyman of Pawleys Island
- (based on maritime legend)
- Timothy E. Dillinger
- Simon and the magic catfish
- (a folktale from the southern United States)
- Nat Whitman
- Red satin ribbon
- (an Irish folktale)
- (an American variant of a European legend)
- Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss
- Dauntless girl
- (a British folktale)
- Margaret Read MacDonald
- Shut up, Billy!
- (an original tale with a traditional twist)
- Jim May
- Ain't nobody here
- (an African-American folktale)
- Michael J. Caduto
- Lyn Ford
- Outside the door
- (based on U.S. campus lore)
- Richard and Judy Dockery Young
- Tío Mono y La Lechusa
- (based on Mexican folk legend)
- Gregorio C. Pedroza
- Johnny and the dead man's liver
- (an African-American folktale)
- James "Sparky" Rucker
- Vain girl and the handsome visitor
- Aaron Kelly's bones
- (based on Appalacian and African-American folklore) /
- Kevin Cordi
- Snow ghost
- (based on Irish and Scottish folklore)
- Wendy Welch
- Pretty maid Ibronka
- (a Hungarian folktale)
- Mary Grace Ketner
- Mia's ghost
- (based on a Mexican urban legend)
- (an original story)
- Robert D. San Souci
- Olga Loya
- Gingerbread boy
- (a Kentucky folktale)
- Control code
- ocn316098335
- Dimensions
- 23 cm
- Extent
- 144 pages
- Isbn
- 9780874839159
- Lccn
- 2009008711
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)316098335
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