The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief & Sinister – A Scary Illustrated Anthology Perfect for Campfire Reading - Softcover

Bachmann, Stefan; Catmull, Katherine; Legrand, Claire; Trevayne, Emma

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062313142 ISBN 13: 9780062313140

Verlag: Greenwillow Books, 2014

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A collection of thirty-six forty eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short stories by the acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire LeGrand, and Emma Trevayne. The Cabinet of Curiosities is perfect for fans of Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark and anyone who relishes a good creepy tale. Great for reading alone or reading aloud at camp or school!

The book features an introduction and commentary by the authors and black-and-white illustrations throughout.

Ready to unlock a cabinet of things that go bump in the night?

• Middle Grade Horror: Thirty-six spine-chilling short stories perfect for readers aged 8-12 who are ready for a good scare.
• Classic Campfire Stories: Designed to be read alone or shared aloud, these tales of cursed cakes, ghostly graveyards, and singing spiders are guaranteed to produce shivers.
• Eerie Black-and-White Illustrations: Haunting images accompany the text, bringing each spooky encounter to life and making this a book that’s as beautiful as it is terrifying.
• A Modern Classic: If you love the timeless terror of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, you’ll find a new favorite collection to haunt your bookshelf.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Stefan Bachmann was born in Colorado and spent most of his childhood in Switzerland, where he graduated from Zurich University of the Arts with degrees in music composition and theory. He is the author of The Peculiar, his debut, which was published to international acclaim when he was nineteen years old. His other books include The Whatnot, A Drop of Night, and Cinders and Sparrows. He is the coauthor (with April Genevieve Tucholke) of The Secret Life of Hidden Places. He lives in Zurich, Switzerland, and Berlin, Germany. 

Katherine Catmull
Cataloger and Philosopher of Scientific Marvels with a particular focus on Jars of Moonlight, Frozen Flowers, Broken Fish Fins, Shiny Things Found on Pavements, and Bringing Cookies to Meetings.

Claire Legrand is the author of Foxheart, The Cavendish Home for Boys and Girls, The Year of Shadows, and Some Kind of Happiness, as well as the New York Times-bestselling young adult fantasy Furyborn and its sequels. She is one of the four authors behind The Cabinet of Curiosities. Claire Legrand lives in New Jersey.

Emma Trevayne
Collector of Auditory Oddities, Whimsical Words, and Cryptic Cyphers. Pays special attention to petrichor, things that glimmer, and mechanical body parts.

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Welcome to The Cabinet of Curiosities

Please enter.

No, really, come in. The Curators are delighted you are here. They invite you to turn a page, pull open a drawer, peek inside a room, slither into a nook. In fact, they insist.

Sometimes visitors to the cabinet find it rewarding to dive right into the middle. You could try that. You could flip back and forth. Start your exploration at the very end. Or the beginning.

The important thing is that you are here. Oh, do come in! The Curators guarantee you will find something . . . curious.

The Cabinet of Curiosities is a collection of eerie, mysterious, intriguing, and very short short stories presented by the cabinet's esteemed Curators, otherwise known as acclaimed authors Stefan Bachmann, Katherine Catmull, Claire Legrand, and Emma Trevayne.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Greenwillow Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0062313142
• ISBN 13: 9780062313140
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Zeichner: Jansson Alexander
• Anzahl der Seiten: 496
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: HarperCollins Publishers, Product Safety Manager; enquiries@harpercollins.ie; ; HarperCollins, Macken House, 39/40 Mayor Street Upper; Dublin 1; D01 C9W8; Irland