Angela McAllister

A World Full of Spooky Stories

50 Tales to Make Your Spine Tingle
Illustrator: Andronic, Madalina

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Produktbeschreibung

Get ready for Halloween with this child-friendly collection of spooky stories from all over the world.

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Produktdetails

• World Full of...
• Verlag: Quarto Publishing PLC
• Illustrated Edition
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 282mm x 245mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 800g
• ISBN-13: 9780711241473
• ISBN-10: 0711241473
• Artikelnr.: 57497265

Autorenporträt

Angela McAllister is the author of over 80 books for children and teens. Her books have won several awards, including the Red House Book Award for Yuck! That's Not a Monster! and the Stockport and Portsmouth Awards for My Mum has X-Ray Vision. Her picture book Leon and the Place Between has been adapted for the stage and was shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Award. She has collaborated with many illustrators, including Grahame Baker-Smith, Alex T. Smith, Margaret Chamberlain, Ross Collins and Peter Bailey. She has worked on many titles for Frances Lincoln Children's Books including bestselling titles A Year Full of Stories and A World Full of Animal Stories.

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INTO THE WOODS
Hansel and Gretel (Germany) 6
Grandfather’s Eyes (Czech Republic) 9
Vasilissa the Beautiful (Russia) 11
The Treasure Thief (Egypt) 16
Little Red Riding Hood (Germany) 18
 
DOWN BY THE WATER
The Story of the Yara (Brazil) 20
The Cold Lady (Japan) 23
The Bunyip (Australia) 25
The Snake Prince (India) 28
Morag and the Water Horse (Scotland) 31
 
ENCHANTED PLACES
Tam Lin (Scotland) 34
The Dance of Death (Canada) 36
The Lady of the Lake (Wales) 38
The Water Witch (France) 40
The Maiden in the Pagoda (China) 44
The Talking Skull (West Africa) 46
 
STRANGERS AT THE DOOR
The Enchanted Apple Tree (France) 48
The Blacksmith and the Demon (Russia) 50
The Girl and the Chenoo (Native American (Passamaquoddy)) 52
The Horned Women (Ireland) 55
The Blind Man and the Demons (Korea) 58
The Clever Goldsmith (Syria) 60
 
IN FARM AND FIELD
Yallery Brown (England) 62
Old Nick and the Girl (Norway) 64
The Elder Tree Witch (England) 67
The Snake (India) 71
The Bogey Beast (England) 72
 
HOME OF THE SPIRITS
The Spirit of the Singing House (Canada (Inuit)) 74
The Ghost Land (Alaska) 75
Herne the Hunter (England) 76
The Night on the Battlefield (China) 80
 
GrAVEYARD
Teig O’Kane and the Corpse (Ireland) 82
The Grave Mound (Germany) 86
The Place Where There Were No Graves (Egypt) 87
The Ghost and the Moneybox (Iceland) 88
Counting out the Bodies (Bermuda) 90
 
UPON THE OCEAN, UNDER THE SEA
The Giantess and the Stone Boat (Iceland) 92
The Sea Goblins (New Zealand) 95
The Sea Nymph (Sweden) 97
The Spectre Ship (Germany) 98
The Seal Wife (Scotland) 102
 
FROZEN LANDS
The Red Skeleton (Alaska) 104
The Ice King (Canada (Mi’Kmaq)) 105
The Guest (Canada) 108
 
IN CASTLE HALL
Esteban and the Ghost (Spain) 110
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (England) 112
Rumpelstiltskin (Germany) 116
 
ON A MOUNTAIN PATH
The Old Ogre (Tibet) 118
Amin and the Ghoul (Persia) 120
The Girl who Turned to Stone (Chile) 123
 
APPENDIX
Sources 126