Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World

by Various, Howard Schwartz (Retold by), Arielle North Olson (Retold by)

Overview

What is real and what is imaginary? Do evil creatures lurk in the shadows? Do demons attack the helpless? Are there such things as invisible men? For generations, storytellers have given substance to our worst fears. In Ask the Bones, master storytellers Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz retell a varied selection of the world's most frightening folktales. Be warned-these stories could scare you to death!

Illustrated by David Linn.

"These twenty-two stories provide a wide variety of supernatural happenings that won't disappoint the young horror acolyte." (The Horn Book, starred review)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780142301401
Publisher:	Penguin Young Readers Group
Publication date:	08/26/2002
Pages:	160
Product dimensions:	5.05(w) x 7.71(h) x 0.43(d)
Lexile:	790L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 12 Years

About the Author

Howard Schwartz also lives in Missouri.