Dust 'n' Bones

This book of ghost stories will send shivers down your spine! It contains ten tales, five retold classic ghost stories and five original ghost stories by Chris Mould. Illustrated throughout in black and white. Contents: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving, The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe, Man-Size in Marble by Edith Nesbit, The Bagman's Story by Charles Dickens, The Phantom Coach by Amelia B Edwards, And by Chris Mould: A Bedtime Tale, The Stranger, By the Fireside, Aboard the Armadillo, The Very Last Train.

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Splendidly spooky―The Scotsman A glorious collection of ghost stories―School Librarian A real page-turner ... brilliantly illustrated throughout―Families Magazine A satisfying collection and a pleasure to read aloud―Books For Keeps Brilliantly written with superb illustrations―Bournemouth Daily Echo This is a glorious collection of ghost stories... Mould has a flawless gift for blending the new and the old into a single narrative voice. ... magnificent illustrations in full colour....―School Librarian Are you feeling brave? This is not just one screamingly scary story but 10 totally terrifying tales. Each story is a few pages long - perfect for getting REALLY frightened before bedtime or ideal for reading at a Halloween party and becoming perfectly petrified. There's the story of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (which will curl your toes up) or By The Fireside (which will make your hair stand on end) or A Bedtime Tale (which will make you shiver in your slippers). There's a good mix of old ghostly stories re-told and brand new spooky tales. These aren't tales for the faint-hearted. But they are brilliantly written and illustrated with cool and colourful drawings.―CBBC Newsround ON THE BOX SET: Just right for mischievous kids to enjoy and play pranks on their parents and relatives old and young with a 'real' spider, some spider stickers and a skeleton coming as part of the package!! The book itself has some classic and contemporary ghost stories, each of them good enough to stand-alone. Dust 'n Bones provides a wonderful introduction - each of the stories are no more than about 10 pages in length - to the immensely popular category of ghost stories. Don't forget kids are braver than adults so will handle the fear much better!―LoveReading4kids.co.uk Exceptionally high production values, an astounding level of attention to detail and a beautiful lovingly packaged gift box including ghastly stickers and a gruesome skeleton to hang, make this a spook-tacularly special gift set to give to ghouls and boys aike... ... marvellous anthology by the master of the macabre. A perfect book to read during long, cold, dark evenings―Achuka The vivid writing style with its formal tone and patterned language makes this a satisfying collection and a pleasure to read aloud.―Books for Keeps a real page-turner... brilliantly illustrated. This fantastic book will send shivers down your spine.

About the Author

Chris Mould went to art school at the age of 16 straight from school. During this time, he did various jobs from delivering papers to washing up and cooking in a kitchen. He realised quite soon that he wanted to illustrate as a full-time career and that proved a good choice! He has won the Nottingham Children`s Book Award and been commended for the Sheffield. He loves his work and likes to write and draw the kind of books that he would have liked to have had on his shelf as a boy. He is married with two children and lives in Yorkshire.

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