Ask the Bones: Scary Stories from Around the World

Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz

What is real and what is imaginary? Do evil creatures lurk in the shadows? Do demons attack the helpless? Are there such things as invisible men? For generations, storytellers have given substance to our worst fears. In Ask the Bones, master storytellers Arielle North Olson and Howard Schwartz retell a varied selection of the world's most frightening folktales. Be warned-these stories could scare you to death!

Illustrated by David Linn.

"These twenty-two stories provide a wide variety of supernatural happenings that won't disappoint the young horror acolyte." (The Horn Book, starred review)

• ISBN10: 014230140X
• ISBN13: 9780142301401
• Publish Date: 26 August 2002 (first published 1 August 2002)
• Publish Status: Active
• Publish Country: AU
• Publisher: Penguin Putnam Inc
• Imprint: Puffin
• Format: Paperback (US Digest)
• Pages: 160
• Language: English
• URL: https://penguinrandomhouse.com/books/isbn/9780142301401

Reviews

[wcs53]

This was an interesting little book of 'scary' folk tales from around the world that were probably aimed at a younger audience. They weren't that scary, but were more unpleasant. Some of them were great, but others not so much.