Author | : Faye Gibbons |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780688145040 |
A collection of seven hair-raising yarns, told one night on a mountain porch in Georgia.
Author | : Faye Gibbons |
Publisher | : HarperCollins Publishers |
Total Pages | : 116 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 9780688145040 |
A collection of seven hair-raising yarns, told one night on a mountain porch in Georgia.
Author | : Roberta Simpson Brown |
Publisher | : University Press of Kentucky |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2010-10-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0813139473 |
A collection of haunting tales set among the landscapes and landmarks of the Bluegrass State. Tree branches scratching at your window on a stormy April night . . . The hot, sticky oppression of a stifling summer’s day . . . November leaves rustling as a chill sneaks into your bones . . . The darkened days of winter . . . No matter what the season, it’s always a good time for a ghost story. From masterful storytelling duo Roberta and Lonnie Brown comes Spookiest Stories Ever: Four Seasons of Kentucky Ghosts, a creepy collection of tales from their home state. Featuring familiar Kentucky landmarks such as the Palace Theater and the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville and Shaker Village of Pleasant Hill, these accounts from across the commonwealth are sure to put a tingle in the reader’s spine. These notable stories, including tales of the “chime child” who can see and talk to ghosts, graveside appearances, and the Spurlington Witch of Taylor County, occur in all four seasons and come from every corner of Kentucky. An essential part of the American storytelling tradition, these ghost stories will delight those who love getting goose bumps all year long.
Author | : Faye Gibbons |
Publisher | : NewSouth Books |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2014-05-01 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 1588383652 |
Times are hard in Depression-era Georgia mountain country. Even so, fourteen-year-old Halley Owenby, her younger brother, Robbie, and their parents, Jim and Kate, manage to get by until Jim dies suddenly in an accident, and Kate decides she and her children have no choice but to move in with her parents. Like her father, Halley has never cared for her grandparents. Her grandfather Franklin is a fire-and-brimstone fundamentalist preacher who runs a strict and joyless household. A miserly tyrant, he claims any money the women in his household earn. Even their mail he considers his to read first. Waiting for the Rapture, when Jesus will return, may suit her grandparents and many others of the same faith, but Halley wants more. She yearns for some control of her own life. She longs for an education, which she firmly believes would eventually allow choices. Little does she suspect that such dreams might actually come true.
Author | : Yeshi Dorjee |
Publisher | : University of Hawaii Press |
Total Pages | : 233 |
Release | : 2006-10-31 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 0824865111 |
A virtuous young woman journeys to the Land of the Dead to retrieve the still-beating heart of a king; a wily corpse-monster tricks his young captor into setting him free; a king falls under a curse that turns him into a cannibal; a shepherd who understands the speech of animals saves a princess from certain death. These are just a few of the wondrous tales that await readers of this collection of Tibetan Buddhist folktales. Fifteen stories are told for modern readers in a vivid, accessible style that reflects a centuries-old tradition of storytelling in the monasteries and marketplaces of Tibet. As a child growing up in a Buddhist monastery, Yeshi Dorjee would often coax the elderly lamas into telling him folktales. By turns thrilling, mysterious, clever, and often hilariously funny, the stories he narrates here also teach important lessons about mindfulness, compassion, and other key Buddhist principles. They will delight readers of all ages, scholars and students, Buddhists and non-Buddhists alike.
Author | : Grace James |
Publisher | : The Floating Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2012-07-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1775459136 |
In this entrancing collection, author Grace James brings together an array of Japanese folk tales and fairy tales, all rendered in exquisitely lyrical language. If you're fascinated by the folk traditions of different world cultures, be sure to add The Moon Maiden to your list.
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Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 357 |
Release | : 2010-04-13 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0786460199 |
This comprehensive bibliography includes books written about or set in Appalachia from the 18th century to the present. Titles represent the entire region as defined by the Appalachian Regional Commission, including portions of 13 states stretching from southern New York to northern Mississippi. The bibliography is arranged in alphabetical order by author, and each title is accompanied by an annotation, most of which include composite reviews and critical analyses of the work. All classic genres of children's literature are represented.