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A world full of spooky stories, written by Angela McAllister ; illustrated by Madalina Andronic

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-127)

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non fiction

A world full of spooky stories

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written by Angela McAllister ; illustrated by Madalina Andronic

Travel around a world full of spooky stories from all over the globe

INTO THE WOODS: Hansel and Gretel (Germany) -- Grandfather's eyes (Czech Republic) --Vasilissa the beautiful (Russia) -- The treasure thief (Egypt) -- Little Red Riding Hood (Germany). DOWN BY THE WATER: The story of the Yara (Brazil) -- The cold lady (Japan) -- The Bunyip (Australia) -- The snake prince (India) -- Morag and the water horse (Scotland). ENCHANTED PLACES: Tam Lin (Scotland) -- The dance of death (Canada) -- The lady of the lake (Wales) -- The water witch (France) -- The maiden in the pagoda (China) --The talking skull (West Africa). STRANGERS AT THE DOOR: The enchanted apple tree (France) -- The blacksmith and the demon (Russia) -- The girl and the Chenoo (Native American (Passamaquoddy)) -- The horned women (Ireland) -- The blind man and the demons (Korea) -- The clever goldsmith (Syria). IN FARM AND FIELD: Yallery Brown (England) -- Old Nick and the girl (Norway) -- The elder tree witch (England) -- The snake (India) -- The bogey beast (England). HOME OF THE SPIRITS: The spirit of the singing house (Canada (Inuit)) -- The ghost land (Alaska) -- Herne the hunter (England) -- The night on the battlefield (China). GRAVEYARD: Teig O'Kane and the corpse (Ireland) -- The grave mound (Germany) -- The place where there were no graves (Egypt) -- The ghost and the moneybox (Iceland) -- Counting out the bodies (Bermuda). UPON THE OCEAN, UNDER THE SEA: The giantess and the stone boat (Iceland) -- The sea goblins (New Zealand) -- The sea nymph (Sweden) -- The specter ship (Germany) -- The seal wife (Scotland). FROZEN LANDS: The red skeleton (Alaska) -- The ice king (Canada (Mi'Kmaq)) -- The guest (Canada). IN CASTLE HALL: Esteban and the ghost (Spain) -- Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (England) -- Rumpelstiltskin (Germany). ON A MOUNTAIN PATH: The old ogre (Tibet) -- Amin and the ghoul (Persia) -- The girl who turned to stone (Chile)

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