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Scared silly : 25 tales to tickle and thrill / Dianne de Las Casas ; illustrated by Soleil Lisette.

De Las Casas, Dianne. (Author). Lisette, Soleil. (Added Author).

Summary:

Collects twenty-five scary stories, rated on a scale of tame to spooky, with gesture, movement, prop, and voice suggestions to captivate an audience.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781591587323
  • ISBN: 1591587328
  • Physical Description: ix, 96 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm
  • Publisher: Santa Barbara, Calif. : Libraries Unlimited, [2009]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"A Teacher Ideas Press book."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 89-93) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Why tell a scary story? -- How to tell a scary story: various "scarious" -- How to determine the age appropriateness of your story selection -- Establishing an environment of trust -- Storytelling with pacing, timing, pitch and tone -- Thirteen tips for telling spooky stories -- The spook-o-meter -- A dark, dark story -- The attic -- Blood red lips -- Bloody finger -- The coffin -- The ghost of Mable Gable -- Going on a ghost hunt -- The golden arm -- The graveyard dare -- The great big hairy toe -- The green, green ribbon -- The gunny wolf -- The hitchhiker -- I know an old lady who swallowed a cat -- Rap, rap, rap -- Raw head and bloody bones -- The strange visitor -- Taily Po -- The teeny-tiny woman -- Tilly and the heebie-jeebie man -- The viper -- Wait till Bubba comes -- Who took my money? -- Who will keep me company? -- Wiley and the Hairy Man.
Subject:
Supernatural.
Storytelling.
Youth library services.
Children's library services.
Genre:
Horror fiction.

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  • 30 of 31 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Madison County Public Library.

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