Book

Shearer, Wendy, author

Spooky stories of the world / retold by Wendy Shearer ; illustrated by Teo Georgiev.

Dublin, Ireland : Lonely Planet Global Limited, 2023

©2023

142 pages : color illustrations ; 28 cm

This spine-tingling collection of spooky stories features over 20 eerie tales from across the globe. Discover bewitching retellings of ghost- and monster-filled myths regaled with ghoulish relish and journey continent-by-continent through this haunting book. Meet vampires, werewolves and fearsome monsters that hide in the shadows in this one-of-a-kind round-the-world collection of hair-raising tales. Written by British-Guyanese author and professional storyteller Wendy Shearer, and beautifully illustrated by Teo Georgiey, this is the perfect book for curious kids in search of a creepy kick to their reading list and is probably best read with the lights left on...

Lonely Planet kids

Lonely Planet kids

Horror tales

Folklore -- Juvenile literature.

Folk tales.

Legends.

Short stories.

Paranormal fiction.

At head of title: Lonely Planet Kids

Vampire skeleton (Canada and USA) -- Blackbeard's ghost (USA) -- Legend of La Mocuana (Nicaragua) -- Lagahoo (Trinidad and Tobago) -- More spookiness from North America -- Asema (Suriname) -- Auñ Pana and the Yanomami (Brazil) -- Luz Mala (Argentina) -- More spookiness from South America -- Death of Osiris (Egypt) -- King and the Ju Ju Tree (Nigeria) -- Devouring gourd (East Africa) -- Andwele and the Mahoka (Tanzania) -- More spookiness from Africa. Bite of the Queen Rat (UK) -- Basilisk of Vilnius (Lithuania) -- Baba Yaga's hut (Eastern Europe) -- More spookiness from Europe -- Ghost wife (Bangladesh) -- Hoichi-the-Earless (Japan) -- Fox sister (South Korea) -- More spookiness from Asia -- Bunyip (Australia) -- Ghost on Pinjarra Bridge (Australia) -- Two sorcerers (New Zealand) -- More Spookiness from Oceania.

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