Spooky & Spookier: Four American Ghost Stories
Spooky & Spookier: Four American Ghost Stories
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Annotation: Recounts four fact-based tales of hauntings, including a ghost horse on the coast of Massachusetts, a haunted painting at a Virginia plantation, a skeleton in Colorado, and a ghostly sea captain of California.
Genre: [Supernatural]
 
Reviews: 1
Catalog Number: #107671
Format: Perma-Bound Edition
Publisher: Random House
Copyright Date: 2015
Edition Date: 2015 Release Date: 07/07/15
Illustrator: Diaz, Viviana,
Pages: 48 pages
ISBN: Publisher: 0-553-53396-7 Perma-Bound: 0-605-89903-7
ISBN 13: Publisher: 978-0-553-53396-5 Perma-Bound: 978-0-605-89903-2
Dewey: 133.10973
LCCN: 2014044629
Dimensions: 23 cm.
Language: English
Reviews:
School Library Journal (Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)

Gr 2-4 This is a collection of four ghost stories embedded within American history. Through simple text and challenging vocabulary, readers learn about a ghost horse, a skeleton that will not stay buried, a haunted painting, and a dead sea captain searching for his lost hook. The stories contain the perfect amount of scary for young elementary readersnot to be confused with the highly challenged "Scary Stories" series by Alvin Schwartz. The selections imply ghostly apparitions and question the appearance of said ghosts with thoughtful probing. The sentences are short and simple with vocabulary that is meant to be challenging but decodable. The painted illustrations add much to the stories as they show the ethereal goings-on in a colorful palette that prevents readers from being too frightened. Moreover, the illustrations are accompanied by photographs and captions of the inspiration for each of the ghost stories. These factual representations allow readers to combine fiction with nonfiction to earn a greater understanding. VERDICT A must-buy for libraries whose readers love ghost stories. Brittney Kosev, Terra Vista Middle School, Wolforth, TX

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School Library Journal (Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 CDT 2015)
Word Count: 2,292
Reading Level: 3.3
Interest Level: 2-5
Accelerated Reader: reading level: 3.3 / points: 0.5 / quiz: 74869 / grade: Lower Grades
Reading Counts!: reading level:2.2 / points:2.0 / quiz:Q72390
Guided Reading Level: P

American history mixes with legend in four classic ghost tales for Step 4 early readers: a Cape Cod ghost horse that leads ships away from danger; a portrait that protests being moved within Virginia’s Shirley Plantation museum; a Colorado miner who continued to look for love even after his bones were dumped down an outhouse hole; and a one-handed California sea captain whose ghost is still said to prowl Stinson Beach.
 
Step 4 Readers use challenging vocabulary and short paragraphs to tell exciting stories. For newly independent readers who read simple sentences with confidence.


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