Overview

Get ready for Halloween with this child-friendly collection of spooky stories from all over the world. Feel your pulse race and your skin tingle as you read about the fearsome witch Baba Yaga, the serpent woman from Spain, the rescue of Tam Lin from the bewitching Queen of the Fairies, how Father Death gets caught in the Enchanted Apple Tree, and the waterdwelling Bunyip from Australia. Make sure you have your candle ready as it's sure to be a long night... This gorgeous gift book is the perfect anthology for Halloween, or any time you want to be spooked! Features stories from Germany, Czechoslovakia, Russia, Africa, Brazil, Japan, Australia, India, UK, Canada, France, China, Ireland, Syria, Korea, Sweden, Egypt, Iceland, New Zealand, Arabia, Spain, Tibet, Iran, Greece.

Full Product Details

Author:   Angela McAllister ,  Madalina Andronic
Publisher:   Quarto Publishing PLC
Imprint:   Frances Lincoln Children's Books
Edition:   Illustrated Edition
Volume:   4
ISBN:  

9780711241473

ISBN 10:   0711241473
Pages:   128
Publication Date:   03 September 2019
Recommended Age:   From 5 to 8 years
Audience:   Children/juvenile ,  Children / Juvenile
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

INTO THE WOODS Hansel and Gretel (Germany) 6 Grandfather’s Eyes (Czech Republic) 9 Vasilissa the Beautiful (Russia) 11 The Treasure Thief (Egypt) 16 Little Red Riding Hood (Germany) 18   DOWN BY THE WATER The Story of the Yara (Brazil) 20 The Cold Lady (Japan) 23 The Bunyip (Australia) 25 The Snake Prince (India) 28 Morag and the Water Horse (Scotland) 31   ENCHANTED PLACES Tam Lin (Scotland) 34 The Dance of Death (Canada) 36 The Lady of the Lake (Wales) 38 The Water Witch (France) 40 The Maiden in the Pagoda (China) 44 The Talking Skull (West Africa) 46   STRANGERS AT THE DOOR The Enchanted Apple Tree (France) 48 The Blacksmith and the Demon (Russia) 50 The Girl and the Chenoo (Native American (Passamaquoddy)) 52 The Horned Women (Ireland) 55 The Blind Man and the Demons (Korea) 58 The Clever Goldsmith (Syria) 60   IN FARM AND FIELD Yallery Brown (England) 62 Old Nick and the Girl (Norway) 64 The Elder Tree Witch (England) 67 The Snake (India) 71 The Bogey Beast (England) 72   HOME OF THE SPIRITS The Spirit of the Singing House (Canada (Inuit)) 74 The Ghost Land (Alaska) 75 Herne the Hunter (England) 76 The Night on the Battlefield (China) 80   GrAVEYARD Teig O’Kane and the Corpse (Ireland) 82 The Grave Mound (Germany) 86 The Place Where There Were No Graves (Egypt) 87 The Ghost and the Moneybox (Iceland) 88 Counting out the Bodies (Bermuda) 90   UPON THE OCEAN, UNDER THE SEA The Giantess and the Stone Boat (Iceland) 92 The Sea Goblins (New Zealand) 95 The Sea Nymph (Sweden) 97 The Spectre Ship (Germany) 98 The Seal Wife (Scotland) 102   FROZEN LANDS The Red Skeleton (Alaska) 104 The Ice King (Canada (Mi’Kmaq)) 105 The Guest (Canada) 108   IN CASTLE HALL Esteban and the Ghost (Spain) 110 Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (England) 112 Rumpelstiltskin (Germany) 116   ON A MOUNTAIN PATH The Old Ogre (Tibet) 118 Amin and the Ghoul (Persia) 120 The Girl who Turned to Stone (Chile) 123   APPENDIX Sources 126

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Angela McAllister took a degree in Humanities at Middlesex College and then began illustrating books. She has written over 30 books for children, some of which she has also illustrated.

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