The Children's Ghost Story in America

The Children's Ghost Story in America
Author: Sean Ferrier-Watson
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2017-04-11
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476629080

Ghost stories have played a prominent role in childhood. Circulated around playgrounds and whispered in slumber parties, their history in American literature is little known and seldom discussed by scholars. This book explores the fascinating origins and development of these tales, focusing on the social and historical factors that shaped them and gave birth to the genre. Ghost stories have existed for centuries but have been published specifically for children for only about 200 years. Early on, supernatural ghost stories were rare--authors and publishers, fearing they might adversely affect young minds, presented stories in which the ghost was always revealed as a fraud. These tales dominated children's publishing in the 19th century but the 20th century saw a change in perspective and the supernatural ghost story flourished.

The Children's Ghost Story in America

The Children's Ghost Story in America
Author: Sean Ferrier-Watson
Publisher: McFarland
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2017-04-25
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 1476664943

Ghost stories have played a prominent role in childhood. Circulated around playgrounds and whispered in slumber parties, their history in American literature is little known and seldom discussed by scholars. This book explores the fascinating origins and development of these tales, focusing on the social and historical factors that shaped them and gave birth to the genre. Ghost stories have existed for centuries but have been published specifically for children for only about 200 years. Early on, supernatural ghost stories were rare--authors and publishers, fearing they might adversely affect young minds, presented stories in which the ghost was always revealed as a fraud. These tales dominated children's publishing in the 19th century but the 20th century saw a change in perspective and the supernatural ghost story flourished.

Spooky America

Spooky America
Author: Lori Haskins
Publisher: Turtleback Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003-07
Genre:
ISBN: 9780613829878

A Step Into Reading Level 4 title. 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

Ghosts in North America

Ghosts in North America
Author: Paige V. Polinsky
Publisher: Bellwether Media
Total Pages: 24
Release: 2021-08-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1648344488

In South Carolina, a man dressed in grey walks along the beach. Is it someone going for a stroll? Or could it be a ghostly omen that warns residents of an oncoming storm? In this title, reluctant readers will explore ghost stories of North America. Creepy images and engaging text pull readers in, and additional special features connect stories to different cultures, highlight scientific explanations, and show the origins of these frightening fables.

The Scary States of America

The Scary States of America
Author: Michael Teitelbaum
Publisher: Yearling
Total Pages: 418
Release: 2012-07-10
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 0440421187

Original publication and copyright date: 2007.

Ghost Hawk

Ghost Hawk
Author: Susan Cooper
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 336
Release: 2013-08-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1442481412

At the end of a winter-long journey into manhood, Little Hawk returns to find his village decimated by a white man's plague and soon, despite a fresh start, Little Hawk dies violently but his spirit remains trapped, seeing how his world changes.

The Dollhouse: A Ghost Story

The Dollhouse: A Ghost Story
Author: Charis Cotter
Publisher: Tundra Books
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2022-08-30
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0735269084

A creepy, mysterious dollhouse takes center stage in this atmospheric middle-grade mystery for fans of Doll Bones and Small Spaces. Alice's world is falling apart. Her parents are getting a divorce, and they've cancelled their yearly cottage trip -- the one thing that gets Alice through the school year. Instead, Alice and her mom are heading to some small town where Alice's mom will be a live-in nurse to a rich elderly lady. The house is huge, imposing and spooky, and everything inside is meticulously kept and perfect -- not a fun place to spend the summer. Things start to get weird when Alice finds a dollhouse in the attic that's an exact replica of the house she's living in. Then she wakes up to find a girl asleep next to her in her bed -- a girl who looks a lot like one of the dolls from the dollhouse . . . When the dollhouse starts to change when Alice isn't looking, she knows she has to solve the mystery. Who are the girls in the dollhouse? What happened to them? And what is their connection to the mean and mysterious woman who owns the house?

Ghostland

Ghostland
Author: Colin Dickey
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 338
Release: 2016
Genre: Ghosts
ISBN: 1101980192

An intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history, Ghostland takes readers on a road trip through some of the country's most infamously haunted places--and deep into the dark side of our history.

Spooky & Spookier

Spooky & Spookier
Author: Lori Haskins Houran
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 50
Release: 2015-07-07
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0553533975

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.

Ghostly Adventures

Ghostly Adventures
Author: Christopher Balzano
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 172
Release: 2008-07-01
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1440515581

There are certain towns that we all associate with ghost stories and sightings. But creepy encounters happen everyday all throughout this country-in towns that you may never have heard of, to normal people, just like you! With Ghostly Adventures, you can travel to these terrifying towns and share in the scare. Let ghost guru, Christopher Balzano, be your guide through the jaw-dropping true tales that happen all around the U.S., in places like: the Boston hotel where old Mr. Parker returns to check on his guests the lost village of Dudleytown, Connecticut, where all residents vanished without a trace the Summerwind Mansion in northeast Wisconsin, whose secret compartment housed a man's corpse for years Terrifying true tales and frightening facts come together to create hours of eerie entertainment that you can read on your own or out loud with friends. With Ghostly Adventures, you can stop just wondering about ghosts and get to know them yourself! Christopher Balzano: is a teacher and folklorist. He has been investigating the unknown for twelve years and is currently running the Massachusetts Paranormal Crossroads website. His writing has appeared in The Haunted Times, Mystery Magazine, as well as Unexplained Paranormal Magazine. His investigations have been covered by The Boston Globe, The Boston Herald, The Standard Times, and Worchester Magazine. Balzano lives in Boston, MA.