Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell
Book of the Year in the Juvenile Fiction category finalist

Kids love to tell stories among themselves, and the two most popular types are funny stories and scary stories. Scared Witless delivers double dividends - it contains thirteen stories that are funny and scary. These tales are surefire entertainment for sleepovers, summer camp and parties.

Husband-and-wife team Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss, who have helped students become storytellers for decades, include suggestions and guidelines for telling stories effectively. Kevin Pope's appropriately wacky line drawings amplify this comically absurd collection of tales. These scary stories about haunted houses, ghosts and shaggy dogs will teach readers about the importance of courage and resourcefulness. 

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Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell
Book of the Year in the Juvenile Fiction category finalist

Kids love to tell stories among themselves, and the two most popular types are funny stories and scary stories. Scared Witless delivers double dividends - it contains thirteen stories that are funny and scary. These tales are surefire entertainment for sleepovers, summer camp and parties.

Husband-and-wife team Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss, who have helped students become storytellers for decades, include suggestions and guidelines for telling stories effectively. Kevin Pope's appropriately wacky line drawings amplify this comically absurd collection of tales. These scary stories about haunted houses, ghosts and shaggy dogs will teach readers about the importance of courage and resourcefulness. 

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Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell

Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell

Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell

Scared Witless: Thirteen Eerie Tales to Tell

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Book of the Year in the Juvenile Fiction category finalist

Kids love to tell stories among themselves, and the two most popular types are funny stories and scary stories. Scared Witless delivers double dividends - it contains thirteen stories that are funny and scary. These tales are surefire entertainment for sleepovers, summer camp and parties.

Husband-and-wife team Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss, who have helped students become storytellers for decades, include suggestions and guidelines for telling stories effectively. Kevin Pope's appropriately wacky line drawings amplify this comically absurd collection of tales. These scary stories about haunted houses, ghosts and shaggy dogs will teach readers about the importance of courage and resourcefulness. 


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781939160959
Publisher: August House Publishers, Inc.
Publication date: 05/07/2015
Edition description: Reprint
Pages: 64
Product dimensions: 7.04(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.75(d)
Lexile: 800L (what's this?)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Martha Hamilton & Mitch Weiss Bio: 

Martha Hamilton and Mitch Weiss are a husband-and-wife writing and storytelling team known as "Beauty and the Beast Storytellers." They have traveled the world sharing their passion for the oral tradition and the art of telling great stories. They have co-authored thirteen books and two audio recordings with August House. A number of their books have won prestigious awards including the Irma Simonton Black and James H. Black Award for Excellence in Children's Literature (awarded by Bank Street College of Education), Parents' Choice Award, National Parenting Publications Awards, and Storytelling World Award. Mitch and Martha's story collections include world tales that they tell in a conversational manner so that children can easily comprehend and then share the stories by telling them to other students. Parents and teachers can find a wealth of information on how to get children excited about reading, telling world tales, and making up their own stories at Mitch and Martha's website.



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