Bibliograph

Scary myths and legends from around the world, retold by Neal Yamamoto ; illustrations by Matthew Nelson

Type

Label

Scary myths and legends from around the world, retold by Neal Yamamoto ; illustrations by Matthew Nelson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 84-86) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Scary myths and legends from around the world

Oclc number

36739516

Responsibility statement

retold by Neal Yamamoto ; illustrations by Matthew Nelson

Summary

A collection of horror stories, some based on ancient legends, from such places as Canada, Peru, Norway, Greece, China, and the United States

Table Of Contents

A prayer to Bishamon (Japan) -- The Draug (Norway) -- The cat and the Condenado (Peru) -- Pickup on Interstate 12 (U.S.A) -- King Solomon and the king of the Jinn (Iraq) -- Warlock (Russia) -- The lizard boy (Australia) -- No room at the inn ... of death (China) -- The black spider (Switzerland) -- Rakshasas (India) -- The golden arm (England) -- The talking skull -- (Congo) -- Lycanthropy (Greece) -- Serpent woman (Spain) -- The corpse and Tommy O'Toole (Ireland) -- Wendigo (Canada)

Target audience

pre adolescent

Classification