[PDF] The Childrens Ghost Story In America eBook

Author : Sean Ferrier-Watson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 30,46 MB
Release : 2017-04-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1476629080

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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.

Author : Michael Teitelbaum
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 49,31 MB
Release : 2012-07-10
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0440421187

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Original publication and copyright date: 2007.

Author : Lori Haskins
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,99 MB
Release : 2003-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780613829878

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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

Author : Sean Ferrier-Watson
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 28,36 MB
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1476664943

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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.

Author : Susan Hill
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 34,18 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN :

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Seventeen ghost stories from England are cozy or comic rather than spooky.

Author : Lori Haskins Houran
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 23,24 MB
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553533975

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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.

Author : Richard Young
Publisher : august house
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 21,65 MB
Release : 2005-12-19
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780874835632

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A collection, selected by children as their favorites, of twenty-three spooky tales from a variety of ethnic traditions.

Author : Paige V. Polinsky
Publisher : Bellwether Media
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 48,17 MB
Release : 2021-08-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1648344488

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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.

Author : Lori Haskins
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 33,48 MB
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780375825002

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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.

Author : Lori Haskins Houran
Publisher : Random House Books for Young Readers
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 33,96 MB
Release : 2015-07-07
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0553533967

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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.