SPOOKY CALIFORNIA: TALES OF HAUNTINGS ST - Softcover

Hoffman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762738448 ISBN 13: 9780762738441

Publisher: GPQ, 2016

Synopsis

California's folklore is kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Scholosser, and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations.

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From the Back Cover:

Pull up a chair or gather round the campfire and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Set in remote mining towns in the Sierra Nevadas, on the rugged coast of the Monterey Peninsula, and in the long-ago environs of Los Angeles, San Diego, and Sacramento, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again.
California folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. E. Schlosser and in artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck on a warm summer evening. Whether read around the campfire on a dark and stormy night or in the backseat of the family van on the way to grandma's, this is a collection to treasure.

About the Author:

S. E. Schlosser has been telling stories since she was a child, when games of "let's pretend" quickly built themselves into full-length stories. A graduate of the Institute of Children's Literature and Rutgers University, she also created and maintains the Web site AmericanFolklore.net, where she shares a wealth of stories from all fifty states, some dating back to the origins of America. She is also the author of Globe Pequot's Spooky New England, Spooky New York, Spooky South, and Spooky Southwest.

Paul G. Hoffman trained in painting and printmaking, with his first extensive illustration work on assignment in Egypt, drawing ancient wall reliefs for the University of Chicago. His work graces books of many genres--children's titles, textbooks, short story collections, natural history volumes, and numerous cookbooks. For the Spooky series he employed a scratchboard technique and an active imagination.

About this edition

• Publisher: GPQ
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 0762738448
• ISBN 13: 9780762738441
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 208