By this time, I was pursuing my masters at Rutgers University. So I started retelling folktales, hoping to preserve a wonderful American heritage that is disappearing. The majority of these stories are unknown today. When I started doing in-depth research on American folklore, I found an incredible wealth of stories, dating back to the origins of America. Where, I wondered, were the old American folktales that used to entertain our ancestor's children around the fireplace (and sometimes their parents gathered at the tavern bar?) I began working as a part-time freelance writer after graduating from the Institute of Children's Literature in 1996. Most of the children's magazines were publishing folktales, but I noticed that these were either retellings of well-known stories or folklore from other countries. Encouraged to write articles for magazines, I became intrigued with folklore and the retelling of folktales. It was after college that I began taking classes in writing from the Institute of Children's Literature. Oddly enough, I wrote my first full-length manuscript during college for a friend who also liked to write stories. Rather crushed by this event, I gave up on the idea of training to be a writer and went on to receive a music degree from Houghton College. Unfortunately, my story (a spooky Halloween tale) did not even merit a mention.
The teacher had our stories evaluated by a published author. One of the first stories I wrote down was for a class in seventh grade. I am afraid I never grew out of let's pretend I could entertain myself for hours writing stories in my head. Games of Let's pretend quickly built themselves into full-length stories that my friends and I would act out. I told myself stories constantly as a child. I am not sure exactly when I began to write. I remember learning to read as quickly as possible so that I could sneak ahead in the book to find out what happened next. He had the most annoying habit of reading only one chapter a night.
Whether read in a group around the campfire on a dark and silent night or alone with a flashlight from the safety of your sleeping bag, this is a collection to treasure.Ībout the Author Author Biography - Sandy SchlosserSome of my first memories are of my father reading me the Chronicles of Narnia. You'll meet ghosts and witches, hear things that go bump in the night, and feel an icy wind on the back of your neck even as you inch closer to the crackling, glowing embers. Schlosser and through artist Paul Hoffman's evocative illustrations.
Bone-chilling, frightful folklore traditions are kept alive in these expert retellings by master storyteller S. Set deep in the woods where no sane person would dare to go, along murky bottomless lakes, and on cobblestone streets that empty before sundown, the stories in this entertaining and compelling collection will have you looking over your shoulder again and again. Whether gathered around the campfire or read on a dark and stormy night, these tales will stay with you long after you close the book's covers.įrom the Back Cover Spooky Stories to tell even after the campfire burns out! Unfold a camp chair, huddle close to the fire, and get ready for thirty creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurrences from times past. Expert storytelling and evocative illustrations once again prove perfect for reading aloud or retelling later. About the Book Gather around the campfire for this collection of thirty creepy, crawly ghost tales.īook Synopsis New from the team that has brought us Spooky New England and other Spooky titles are thirty classic creepy tales of ghostly hauntings, eerie happenings, and other strange occurences.
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