10,000 Ghost Stories: Create Over 10,000 Ghosts & 10,000 Stories

by Jason Hook, Lisa K. Weber (Illustrator)

Ghosts are deceptive things, and you have in your hands a book of them that is a lot bigger than it looks. At first glance it appears to contain a mere twenty-three ghost stories and their accompanying illustrated specters. However, the pages are neatly guillotined so that each story has a separate beginning, middle and end; and each summoned ghost is dissected into head, body and legs (or something akin to legs). The discerning reader can mix and match the body and story parts to summon an almost infinite number of ghosts and their over 10,000, in fact. Given the fluid nature of the spirits of the Dead, and their propensity for decapitating themselves and wearing different guises, this all seems somehow fitting.

56 pages, Spiral-bound

First published February 15, 2014

About the author

Jason Hook has written many fiction and non-fiction books for children, including Where’s the Dragon? (Sterling), Wendy and the Wallpaper Cat (V&A Publishing) and The Marine Team (Button Books). His illustrated ‘verse a day’ fairy-tales can be found at jasonhookbooks.com.

Jason lives in Brighton, England, where he combines writing, editing and publishing with guitar playing, long walks and birdwatching, not all at the same time. His favourite authors include Roald Dahl, Mervyn Peake, Maurice Sendak, Lewis Carroll, Julia Donaldson, Graham Greene and Joseph Conrad.

Reviews

[Rayjan Koehler]

Already marked as read previously a long time ago. Fun little mix-and-match book.

[Meredith Kaupp]

Well, I didn't really read the whole thing - which would take a long time! Every page is divided into 3 sections on the left (the story side) and 3 sections on the right (the creepy picture side). You can read each story with the accompanying picture, or you can mix and match. For that reason, the stories can be a little generic, since every middle has to go with each beginning, etc. nevertheless, I can't wait to let my students make a monster combo and then I will read aloud the creepy story that goes with it!

[Sebastian]

Obviously didn't read the whole thing. Some parts would get repetitive and ultimately boring. This book is great for entertainment, if you just wanna sit around a campfire and tell some short ghost stories!

[Jenny]

Entertaining.