~ finding the right voice ~
Curl up with old friends like Washington Irving's "Guests from Gibbet Island" or Charles Dickens' "Chips. " Or make the aquaintance of "The Skull That Spoke" and "The Monster of Baylock"--but beware of spectral visitors like "The Blood-Drawing Ghost. " This exciting mixture of classic and contemporary tales from Mexico, China, Poland, Nigeria, and other lands near and far is perfect for hair-raising reading! Twenty deliciously eerie illustrations by Jacqueline Rogers highlight this companion to Robert D. San Souci's earlier collections of scary stories, "Short & Shivery" and "More Short & Shivery," which "School Library Journal" called "an absolute delight. " "From the Hardcover edition. "