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Ghosts! Ghostly Tales from Folklore

by Alvin Schwartz · 1991

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Do you believe in ghosts?

Some people do . . .

These spooky — and funny — tales about singing ghosts, toast-eating ghosts, and ghosts no one even guesses are sure to send shivers up and down your spine.

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Why not retell them to your friends and see if you can make their spines tingle, too?

Genre
horrorhorrorMore like thisLess of thisghostghostMore like thisLess of thishumorhumorMore like thisLess of this
Themes
childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
Setting
HalloweenHalloweenMore like thisLess of this
Mood
creepycreepyMore like thisLess of this
Audience
childrenspicture booksyoung adult
Length
short · 64 pages
Form
short storiesshort storiesMore like thisLess of this

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