Little Big Book of Chills and Thrills

While there have been collections of ghost stories and fantasy tales before The Little Big Book of Chills and Thrills, none have so completely combined all the frightening and magical elements that have spooked and enchanted children for generations. Filled with scary stories, poems, spells, superstitions, and recipes and beautifully designed with twentieth-century illustrations, Chills and Thrills will provide nights of creeps and shivers to last well beyond Halloween Eve. Included are: Ghost Stories including such classics as The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, The Monkey's Paw, The Judge's House, and Pranks, Tales of Magic and Fantasy from Alice in Wonderland, The Hobbit, The Foundling, The Magic Shop and the brothers Grimm's The Crystal Ball, Poems including the witches' chant from Macbeth, Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven, and Colin McNaughton's Transylvania Dreaming, Spells for kids and grown-ups alike to try at home, including how to freeze your enemy, how to dream the truth, and of course, Abracadabra!, Gurses gone unexplained for centuries such as the curse of the Burton Agnes Skull, and the curse of the Tower of London, Superstitions, Legends & Lore offer helpful advice and history on such mystical items as mirrors, candles, and ladders, as well as the meaning behind All Hollows Eve, and the legends of Harry Houdini and Merlin the Magician, Magic Tricks, complete with instructional illustrations, including how to make someone float, and how to read an invisible message, Treats guaranteed to bring ghosts, witches, and wizards to the table, including Cauldron Cookies, a Witches' Brew, All Soul's Day Bread, and Grape Eyeballs Book jacket.Tabori, Lena is the author of 'Little Big Book of Chills and Thrills', published 2001 under ISBN 9780941807500 and ISBN 0941807509.