Name: A Century of Children's Ghost Stories By Philippa Pearce
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A Century of Children's Ghost Stories: Tales of Dread and Delight by Philippa Pearce

For this spine-tingling new collection, Philippa Pearce, herself an award-winning children's writer, has brought together 40 ghost stories to captivate children and adults alike. Beginning with M. R. James's `A School Story', and including `The Ghostly Goat of Glaramar' and `The House that Lacked a Bogle', this anthology presents tales by outstanding children's authors: amongst them Eleanor Farjeon, Alison Uttley, Jan Mark, Penelope Lively, Leon Garfield, and Tim Wynne-Jones.

M. R. James - A School Story; A. C. Benson - Out of the Sea; H. F. W. Tatham - Manfred's Three Wishes; William J. Wintle - The Light in the Dormitory; Walter de la Mare - Miss Jemima; Arthur Machen - Johnny Double; Eleanor Farjeon - Elsie Piddock Skips on her Sleep; Lucy Boston - The Tiger-Skin Rug; William Pene du Bois - Elisabeth the Cow Ghost; Robert Bright - Georgie; David Severn - All in the Night's Work ;Christopher Woodforde - Richard; Alison Uttley - The Wee Ghostie; Robert Arthur - The Haunted Trailer; Sorche Nic Leodhas - The House that Lacked a Bogle; Pamela Ropner - The January Queen; R. Chetwynd-Hayes - Brownie; Michael Kenyon - The Ghost of Top Wood; Dorothy Edwards - The Old White Ghost and the Old Grey Grandad; Margaret Mahy - Looking for a Ghost; Philippa Pearce - At the River-Gates; Ruth Park - Sombody lives in the Nobody House; J. S. Leatherbarrow - The Ghostly Goat of Glaramara; Joan Aiken - She was Afraid of Upstairs; Isaac Bashevis Singer - The Extinguished Lights; Jan Mark - Who's a Pretty Boy, Then?; Penelope Lively - Uninvited Ghosts; Farrukh Dhondy - The Bride; George Mackay Brown - Ivor; Vivien Alcock - Siren Song; Adidan Chambers - The Tower; Grace Hallworth - The Guitarist; Leon Garfield - A Grave Misunderstanding; Ruskin Bond - Ghost Trouble; Paul Yee - Spirits of the Railway; Barbara Griffiths - Many Happy Returns!; Robert Westall - The Beach; Susan Price - Across the Fields; Tim Wynne-Jones: - The Clearing; John Gordon - The Burning Baby

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GOR001007348

ISBN 13

9780192880147

ISBN 10

0192880144

Title

A Century of Children's Ghost Stories: Tales of Dread and Delight by Philippa Pearce

Author

Philippa Pearce

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Used - Very Good

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Paperback

Publisher

Oxford University Press

Year published

19961003

Number of pages

368

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A Century of Children's Ghost Stories Philippa Pearce

A Century of Children's Ghost Stories by Philippa Pearce

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A Century of Children's Ghost Stories Summary

A Century of Children's Ghost Stories: Tales of Dread and Delight by Philippa Pearce

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