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"A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous New England ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world. Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tails of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts. Set in New England's historic towns, charming old islands,...
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Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened-and still do happen-in the collective back yard of the Deep South states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of 40 popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts, from fiddling ghosts to the story of the Jack o'Lantern. Whether read around the fire on a dark and stormy night or in the backseat of the family van on the way...
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A collection of folktales highlighting famous and not-so-famous Southwestern ghosts, mysterious happenings, powers of darkness, and wonders of the invisible world.
Here we have a collection of unnerving tales of events that happened-and still do happen-in the collective back yard of the Southwestern states. Accompanied by evocative illustrations, these compelling retellings of popular folktales feature supernatural occurrences and ghosts of all sorts,...
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Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in California. Set in the Golden State's big cities, oceanside towns, rugged mountains, and sparsely populated deserts, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have readers looking over their shoulders again and again.
California's folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings...
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Araminta Spookie volume Bk. 1
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IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 2
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Araminta enlists the help of several ghosts in an attempt to stop her Aunt Tabby from selling Spook House.
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Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for 35 creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set deep in the Pinelands and Ramapo Mountains, along the Atlantic coast, and in historic towns like Burlington and Springfield, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.
New Jersey folklore traditions are kept...
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Sir Horace is about to turn five hundred years old! Araminta and Wanda need to find him the perfect gift. Araminta finds an ancient sword in a grotto hidden under her haunted house-and it should be a cinch to get it. But she wasn't planning on the nasty surprise of a portcullis-trap and a rising tide in the grotto. Will Araminta and Wanda make it to Sir Horace's birthday party?
10) Frognapped
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IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 3
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Barry Wizard's five acrobatic frogs are missing, and Araminta and her best friend Wanda, aided by the spectral Sir Horace, follow the trail to Morris's Water Wonderland, where something fishy is going on.
14) Vampire brat
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IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 3
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Things get even spookier at Spookie House when Uncle Drac's nephew Max comes to stay for a week and Araminta goes on a combined werewolf and vampire hunting expedition.
15) Ghostsitters
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IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 3
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Araminta is upset when she learns that Uncle Drac and Aunt Tabby are going to be gone for her birthday, until she finds out her cousin Mathilda will be watching her, but when Mathilda brings two teenage ghosts along, they stir up all kinds of trouble.
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What better locale to consider for spooky happenings than the home of the Salem witch trials? From mysteries at sea to ghosts and unexplained footprints, you'll shiver your way through these mesmerizing tales. Set in the state's historic towns, charming old islands, and sparsely populated backwoods, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection are great for the whole family.
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Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences in the Peach State. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or from the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.
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Spooky, the cheeky little dog, finds a new home on a farm in Australia where he has many adventures and makes many new friends. In Meg Bannisters first book, Spooky meets the children who are going to look after him. He goes to the farm and his new home and meets some of the animals living there including Jessie the working sheep dog, some squawking chickens, three noisy geese and the giant ginger cat named Tiger. How does Spooky get on with these...
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All Things Slip Away, sequel to Scraps of Paper and prequel to Ghosts Beneath Us and Witches Among Us. (The Spookie Town Mysteries Series).Can a crime and a cunning criminal return to torment you after a decade...yes they can. Ten years ago Frank Lester, a Chicago homicide detective, thought he had rid himself forever of the Mud People Killer who'd kidnapped and murdered six people. Frank had shot him as he'd fled through a snowy night; had killed...