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Short & Shivery: Thirty Chilling Tales
Thirty hair-raising tales, selected from international ghostlore, have been skillfully retold especially for young people. Eerie black-and-white illustrations, ghastly details, and strong, shuddery endings make these the kind of stories young readers crave. Famous stories like “The Robber Bridegroom” by the Brothers Grimm, “Tailypo,” and “The Golem” are included, as well a...more
Paperback, 192 pages
Published
June 3rd 2009
by Yearling
(first published September 2nd 1987)
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This is a wonderful collection of some not so scary stories from around the world. The stories in this book are an easy ten minute read that is a welcome exploration of what is thought to be scary in other cultures. Often there are similarities to American folktales. I read this and the three sequels to my children as part of our reading time before bed. It gave us the opportunity to discuss different fears that people have about the unknown. The writing style is straight forward and somewhat co...more
A collection of familiar folktales gathered from around the world and retold with young readers in mind.
I checked this book out because one of the stories, Tailypo, is -being from my home state of WV- a tale *smile* that I grew up with.
The author took the liberty to rework some of the stories - he admitted to doing so in the introduction. He also claimed to display/preserve the local coloring of these familiar tales, while editing to make the stories easier to understand.
He took all the regional...more
I checked this book out because one of the stories, Tailypo, is -being from my home state of WV- a tale *smile* that I grew up with.
The author took the liberty to rework some of the stories - he admitted to doing so in the introduction. He also claimed to display/preserve the local coloring of these familiar tales, while editing to make the stories easier to understand.
He took all the regional...more
This short story book by Robert D. San Souci would not keep anyone over age of 8 entertained. It is 30 stories ranging from 2-10 pages long. They were very tame and predictable. I could recognize the stories that these came from for the most part. The best part of the book is that it listed the geographic origin for the stories which made me want to research the real, unwatered down story. There is also a Notes on Sources section which, for me, was more entertaining than the whole book. It shoul...more
If you like books that are scary try Short and Shivery. It has 30 short tales and some of them are kind of cool. They make me think that I’m in the book. I wonder what I would do if I was in the situation. Some of the things that happen in the book are so strange. Like stuff I would never think of and that’s the things I think are cool. Like theirs vampires, ghost, skeletons, ground that eat people, graveyards, zombies and much more. There’s a series of these books. Theirs Short and Shivery, Mor...more
Short and Shivery was a pretty good book. I thought is was good, but it a wasn't page turning, no stopping, gotta read it kind of book. It was more short, simple and to the point. I could see reading this at a campfire family fright thing (maybe no really young ones though). I liked learning the superstitions and the fact that the stories told where they originated from. I think it was kind of ironic that the US had only ghost stories, I don't really know how that reflects on us. Anyway, it was ...more
This book i am reading is not based on one character but multiple characters with multiple plots and settings. One story is where there are a group of people on Windigo Island where the Great Windigo lives. The captain of the crew does not believe in gohsts so he boldly steps into the icy cavern of the howling wind and the shrieking windigo never to be seen again.
My kids (age 4 and 7) and I listened to this on the commute to and from my daughter’s school. They seemed to enjoy them, and I did too – they take me back to the day of exchanging scary camp fire stories with friends. It’s a multicultural collection, but not just for the sake of being multicultural. It’s an eclectic selection of notable folktales - not so much scary as creepy - from around the world. The reader could have been more interesting, but he’s not bad. I agree with my daughter that the...more
They title basically said it was scary but I've read Fairy Tales that were scarier.
There were a few tales in this book that actually made me shift.
See review for "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark."
This was well written and enjoyable even though the target reader is probably juvenile. The stories are folk tales from around the world.
Predictable and preachy, but still entertaining.
San Souci has collected tales from around the world and assembled them here. Not all of them are great but some are pretty good.
Some of these gave me goosebumps. At least one I had heard before. But I enjoyed reading them.
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