Ask the bones : scary stories from around the world

Author

Arielle North Olson

Call Number

• J 398.27 ASK (OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Viking, c1999.

Physical Description

ix, 145 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Audience

008-012.

Summary

A collection of scary folktales from countries around the world including China, Russia, Spain, and the United States.

Contents

• Haunted forest (Uzbekistan)
• Murky secret (United States)
• Next-of-kin (Spain)
• Bloody fangs (Japan)
• Ask the bones (Caucasus Region)
• Four-footed horror (United States)
• Beginning with the ears (Iraq)
• Fiddling with fire (United States)
• Laplander's drum (England)
• Night of terror (Eastern Europe)
• Nowhere to hide (Russia)
• Handkerchief (China)
• Mousetrap (Iceland)
• Speaking head (Eastern Europe)
• Dripping cutlass (United States)
• Black snake (Persia)
• Hand of death (Mexico)
• Invisible guest (Germany)
• Trace of blood (United States)
• Bridal gown (Germany)
• Greedy man and the goat (Russia)
• Evil eye (United States).