Download or read book Creepy Tales from Abroad written by Andrea Lombardi and published by Andrea Lombardi. This book was released on with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While a torrential rain rages over Rome, three kids on a school trip get lost in the alleys of its historic center. After finding shelter in a deserted bar, they come across an old blind man who offers to keep them company while waiting for the storm to loosen its grip on the city. The three friends agree to listen to the old man and his strange tales, soon discovering that there are far more frightening things than getting lost in an unknown city in the middle of a storm. The book includes the following short stories: - The Carnie - The New Shirt - Marco’s Secret - The Evil Kitten - The Ball in the Wood
Download or read book Once Upon a Time in a Storage Room written by Andrea Lombardi and published by Andrea Lombardi. This book was released on 101-01-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite being a lively and brave child, Marcolino has always been afraid of the storage room in his house. Not only because that room is the darkest in the whole house, but also because Marcolino always thought that his mom and dad use it to put away all the things that have done something wrong. Fortunately this couldn’t be farther from the truth, and Marcolino will end up finding many new friends precisely in that storage room!
Download or read book Escape from the Truck Stop written by Andrea Lombardi and published by Andrea Lombardi. This book was released on 101 with total page 83 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Luck comes at the wrong time for an Italian surveyor on a trip near Modena, who discovers he has won one hundred thousand euros with a scratch card in a highway service station which immediately afterwards gets targeted by a couple of robbers. On a stormy night, two colleagues stop at a service station. One leaves immediately, throwing himself back into the downpour. The other waits for the rain to ease down, orders a coffee and wins one hundred thousand euros with a scratch card. And that's when the longest night of his life begins.
Download or read book Is There a Dog in This Book written by Viviane Schwarz and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2014-10-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Equal time for canines! Three cats — Tiny, Moonpie, and André — think there might be a dog in this book, but it’s up to the reader to help them find out. Can cats and dogs share the same turf? Revisit the age-old dilemma with a hide-and-seek romp among furry friends. Brimming with humor and featuring Viviane Schwarz’s exuberant artwork, here is a lively interactive exploration of the surprising joys of unlikely friendships from the creator of There Are Cats in This Book and There Are No Cats in This Book.
Download or read book Creepy Tales written by Edgar Allan Poe and published by Sheba Blake Publishing Corp.. This book was released on 2023-03-22 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a collection of 12 creepy stories by that master of creepiness, Poe. The Black Cat; The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven; The Tell Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, the Premature Burial and six others that are a shuddering delight to read and listen to. Turn off the lights, settle down and hear these stories read to you. As part of our mission to publish great works of literary fiction and nonfiction, Sheba Blake Publishing Corp. is extremely dedicated to bringing to the forefront the amazing works of long dead and truly talented authors.
Download or read book The Thing at the Foot of the Bed and Other Scary Tales written by Maria Leach and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2016-05-10 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A noted folklorist spins a tapestry of spooky yarns involving haunted houses, ghostly visitations, and other chilling vignettes. Moody black-and-white drawings complement the stories, which range from humorous to eerie.
Download or read book Tales of Travel Love and Survival in the Foreign Service written by Hope Gander Goodwin and published by Page Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living and working in twenty developing countries is no small challenge, especially when six children are involved in every move and transition. As Tales of Travel, Love, and Survival in the Foreign Service reveals, Hope Gander Goodwin proved to be up to the task during forty-five years of being an inspiration and active partner to her husband, Joe, whose foreign service career included the United States Agency for International Development, university contracts, and private sector positions in economic development. Tours of duty were in Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Central and South America. The Goodwin family endured many sacrifices and experienced dangerous situations. On the other hand, the benefits derived far outweigh the negative side of life abroad. Helping those in need to help themselves is a gift and a blessing. While attempting to sincerely make a difference in the world, their accomplishments far exceed disappointments. These parents are most proud of their legacy in producing compassionate, productive, broad-minded world citizens. Diplomacy, endless love, strength, and survival prevail in this inspiring autobiography.
Download or read book Swearing Tales Creepy pastas written by Madelaine and published by Litres. This book was released on 2022-05-15 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Swearing in Russia is respected, cool, is a sign of leadership. A tribute to fashion. Like this book, full of many new characters invented by the author based on the mate, who have not previously declared themselves anywhere: Beach Crow, Tueva Hucha, Sloven, Nobody and others.
Download or read book Seven Scary Tales written by Edgar Poe and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Seven Scary Tales written by Poe E. and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 67 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Родоначальник “литературы ужасов”, известнейший американский автор мистических детективов, Эдгар Аллан По широко известен именно своими короткими рассказами, в которых проявилась вся многогранность его таланта. Увлекающие, ужасающие и неповторимые истории ждут вас на страницах этой книги! Читайте зарубежную литературу в оригинале!
Download or read book The Big Book of Ghost Stories written by Otto Penzler and published by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard. This book was released on 2012-12-04 with total page 850 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a thousand pages of haunted—and haunting—ghost tales: the most complete collection of uncanny, spooky, creepy tales ever published! Edited and with an introduction by Otto Penzler. Including stories by Joyce Carol Oates, Rudyanrd Kipling, Isaac Asimov, James MacCreigh, and many more! Featuring eerie vintage ghost illustrations. The ghost story is perhaps the oldest of all the supernatural literary genres and has captured the imagination of almost every writer to put pen to the page. Here, Edgar Award-winning editor Otto Penzler has followed his keen sense of the supernatural to collect the most chilling and uncanny tales in the canon. These spectral stories span more than a hundred years, from modern-day horrors by Joyce Carol Oates, Chet Williamson and Andrew Klavan, to pulp yarns from August Derleth, Greye La Spina, and M. L. Humphreys, to the atmospheric Victorian tales of Rudyard Kipling, Edith Wharton, and H. P. Lovecraft, not to mention modern works by the likes of Donald E. Westlake and Isaac Asimov that are already classics. Some of these stories have haunted the canon for a century, while others are making their first ghoulish appearance in book form. Whether you prefer possessive poltergeists, awful apparitions, or friendly phantoms, these stories are guaranteed to thrill you, tingle the spine, or tickle the funny bone, and keep you turning the pages with fearful delight. Including such classics as “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Open Window” and eerie vintage illustrations, and also featuring haunted mansions, midnight frights, lovers from beyond the grave, rapping, tapping, wailing shades, and ghosts, ghouls, and specters galore! AlsoFeaturing haunted mansions, midnight frights, lovers from beyond the grave, rapping, tapping, wailing shades, and ghosts, ghouls, and specters galore!
Download or read book Creepy Carrots written by Aaron Reynolds and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this Caldecott Honor–winning picture book, The Twilight Zone comes to the carrot patch as a rabbit fears his favorite treats are out to get him. Includes audio! Jasper Rabbit loves carrots—especially Crackenhopper Field carrots. He eats them on the way to school. He eats them going to Little League. He eats them walking home. Until the day the carrots start following him...or are they? Celebrated artist Peter Brown’s stylish illustrations pair perfectly with Aaron Reynold’s text in this hilarious picture book that shows it’s all fun and games…until you get too greedy.
Download or read book Monsters You Should Know written by Emma Sancartier and published by Chronicle Books. This book was released on 2018-07-17 with total page 119 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A humorous—and richly illustrated—book full of quirky monsters. SanCartier’s creatures are somehow both cute and terrifying.” —USA Today Meet the world’s most unusual monsters in this darkly funny collection of creatures and cryptids from folkloric history. Illustrator Emma SanCartier captures the bizarre and hilarious elements of seventeen monsters from around the world in a light, tongue-in-cheek tone, from the Japanese dream-eater Baku and the Persian carnivorous unicorn Shadhavar to the Eastern European Shurale, a literal tickle monster. Illustrated in lush watercolor, Monsters You Should Know is a perfect primer for the many strange, frightening, and compelling things that go bump in the night. “An important book on monsters you should know about, mostly because it turns out they’re really cute.” —Buzzfeed
Download or read book Corpse Cold New American Folklore written by Joseph Sullivan and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2017-11-12 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: They take place on desolate highways, in a dark and lonely wood, in ordinary neighborhoods just like your own. Tales of everyday people caught up in indomitable situations. Dread-inducing moments with an air of plausibility-while you hope to god they aren't actually true. Urban legends, modern folklore, or creepypasta. Whatever you call them, they represent shards of our deepest anxieties as individuals, as a society. CORPSE COLD: NEW AMERICAN FOLKLORE evokes the spirit of the campfire tales you heard as a kid. This 20-story anthology offers refreshing, mature reinterpretations of time-tested stories, and wholly original legends that explore the twisted labyrinth of modern myth. Each tale is brought to life and made all the more unsettling by the striking, grisly illustrations of artist Chad Wehrle.
Download or read book Leo Gets a Checkup written by Anna McQuinn and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leo, Lola’s little brother from Leo Loves Baby Time, is back in a new adventure at the doctor's office. When Dad takes Leo to visit the doctor, Leo learns to wait his turn, sit quietly while his eyes and ears are checked, and be brave during a shot. And of course, Leo gets a sticker and a new book before he leaves! A companion to Leo Can Swim and Leo Loves Baby Time, this adorable spin-off of best-selling Lola Reads series is perfect to prepare babies and toddlers ready for their first checkups, just like Leo.
Download or read book The Story of Her Holding an Orange written by Milos Bogetic and published by . This book was released on 2013-03-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When I was 17 years old and living in Europe, a strange woman started following me. She would find me everywhere. And all she wanted me to do was take her orange. I moved to America a year after the first incident. Ten years later, she found me again. This is the story of her, the woman holding the orange. --from the back of the book.
Download or read book Attack of the Vampire Weenies written by David Lubar and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2012-04-24 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Thirty-three more warped and creepy tales"--Cover [p. 4].
